America Ascendant Opinion and Commentary from Dennis M. Spragg, historian and author of America Ascendant, the Rise of American Exceptionalism and Glenn Miller Declassified. Firstly, Dennis offers insight and perspective from his extensive and groundbreaking research. Next, he links American history with current events to demonstrate genuine American exceptionalism, in a relevant and objective manner.
Moreover, Dennis’ published works, available from the Potomac Books imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, contain many important insights for today’s Americans, as they consider, value and emulate genuine the exceptionalism of their liberal democratic republic. His articles offer valuable, entertaining and informative perspective.
America Ascendant Opinion and Commentary contains a treasure trove of relevant and timely facts that matter in today’s critical conversations about America’s national purpose and direction. Likewise, Dennis’ opinion and commentary puts specifics such as America First in clear focus and accurate perspective. Therefore, from presidents to policies, his view of America’s cultural history is a breath of fresh air. Military and political reviewers praise his prose and perspectives.
In conclusion, America Ascendant opinion and commentary by Dennis M. Spragg is always refreshing, thought provoking and worth the read.
AUGUST 6, 1945 EXCEPTIONAL DEVELOPMENT On August 6, 1945, America effectively ended World War II by triggering the downfall of Imperial Japan. Firstly, as described in my previous post Trinity, with the unprecedented and exceptional project code-named Manhattan, the United States had harnessed nuclear energy. Secondly, we successfully tested the …
PUTIN AWAKENS THE ALLIANCE Despotic Russia, Defiant Ukraine and Cold War II remind us that NATO matters. As today’s Americans debate the value of alliances versus America First, we do well to remember America’s finest hour. Firstly, following World War II, the United States established a liberal democratic, economic, political, …
PUTIN’S QUAGMIRE Defiant Ukraine, led by the refreshingly courageous and confident Volodymyr Zelensky, has boldly ensnarled the unscrupulous Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin into a hellish quagmire. Furthermore, they have clearly exposed Putin’s incompetent military and barbaric tactics. Nonetheless, the bestial Russian war machine continues to slog its way toward Kyiv. However, …
BOLD AND AMBITIOUS GAMBLE Fifty years have passed since American President Richard Nixon made his historic trip to China. On February 21, 1972, when Air Force One landed in Beijing, two decades of enmity between America and China ended. Firstly, a beaming President Nixon alighted to respectfully shake the hand …
SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER Celebrating its 80th anniversary, America’s international broadcasting service, the Voice of America, serves as an important and reliable source of news and information for people around the world. During February 1942, the United States launched wartime overseas service with Stimmen aus America (Voices from America) for …
THE ROAD TO KYIV On February 22, 2022, Cold War II began with Russian “peacekeepers” pouring into Ukraine. Moreover, the day before, the despotic Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin declared war against Western Civilization in an astonishing exhibition of fiction, ego, paranoia, and vengeance. But for years, Putin has clearly communicated his …
DECEMBER 7, 1941 At Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Imperial Japan awakened America. At that moment, the great republic began its inexorable march toward to genuine exceptionalism. Consequently, America Ascendant, the Rise of American Exceptionalism, documents the events of that fateful morning on Oahu that shaped the rest of …
AMERICANS ASCENDANT JUNE 6, 1944 D-Day had arrived. Following a furious naval bombardment by the largest fleet ever assembled and supported by air forces with complete control of the sky, our fathers and grandfathers stormed the beaches of Normandy at 6:30 a.m. on June 6, 1944. Meanwhile, highly trained Rangers …
THE EXCEPTIONAL AMERICAN “I Like Ike” was the successful 1952 presidential campaign slogan for Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, the World War II Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force, and Cold War commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. On September 17, 2020, the United States of America honored the exceptional American …
GLENN MILLER’S GERMAN LANGUAGE BROADASTS “THE OWI AIMS AT FRITZ” “LONDON – The German Army, target of the “German Wehrmacht Hour” beamed out by ABSIE (American Broadcasting Station in Europe) is getting its first taste of OWI-supplied live popular music according to the New York office of the OWI’s Overseas …