The holidays are over, you’ve received your gift cards from Amazon and already returned your duplicate copies of Grant by Ron Chernow. So what books to buy now? Here are some of our favorites at the American Interest.Actually, if you happen to be the one person who didn’t receive it, Grant (Penguin) isn’t a bad place to start. Grant has often been seen as an overrated general and a weak president. Here Chernow uses Grant’s private struggles with alcoholism, bankruptcy and depression to illustrate his broader struggles with strategy and public policy during the civil war and reconstruction. The result …read more
Source: The American Interest
