From the Shadows: The Ultimate Insider's Story of Five Presidents and How They Won the Cold War (Gates WH) Rossino 1152 pages

1152 pages

“Stonewall” Jackson at Cedar Mountain on August 9

as the nation erupts in civil war

and Lockheed Skunkworks produced the top-secret high-tech U2 Dragon Lady and SR-71 in Southern California

Slavery proved to be essential to the creation of the young nation’s agricultural and industrial economies and profoundly shaped its political and cultural landscapes

From the Shadows: The Ultimate Insider's Story of Five Presidents and How They Won the Cold War (Gates WH) Rossino 1152 pagesby Robert Gates From the former director of the CIA comes the unprecedented inside story of America's and the agency's role in the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Ever certain that the 50 year struggle with the Soviet Union was indeed a war, Gates makes candid appraisals of presidents, key officials, and policies.