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Jack Dragoni

Veterans News and Views

Jack Dragoni attended Boston College and served in the U.S. Army in Berlin and Vietnam. He resides in Chaffee, Missouri.

Goodwin points to presidential traits in new book

Thursday, October 18, 2018

Dr. Doris Kearns Goodwin is a historian, professor at Harvard, and an award-winning author. Her writings have, for the most part, been biographical about several presidents. Perhaps the most famous of her books is "A Team of Rivals" about Lincoln and his cabinet. I have been reading her more recent book about Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson. All four served during periods of unrest in the U.S. and the world. Kearns latest book to address, "Leadership: In Turbulent Times."

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