Review
"For more than fifty years, Arthur Schlesinger has been at the vital
center of our public life. He has not only chronicled American history,
he has helped to define it -- as the fighting intellectual of Americans
for Democratic Action, adviser to Adlai Stevenson, special assistant to
President Kennedy. . .What a remarkable life he has lived; what
wonderful books he has written." --President Bill Clinton, on the
occasion of awarding the 1998 National Humanities Medal
Synopsis
The author considers events that occurred during his lifetime and that contributed to America's rise to world power status, as told through his personal experiences in childhood, in college, and during war times.