... Henry C. Wallace secretary of agriculture (1921–24), and Andrew W. Mellon secretary of the treasury (1921–32). ... It used the surplus to liquidate the national debt, which fell from $24 billion in 1920 to $10 billion in 1930.
... 55 ; British spheres of influence and , 42—44 ; on Ethiopian , 276 ; Greek , 69–70 ; Laotian , 165-166 ; Lebanese , 200 ; Salvadoran , 306 , 307 ; in Zimbabwe / Rhodesia , 247 Clark , Mark , 99 Clark , William , 260 Clark Air Base ...
... remained stubborn and desperate, even as Prime Minister Tojo's government fell when Tokyo lost Saipan and Guam.86 The navy softened up Iwo Jima and the surrounding Japanese Volcano Islands for months in anticipation of an assault.
Frank Merrill's 5307 Composite Regiment, nicknamed “Merrill's Marauders.” Ford met a real-life version of one of his film characters, Fr. James Stuart, a militant and bearded Dominican priest who led Kachin guerillas and claimed to have ...
John C. H. Lee, ETOUSA chief. The argument was the controversial subject of whether or how to move African American troops into the front lines as stand-alone units or as man-for-man replacements in segregated white combat units during ...
A Revolutionary Nation's Path to Addressing Its Deepest Problems and Leading the 21st Century Stanley B. Greenberg ... With the Greater Denver metropolitan area giving Obama 60 percent of the vote and the Greater Las Vegas area 56 ...
In this incisive book, expert strategist Greenberg draws on years of research and polling to illuminate how America is far from being gridlocked and he articulates a powerful vision of how American politics and America can be renewed.
Comprises a narrative history, with an emphasis on politics and culture, of the United States from the Progressive movement at the turn of the 20th century to the end of WWII in 1945.