Brad Snyder: 4 books
Fire in My Eyes
An American Warrior's Journey from Being Blinded on the Battlefield to Gold Medal Victory
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
"I am not going to let my blindness build a brick wall around me. I'd give my eyes one hundred times again to have the chance to do what I have done, and what I can still do."-Brad Snyder speaking with First Lady Michelle Obama
On the night Osama bin Laden was killed, US Navy Lieutenant...
The House of Truth
A Washington Political Salon and the Foundations of American Liberalism
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2017
In 1912, a group of ambitious young men, including future Supreme Court justice Felix Frankfurter and future journalistic giant Walter Lippmann, became disillusioned by the sluggish progress of change in the Taft Administration. The individuals started to band together informally, joined initially...
A Well-Paid Slave
Curt Flood's Fight for Free Agency in Professional Sports
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2007
After the 1969 season, the St. Louis Cardinals traded their star center fielder, Curt Flood, to the Philadelphia Phillies, setting off a chain of events that would change professional sports forever. At the time there were no free agents, no no-trade clauses. When a player was traded, he had to report...
The Japan–South Korea Identity Clash
East Asian Security and the United States
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2015
Japan and South Korea are Western-style democracies with open-market economies committed to the rule of law. They are also U.S. allies. Yet despite their shared interests, shared values, and geographic proximity, divergent national identities have driven a wedge between them. Drawing on decades of...