Jeffrey A Decker

Dictionary of Literary Biography Documentary Series: The Black Aesthetic Movement

Each volume concentrates on the major figures of a particular literary period, movement or genre. Entries are generously illustrated with facsimiles of manuscripts and revised galley proofs, title pages, dust jackets and pictures from the authors' lives. (Note: this series has been discontinued, how...

Made In America: Self-Styled Success from Horatio Alger to Oprah Winfrey

Made in America presents the first look at self-made men and women from a multicultural perspective. Jeffrey Louis Decker discusses the emergence of self-starters like Andrew Carnegie, Booker T. Washington, Madam C.J. Walker, and Lee Iacocca in relation to the changing consumer markets of the twenti...

Improving Strategic Competence: Lessons from 13 Years of War

This study formulates seven lessons from the past 13 years of war and identifies critical requirements for land forces, special operations forces, and partners to collaborate successfully.

Dictionary of Literary Biography: Documentary Series An Illustrated Chronicle

Made in America: Self-Styled Success from Horatio Alger to Oprah Winfrey

Made in America: Self-Styled Success from Horatio Alger to Oprah Winfrey