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3 days ago · In 1875, ten years after the end of the Civil War, Sherman became one of the first Civil War generals to publish his memoirs. The Memoirs of General William T. Sherman.
5 days ago · In his book, “Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War,” Robert Gates, a former CIA operative and director who served in cabinet positions under George W. Bush and Barack Obama, covered the truth quite well.
2 days ago · Following the revelations about the British physicist Klaus Fuchs's espionage for the Soviet Union and the appointment of the former Marxist John Strachey as Secretary of State for War in the British Cabinet, Strauss argued that the Modus Vivendi should be suspended completely, but no other commissioner wanted to go to that extreme.
2 days ago · A widely cited estimate of five to ten million Japanese deaths came from a study by William Shockley and Quincy Wright; the upper figure was used by Assistant Secretary of War John J. McCloy, who characterized it as conservative.
2 days ago · Books. the week recommends. Best memoirs and biographies: from Britney Spears to the Beckhams. Dive into some of the most compelling life stories – including David Bowie to Keir Starmer. Intimate...
3 days ago · Introduction. John Foster Dulles served as Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Secretary of State from 1953 – 1959. Dulles had decades of foreign policy experience before joining the Eisenhower administration. As a young man he served as an economic advisor during the Paris Peace Proceedings in 1919.
2 days ago · J. Scrope to Secretary at War: About placing soldiers on the coast of Suffolk to prevent smuggling. Letter Book XIX. p. 110. Same to Auditor of Receipt - To set apart in their accounts and certificates the arrears of the salt duties determined, 1780, December 25. Ibid. Same to Salt Commissioners
