George Washington composed his Farewell Address in cooperation with James Madison and Alexander Hamilton. The process took roughly five years, as the initial text was prepared in anticipation of a 1792 retirement. In one of the drafts of the address, Washington/Madison/Hamilton look forward to a...
from colony to superpower
Erik's response to my FCTS I (From Colony to Superpower: Chapter 1) post is up. A lot of the discussion we've been having regards counterfactuals, which is plenty entertaining but.
Erik Loomis and I have embarked on a project to evaluate George Herring's new book, From Colony to Superpower. Herring is a well-respected historian of the Vietnam Era, and has.