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Gotta hand it to the brilliant PR Machine at The Flagship. They championed a “review” with no subpoena power and so we’re basically reading the same media report ad nauseum.
If you like Clancy or the Bourne series, try The Thirty-Nine Steps (Buchan). It was written in 1915 and may be the first of the spy-thriller genre. Pretty cool read.
To me, Teddy R. is one of the most fascinating character studies in American history. He is responsible for many of the original occupational and food safety laws and conservation of natural resources. And whether you like the outcome or not, an argument can be made that TR was primarily responsible for the U.S. becoming the global power that was eventually capable of ending two world wars, while the globe for the British, French, Spanish and Dutch contracted.
TR had a very hostile, poor opinion of Wilson. Most scholars agree that WWII was an extension of WWI, so it’s plausible, based on TR’s harsh foreign policies towards Germany (he was often cited favoring war with Germany before his presidency), that had TR been president during WWI, he wouldn’t have allowed the 1918 armistice, but would have continued the war until the Germans’ unconditional surrender, which may have prevented WWII in Europe (the Pacific War was inevitable). It’s an interesting alternative history to ponder.
I typically find straight biographies boring, so I try to find the ones that generate a biography as a peripheral to the main story (such as the two I listed above, which offer a fine bio of Earp & Holliday, and TR, respectively).
I read Morris’ bio of Teddy R., and like BJD noted, there were times where it seemed like Morris was using speculation as a “critical analysis” just to make a point about his motivations in later life.
The best Clancy novels are his older ones. The ones that became movies barely resembled the books (the books were very good); Without Remorse and the Cardinal and the Kremlin were his two best. The main problem is his best books are very dated now, because they were written 25-30 years ago.
He apparently wasn’t even writing the Jack Ryan universe ones after The Bear and the Dragon. His last one was a near scene-for-scene storyboard for most of the movie Act of Valor.
A few non-fiction recommendations for the history buffs who are fascinated by the frontier and Manifest Destiny periods:
The Last Gunfight (Jeff Guinn); centered around the buildup to the famous shootout at the OK Corral in Tombstone, its main focus is the socioeconomics and character of the frontier.
War Lovers (Evan Thomas); nationalism and political maneuvering by Teddy Roosevelt — and the first mainstream sensational use of the media as a business by Hearst — to become a global power in the buildup to the Spanish-American War.
Flyboys (James Bradley); centers around the cannibalism of Navy pilots shot down over Chichi Jima in WWII, but it also explores the broader history of U.S.-Japan relations that led to such a brutal war in the Pacific, as well as the advancement of naval doctrine to use aircraft carriers — not battleships — to project power.
The Winston factor is why I thought — if they really wanted Jimbo — they’d have waited another year.
He always seemed to play under the radar on very bad teams with inept offenses (3-8 in both ’95 and ’96), but he did rush for about 1,200 yds his senior year in ’97.
One of the most memorable plays of my youth, in the 1994 regular season finale at Virginia (Thanksgiving Friday as I recall) his freshman year he broke loose a 95-yard TD run to put us ahead…and into the Peach Bowl.
It’s important to note that in 1990 we self-imposed overly harsh penalties for only minor infractions. The NCAA simply accepted our self-imposed penalties, but did not add any of its own.
Our own administration was our biggest enemy.
Compare that to the Flagship since 2010.
Wilson’s first start was actually the 2008 opener at South Carolina; he was 1/5 for 12 yards before he was knocked out of the game.
NCStatePride: True, but I only wanted to consider first full-games simply because to me, if you play one series in a game, get smeared, and then start a second game down the road, you might as well have never started before because you really haven’t had more “time” to establish who you are as a QB. Still, that’s correct so I’ll make a note of it. Thanks.
I watched Alabama run out at Bryant Denny to simply the band playing the fight song (after an into video like we have) and it was a subtle yet awe-inspiring moment.
Our band has grown and improved so much over the past decade, and we really should use it to our advantage like so many other schools do. I really like how they’re playing more between plays (the quick N-C-S-U Go State one in particular) and they were great at Kenan. And yet we drown out half the fight song during the intro with pumped-in noise.
I get more peturbed each season with the increased amount of noise they pump into C-F, and I blame the Canes influence for that.
The officiating was terrible, but the refs didn’t miss Horner’s two free throws at the end that would’ve sealed it,nor did they continue to call the same set that continued to fail every time down the stretch. Blaming this loss solely — or even primarily — on the officiating is a disservice to Sidney Lowe and his players who have earned their sucktitude honestly.
