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Each month, there are far too many books to read. These three caught my interest this month.

The Ascent of George Washington: The Hidden Political Genius of an American Icon

By John Ferling (BUY)
A political biography of our first president, from the author of A Leap in the Dark and Setting the World Ablaze.

Masters and Commanders: How Four Titans Won the War in the West, 1941-1945

By Andrew Roberts (BUY)
A joint biography of Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt and the commanders of their armed forces, General Sir Alan Brooke and General George C. Marshall.

The Birth of Modern Politics: Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, and the Election of 1828

By Lynn Parsons (BUY)
The author argues that the election of 1828 established many of the aspects of our modern political scene.

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