Robert MacDougall has taught American history at the high school and college level for almost fifty years. He is currently retired and lives in Andover, Massachusetts, with his wife Diane. He has two adult children. Besides writing, he is an avid runner and has run the Boston Marathon six times (best time: 2:46) and coached track and cross country for most of his teaching career.
After reviewing our country's past, MacDougall discusses eight ways that the knowledge of those years has helped him lead a productive and satisfying life. If that doesn't work for you, MacDougall helps you learn how to uncover your own benefits from actually knowing something about the history of your country.
Douglas MacArthur and Dwight D. Eisenhower brought World War II to a close in decidedly different ways. Was MacArthur a vainglorious actor, as some who observed his triumphant ceremony aboard the Missouri concluded? Was Eisenhower as dry as he often appeared?