Word: langguth
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...Union 1812: The Americans who Fought the Second War of Independence,” author A.J. Langguth ’55 continues a historical journey that began with “Patriots: The Men Who Started the American Revolution...
Clocking in at a little over 400 pages, Langguth begins his latest book with George Washington’s return to Mount Vernon in 1783. Washington was actually coaxed into attending the Constitutional Convention by James Madison...
...Langguth details the construction of the country with impeccable detail, but his prose never borders on the tedious. He avoids the run-of-the-mill history lesson by inserting various anecdotes about America’s founding fathers...
This vexation is equally felt by the reader. With Langguth detailing each exhaustive event concerning the War of 1812, one almost feels like this is a history crash course. However, the fluidity of Langguth’s prose keeps the book from devolving into a boring, lecture-like encyclopedia...
...appears to prefer working behind the scenes to basking in the limelight. She has brought a collegial atmosphere to the Chancellery that is proving wildly popular. "Suddenly a woman in black enters the stage without any pomp or circumstance and talks in a quite straightforward manner - analytically," says Gerd Langguth, a political scientist at Bonn University. "People like that." Cabinet meetings are more open and less hierarchical than they were in Schröder's day, though Merkel can be ruthless with long-winded colleagues. "When I met her alone it was like meeting a leading business figure...