Philip Dru : Administrator (Paperback)

from octoberdad

This book should be subtitled: How to Become a Socialist Dictator in 12 Easy Steps

from mattries37315

After finishing "Philip Dru: Administrator", the best thing I can say about it is that author Edward Mandell House might have created a semi-autobiographical character to explain the political boss system the dominated American politics for nearly half a century. The story of a former West Point ...

from gregdehler

Strange stuff and horrid fiction. Worth reading, though, if you are interested in the Progressive Era or Woodrow Wilson, because Edward "Colonel" House was Wilson's closest advisor until the two had a falling out during the post World War I Paris Peace Conference.