The winds of time
Subtitle: an analytical study of the titans who shaped western civilization
By: Rich DiSilvio
Publisher: Digital Vista
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 739
ISBN-13: 9780981762517
Subjects: World history; History; Histoire universelle; Histoire
Description: "In this groundbreaking work Rich DeSilvio posits bold new perspectives on the most crucial figures and primary cultures that shaped Western civilization ... With solid facts, the author proves how the Roman Republic and Roman Empire had a far greater impact on history and America than the flawed and mistakenly praised Greek democracy. Compelling evidence is likewise presented that restores the stellar reputations of courageous men like Columbus and Augustus, while the heavily guarded realm of religious history receives a deep and probing analysis with illuminating candor ... Moreover, he points out how imperative it is to preserve the golden aspects of America's superior culture that have been sold out or defiled by the radical left and politically correct who place multiculturalism and passivity above solidarity and strength."--(from the dust jacket)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 728-730) and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: 48 BC. Prelude; title: AD14 Augustus; title: AD73 Vespasian & Sons; title: AD122 Hadrian; title: AD325 Constantine; title: 1320-1600 Middle Ages and the age of rebirth; title: 1480 Popes, the Borgias, and the Medici; title: 1492-1812 America; title: 1800-1900 Darwin, Marx, and Freud; title: 1900-1937 Marconi; title: 1889-1945 Hitler; title: 1933-1945 Roosevelt & Churchill; title: 1880-1955 Edison & Einstein; title: 1950-2007 Kennedy & McCarthy; title: Epilogue; title: Acknowledgements; title: Bibliography; title: Index; title: Photos/Illustrations.