Warriors in Washington

Grant H. Golub is an Assistant Professor of American History in the Department of National Security and Strategy at the US Army War College. His work and commentary have been published in Cold War History, The Journal of Strategic Studies, The Washington Post and The Chicago Tribune. This is his first book.

• Introduction; 1. The making of Henry Lewis Stimson; 2. Into the dark; 3. The wars of Washington; 4. Between deterrence and compellence; 5. The proper and orthodox way of war; 6. The Americans are coming: 7. The new superpower world order; Conclusion.

'Grant Golub's well-researched and deftly written book offers fresh insight into how power worked in Roosevelt's wartime Washington and how, under Henry Stimson's leadership, the US Army mastered the game of backroom angling, vote whipping, and assault by memo.' Brooke L. Blower, author of Americans in a World at War: Intimate Histories from the Crash of Pan Am's Yankee Clipper