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“But why, some say, the Moon? Why choose this as our goal? And they may well ask why climb the highest mountain? Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic? Why does Rice play Texas? We choose to go to the Moon. We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard...

By the election of 1896, she suggests, many Americans embraced a vision of national unity grounded in economic growth and moderated government intervention, allowing the country to move toward reunion and outward expansion. This tension finds symbolic expression in Theodore Roosevelt, who embodied the independent western individualist, the progressive reformer willing to use federal power, and the international policeman expanding American influence abroad.

Anthony Beevor’s The Second World War is widely regarded as one of the most authoritative modern syntheses of the global conflict. In this work, Beevor provides a comprehensive account of the political, military, and social dimensions of the war that became the deadliest and most consequential conflict in human history. Rather than presenting only a traditional operational history focused on battles and commanders, Beevor integrates the experiences of soldiers, political lead

Christian historians work from the belief that the most significant historical event has already taken place. The life, death, and resurrection of Christ repaired the wound between God and humanity and reshaped the Arthurian tradition. What had been a European romance became a Grail quest, a search for meaning that finds its answer in right worship and union with God.