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A biography of Henry L. Stimson, the American statesman who served as Secretary of War during World War II, Governor-General of the Philippines, and Secretary of State. He managed the conscription and training of 12 million soldiers and airmen, the purchase and transportation to battlefields of 30 percent of the nation's industrial output, the building of the atomic bomb and the decision to use it. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Such a lengthy and distinguished career requires a biographer capable of navigating the decades of American history which Stimson influenced. Here Elting Morison successfully takes up the challenge. As an experienced biographer and the editor of Theodore Roosevelt's published letters, Morison employs the documentary sources well to provide both an account of Stimson's public activities and a glimpse into his contented private life. Yet the author often gets in the way of his account with a writing style that is far too mannered. At times his narrative comes across more like something out of a Booth Tarkington novel than a biography of a statesman who served in a half-dozen presidential administrations, which can prove distracting. Anyone seeking an account of Stimson's life will find themselves reading around many of its florid passages, which too often get in the way of a fascinating account of a man who helped to shape the world we know today. ( )