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The War Lovers: Roosevelt, Lodge, Hearst, and the Rush to Empire, 1898 Hardcover – Large Print, April 27, 2010

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On February 15, 1898, the USS Maine exploded in the Havana Harbor. Although there was no evidence that the Spanish were responsible, yellow newspapers such as William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal whipped Americans into frenzy by claiming that Spain's "secret infernal machine" had destroyed the battleship. Soon after, the blandly handsome and easily influenced President McKinley declared war, sending troops not only to Cuba but also to the Philippines, Spain's sprawling colony on the other side of the world.

As Evan Thomas reveals in his rip-roaring history of those times, the hunger for war had begun years earlier. Depressed by the "closing" of the Western frontier and embracing theories of social Darwinism, a group of warmongers that included a young Teddy Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge agitated loudly and incessantly that the United States exert its influence across the seas. These hawks would transform American foreign policy and, when Teddy ascended to the presidency, commence with a devastating war without reason, concocted within the White House--a bloody conflict that would come at tremendous cost.

Thrillingly written and brilliantly researched, THE WAR LOVERS is the story of six men at the center of a transforming event in U.S. history: Roosevelt, Lodge, Hearst, McKinley, William James, and Thomas Reed, and confirms once more than Evan Thomas is a popular historian of the first rank.
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Evan Thomas has been the Assistant Managing Editor of Newsweek since 1991. He is the bestselling author of six works of nonfiction: Sea of Thunder, John Paul Jones, Robert Kennedy, The Very Best Men, The Man to See, and The Wise Men. He lives with his wife and children in Washington, D.C.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Little, Brown and Company; Large Print edition (April 27, 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 592 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780316085113
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0316085113
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.89 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 2 x 9.5 inches
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Evan Thomas is one of the most respected historians and journalists writing today. He is the bestselling author of ten works of nonfiction: First: Sandra Day O’Connor, Being Nixon, Ike's Bluff, The War Lovers, Sea of Thunder, John Paul Jones, Robert Kennedy, The Very Best Men, The Man to See, and The Wise Men (with Walter Isaacson). Thomas was an editor and writer at Newsweek for 24 years, where he wrote more than a hundred cover stories.

Thomas has won numerous journalism awards, including a National Magazine Award in 1998. In 2005, his 50,000-word narrative of the 2004 election was honored when Newsweek won a National Magazine Award for the best single-topic issue.

Thomas is a fellow of the Society of American Historians and has taught writing at Princeton and Harvard. He is a graduate of Harvard and the University of Virginia Law School. He lives with his wife and two children in Washington, DC.

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Paul F. Brooks
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting story told well - recommended
Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2015
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War Lover - Roosevelt, Lodge, Hearst, and the rush to Empire, 1898 - Evan Thomas [0606 - May 12, 2015]

Evan Thomas makes a convincing case that the overt and covert efforts of Roosevelt, Lodge, and Hearst brought on the Spanish-American War. The overriding goal was to compel America to become a world power and acquire foreign territories.

Although newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst (1863-1961) and senator Henry Cabot Lodge (1850-1924) play important roles in the story Mr. Thomas is telling; it is Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) who is the principal character in this book.

This reader was familiar with Roosevelt's war activities in Cuba but the Hearst and Lodge aspects of the story were new to me.

This book is a compelling read and sheds light on a little known but critically important aspect of our history, which has ramifications to this day.

I have had the pleasure of listening on audio book to the 3-volume biography of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris. This led to a book on the building of the Panama Canal, and several other TR related books including this title I am commenting on. Perhaps reading this book will inspire you to follow up with another book on this general topic.
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RF
4.0 out of 5 stars Good time-piece
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Having read Thomas's "Nixon", I was expecting a complete view, having read Bradley's "Imperial Cruise" I was expecting a bit of the same understanding that Teddy and team would not be praised, and then.... I had bought the audible version of this with a terrible reading as if it was an act. That thankfully was returned and while I like audible history that was the worst audio I have experienced.

The book was not as good as either Nixon or the Imperial Cruise but interesting and a bit more personal and a complete story (similar to Thomas's Nixon) but not as all-encompassing about Teddy (forays with Japan) or Hearst. Given it all though, it was an enjoyable time-piece of the post-Conklin democratic era peering through the venomous Indian savagery on to the Teddy bellicose meanderings into his own brutal attempts to overcome his fear of irrelevance. As stated in the end of the book by Omar Bradley of his son and his father .. that he was a war lover who lost perspective of humanity.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Blueprint for Bush Regime War on Iraq
Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2013
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History repeats itself, or, rather, people do the same (dumb and cruel) things repeatedly.
In The War Lovers, Evan Thomas gives a gripping account of how the early 20th century United States was pushed by a few men into a brutish war and from thence onto imperialistic policies. The political practices and financial ambitions of Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Cabot Lodge and William Randolph Hearst are seen in comparison to the wiser thinking and policies of philosopher William James and the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Thomas Reed.
While most Americans did not want Empire, a few men did. Bankers, business and the munitions and war machine manufacturers used fear, deceit and cries of patriotism to rouse the country into a war that served a few and betrayed the Cuban freedom fighters. Sound familiar? Read this book and weep. And enjoy the author's brilliant narrative writing.
To follow up, thoughtful readers will want to read Evan Thomas's book on Eishenhower, Ike's Bluff.
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Erez Davidi
4.0 out of 5 stars An Interesting Account of the Spanish-American War
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The War Lovers is a very well written account of the Spanish-American War, a war that was largely forgotten to history. Thomas tells the story of the war and the events leading to it through the eyes of five men: Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Cabot Lodge, Thomas Reed, William James, and William Randolph Hearst. Perhaps these fascinating people are what makes this book such an engaging read.

The main premise of the book is that TR, Lodge and Hearst had used their influence and positions of power in order to tilt the US government toward war in order to serve their own self-interests, which had nothing to do with liberating the Cuban people from the Spanish.

Overall, Thomas' premise remains unproved. During the entire book, he resorts to a dubious psychological analysis of TR's writing in order to show his power lust which, according to the author, developed mainly due to his father not participating in the Civil War and TR's desire to prove his manhood.

All in all, this book is still a great read on the Spanish-American war if you ignore all of the psychological analysis of TR's character that comes with it.
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James
5.0 out of 5 stars A Great View of America in the 1890s
Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2010
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The War Lovers, by Evan Thomas, was given to me as a present on my 49th birthday. I have always been a fan of Theodore Roosevelt, even though I probably would not have liked the man if I had known him. Thomas does a good job of meshing the lives of Roosevelt, Henry Cabot Lodge, Thomas Reed, William Randolph Hearst, William James, and Thomas Reed into a very readable account of the United States in the 1890s. The book is extremely easy to read and I had a hard time putting it down. I highly recommned this book to any student of this time period in United States history.
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Texas Bob
3.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable read
Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2010
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I finished this book with more knowledge of Roosevelt and Hearst than when I started. Read along side THE IMPERIAL CRUISE by Bradley and you really come away with a different feel for Roosevelt than you may have had from history classes in college.

I agree with some of the writers that the author does have a Democrat slant to his writing and probably never voted for or supported anyone in the Republican party. Once you understand that slant, you can take some of the comments for what they are meant to support: Vote Democrat and you will have no wars.

All in all, I enjoyed the book.
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William J. Gustafson
5.0 out of 5 stars Read All About It!
Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2016
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Changed my opinion about TR. Gave a good description of his personality and what drove. It also provided a good description of Wm. Randolf Hearst who was all for war which was good for newspaper sales. There are many parallels to the path to war in Iraq. Too bad the Bush administration did not know history. The book also made me aware of House speaker Mr. Reed who advice against the war was disregarded. It whetted my appetite to learn more about him. The book.was very well written.
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