summary of the pioneers by david mccullough

In the book's casual forum, the legacies of history shine through with electric urgency as Roger Mudd's highly knowledgeable questions illuminate five truly first-rate minds: Stephen Ambrose, discussing the turbulent years between World War II and the world we inhabit today, eloquently underscores the immense achievement and consequence of D-day'the pivot point of the twentieth century'and candidly discusses history's complex assessments of Eisenhower and Nixon. In a series of interviews that are as valuable as they are engrossing, today's best and brightest historians weigh in on the crucial moments in American history.

Through interviews conducted by The History Channel's Roger Mudd, readers are treated to five absorbing conversations rich in fresh anecdotes and insights that, together, touch upon every major event in American history: Gordon Wood on the colonial era and the American Revolution James McPherson on the Civil War and Reconstruction Richard White on American westward expansion David McCullough on the early twentieth century and Stephen Ambrose on World War II and the post-war era. American Heritage: Great Minds of History illuminates the historians responsible for some of our era's most acclaimed and successful books.

Summary of the pioneers by david mccullough