U.S. Grant on War, Peace, Race, Foreign Powers, and the Future
19th Century
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12m
The memoirs of Lt. Gen. and President Ulysses S. Grant are filled with subtle—and not so subtle—commentaries. Here's one, which appears at the end of his second volume, and it speaks to American power and the future.
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