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Stephen P. Tryon

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Philosophy, Contemporary, History

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Stephen Tryon is the youngest of eight children from a military family. He grew up in Las Cruces, N.M., joined the Army after high school, and served on five continents. From a desperate firefight over a defector to a near-fatal parachute accident to preparing the Army's senior general for congressional hearings, Stephen's military experience gives him a unique perspective on how our government works, and how it could work better.

Upon leaving the Army, he turned to business. In the ecommerce arena, his adventures included managing enormous warehouses, overseeing technical implementations and chasing business deals from Sligo to Shanghai.

His first book, Accountability Citizenship, was acclaimed by reviewers for its unbiased, common-sense a ...more

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	Accountability Citizenship 4.25 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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"With the exception of the pacifist members in the British government, both sides seemed to accept the war between Germany and France as a future certainty in the decade before the fateful summer of 1914. Perhaps, given the ambitions of the Kaiser and the near-religious conviction that Germany’s destiny was to conquer and rule, war at some level was indeed unavoidable. But the historical fact is t Read more of this blog post »

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Stephen Tryon liked J Earl's review of Thy King Dumb Come: "Thy King Dumb Come by Stephen Tryon is a mix of fantasy, farce, satire, and some all too real reality. Put together it makes for a humorous, and at times scary, read. I'm not sure I can really offer much detail without giving away some of what happens" Read more of this review »
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Stephen Tryon made a comment on his review of Slaughterhouse-Five " Joni wrote: "I'm so happy I read Slaughterhouse. I had to study the Cliff Notes as I read each chapter. War and Science Fiction are not my usual genre ...more "
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I wish all Americans of voting age would read this book. Brands' biography of Franklin Delano Roosevelt is excellent on many levels: as a biography of one of our greatest presidents (FDR ranks among the top three in many rankings of our presidents), ...more
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This book is a terrific account of significant events in the history of Mexico and the United States. Pancho Villa's raid into New Mexico and Pershing's punitive expedition to fight Villa in 1916-1917 offer important perspectives on our current effor ...more
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