A picaresque story beginning 1938 in the Philippines and General MacArthur, 1942 Guadalcanal, 1941-43 FDR White House, China Mao and Revolution 1948, California dreaming 1952, Georgetown 1954, Army 1961-62, I Have a Dream and Jack and Jackie 1963, Washington riots and mayhem 1965-68, California dreaming 1977, Russia and China romance 2007-12, celebrating a score of characters and events that shaped the American Dream. America, our salvation and our destiny!
Great read, beautifully written. I particularly liked the chapters on Russia and China. So many events and characters, some famous all fascinating. George B.

CHRISTOPHER LEE BOWEN born in the Philippines, lived in Qingdao China, served in the US Army, worked for the Defense Intelligence Agency, an avid student of American history. Undergraduate degree from the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, graduate degree from the University of Minnesota. He resides in Oakland California.