Our Country, Right Or Wrong

Download or read book Our Country, Right Or Wrong written by Leonard F. Guttridge and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-09-04 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Decatur not only proved dauntless on the quarterdeck but amazingly effective in Mediterranean diplomacy. His spectacular dealings with Islamic powers presaged America's twenty-first century involvement in the region." "Readers will also learn the identity of the woman he forsook for a sophisticated beauty pursued by suitors as varied as Napoleon Bonaparte's brother and Aaron Burr. Through freshly discovered documents, many official, some intensely personal, biographer Leonard Guttridge traces the elements that sped Decatur inexorably into the shadow of murder."--BOOK JACKET.