Ebook {Epub PDF} The Pentagon: A History by Steve Vogel

Compare book prices from over , booksellers. Find The Pentagon: A History () by Vogel, Steve. Compare book prices from over , booksellers. Find The Pentagon: A History () by Vogel, Steve. Washington Post journalist Vogel provides an incisive history of the Pentagon both as an architectural construct and as an American symbol, though not as an institution. Vogel traces the politics and design considerations involved in planning a new home for the previously scattered War Department (forerunner of today's Department of Defense) in the early s/5(70).

Now veteran military reporter Steve Vogel reveals for the first time the remarkable story of the Pentagon's construction, from it's dramatic birth to its rebuilding after the September 11 attack. Membership Advantages. Steve Vogel has crafted a dazzling work of military social history that merits comparison with the best works of David Halberstam or David McCullough. Like its namesake, The Pentagon is a true landmark. The Pentagon: A History. by Steve Vogel. Published by Random House. pages, Biography of a Building. Reviewed by David Abrams. If Steve Vogel's new book, The Pentagon, sometimes reads like a catalog of superlatives, it's understandable and forgivable. The five-sided military headquarters -- the world's largest office building -- may.

Items related to The Pentagon: A History. Home. Vogel, Steve. The Pentagon: A History Stock Image. View Larger Image The Pentagon: A History Vogel, Steve. About The Book. The creation of the Pentagon in seventeen whirlwind months during World War II is one of the great construction feats in American history, involving a tremendous mobilization of manpower, resources, and minds. In astonishingly short order, Brigadier General Brehon B. Somervell conceived and built an institution that ranks with the White House, the Vatican, and a handful of other structures as symbols recognized around the world. The Pentagon: A History Vogel, Steve. ratings by Goodreads. ISBN / ISBN Published by Random House Trade Paperbacks,