"Fine biography."
--"Washington Times"
"Splendid biography."
--"Dallas Morning News"
"In this day and age of warfare followed by nation-building,
Wood's career may hold some lessons for today's generals."
--"St. Louis Post-Dispatch"
"This very servicable book deserves attention, especially by
those contemplating the prospects of the current American
empire."
--"London Review of Books"
"Wood receives his due in a fine biography. . . . All sides of
the general are presented."
--"Washington Times"
"[McCallum's] research at the Library of Congress included
studying thousands of Wood's letters and diary entries, as well as
court records. The information sheds new light on several
controversial issues, including Wood's role in establishing the
Georgia Tech football program and the true story of the Republican
Convention of 1920."
--"Fort Worth Star-Telegram"
"We can be grateful for Jack McCallum's dutiful biography, which
gives us a reliable...chronicle of Wood's meteoric ascent and a
detailed record of his imperial achievements."
--"Wall Street Journal"
"Leonard Wood was one of the most fascinating figures during the
age of the American empire at the turn of the 20th century.
Physician, general, and colonial administrator, he was a man of
great talents and striking flaws. Jack McCallum, himself a
physician, has written a lively biography of Wood that shows how he
moved from doctor to warrior, always trailing controversy behind
him. At the end of this fascinating volume, readers will understand
why Leonard Wood aroused such intense passions in Cuba, the
Philippines and on the American political scene during the
Progressive Era"
--Lewis L. Gould, Eugene C. Barker Centennial Professor Emeritus in
American History, University of Texas at Austin
"With the skill of a surgeon, Jack McCallum has dissected the
life of Leonard Wood-one of the most significant army officers and
doctors of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Leonard Wood reveals how this arrogant, intolerant, self-righteous,
and autocratic army officer laid the foundations of American
twentieth century nation building."
--Gene A. Smith, author of "Thomas ap Catesby Jones: Commodore of
Manifest Destiny"
One of the most fascinating but least remembered figures in
modern American history, Major General Leonard Wood (1860-1927)
was, with his close friend Theodore Roosevelt, an icon of U.S.
imperialism as the nation evolved into a global power at the dawn
of the twentieth century. The myriad of roles that Wood played in
his extraordinary career offer a mirror image of the country's
expansion from the urban Northeast to the western frontier to Latin
America and the Far East. Boston surgeon, Indian fighter, U.S. Army
Chief of Staff, Medal of Honor winner, commander of the Rough
Riders in the Spanish-American War, Governor General of the
Philippines, and presidential candidate, Wood was one of a select
cadre of men that transformed the American military at the turn of
the century, turning it into a modern fighting force and the nation
into a world power.
Throughout his life, Wood tested the division between military
and civilian power to its very limits. His 1920 presidential
campaign and his conflicts with civilian politicians were
harbingers of the struggles that Generals Douglas MacArthur and
Dwight D. Eisenhower would face as they moved from thebattlefield
to Washington following World War II.
Jack McCallum has mined Wood's extensive personal
records--including diaries, correspondence, and photographs--to
create a vivid portrait of a complex man and the legacy he left on
U.S. imperialism. America's rapid conquest of Cuba and the
Philippines and the subsequent political and economic
reconstruction it imposed under Wood's military supervision in
these regions have important parallels to current U.S. involvement
in the Middle East, both in its successes and its failures.
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