A review by pdonnellan
The War Lovers: Roosevelt, Lodge, Hearst, and the Rush to Empire, 1898 by Evan Thomas

4.0

The performance of the audiobook bumped this up an extra star. I knew that T.R. was committed to proving himself in battle and trying to erase the familial shame of his father opting out of the Civil War, but this book really brought home for me how fanatically, pathologically committed he was in his determination to fight in Cuba. I've always been fascinated with Teddy, but this book reminded me that when it came to reveling in the salutary effects of war, he was more than slightly unhinged.