FROM COLONY TO SUPERPOWER by George C. Herring

Rick is recommending a history book for the HMTP: FROM COLONY TO SUPERPOWER: U.S. Foreign Relations Since 1776, by George C. Herring. This is a 1000 page tome that appears to fit in with our other studies. I am especially thinking that it may help us understand why the U. S. became so influential; something I have been pondering ever since reading GUNS, GERMS AND STEEL. The reviews on Amazon are mixed, but there is enough there to let me know that even those who fault it for historical accuracy in a few places, compliment it for prose style. The fluidity of prose has become increasingly more important to me now that I have been spoiled by William Manchester.