My Life In the Service: The World War II Diary of George McGovern Shirt

My Life In the Service: The World War II Diary of George McGovern ShirtBefore he was a celebrated politician, Senator George McGovern served as a B 24 bomber pilot in World War II, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross for saving the lives of his crew. My Life in the Service features a facsimile of the diary McGovern kept from his first days of basic training to the end of the war. Hastily jotted in his exacting hand (a typed transcription is included), the pages convey the immediacy of McGoverns wartime experiences.

seemingly floating high above the crude realities of contemporary American political life

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Nearly all measures of inequality continue to rise

" —The Globe & Mail (Toronto)

Barack Obama swept into the White House in January 2009

"One helluva team of writers has produced a book you'll be dipping into for years

the civil rights movement

And barriers to entry to our political process have reached nearly insurmountable heights

earning the Distinguished Flying Cross for saving the lives of his crew

he describes how his daily life was consumed by questions and fear

There are chilling accounts of efforts to innovate new foods (Fritos

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