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Posted on Jul 17, 2015 in Books and Movies

Men of War – Book Review

Men of War – Book Review

In “Men of War” John Rose examines Bunker Hill, Gettysburg, and Iwo Jima, focusing on “the overlooked and the ordinary, the men whose names are catalogued in muster rolls and inscribed on gravestones, the men who are otherwise forgotten.”

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Posted on Jun 2, 2014 in Books and Movies

The Americans on D-Day – Book Review

The Americans on D-Day – Book Review

“The Americans on D-Day” is a terrific photographic history of the American experience before, during, and after the D-Day landings. The accompanying text blends personal narrative, small-unit combat, and more into a cohesive whole.

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Posted on Apr 28, 2014 in Books and Movies

Through the Perilous Fight – Book Review

Through the Perilous Fight – Book Review

Steve Vogel’s “Through the Perilous Fight,” is an informative and interesting work about when British troops burned Washington and bombarded Ft. McHenery. It also follows the path “The Star-Spangled Banner” took to becoming the national anthem.

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Posted on Dec 11, 2013 in Books and Movies

Miracles and Massacres – Book Review

The 12 stories in Glenn Beck’s “Miracles and Massacres,” ranging from the Revolutionary War period to the modern day, succeed in presenting history ‘in a much more vivid and real way’ though they fail to present a complete picture of each event.

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Posted on Apr 30, 2013 in Books and Movies

The War Against the Nazi U-boats 1942-1944 – Book Review

The War Against the Nazi U-boats 1942-1944: The Anti-Submarine Command. L. Douglas Keeney, ed. Premiere, 2012. Paperback. 181 pages. $14.95 During the opening years of World War II, the Nazi military employed one of the deadliest nautical weapons, the submarine, to great effect against Allied shipping. German U-boats scoured the waters of the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and the Caribbean in an effort to disrupt shipments of American goods to Great Britain, hoping to do by sea what they could not do by land or air: choke the life out of the British Isles. Within a few months of American involvement in the war, however, the two Allied nations began making a concerted effort to eliminate the U-boat as a threat. Cooperation between the two nations and improvements in tactics employed against the U-boats suffered in early 1942, but by 1944, the Allies had won the Battle of the Atlantic and elsewhere. The U-boat would play a greatly reduced role for the remainder of the war, mostly maintaining a defensive...

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Posted on Jan 7, 2013 in Books and Movies

Rome’s Last Citizen – Book Review

Well-written and insightful, “Rome’s Last Citizen” is not only interesting for the historical perspective it sheds on Cato and Rome, but also for the light it sheds on the similarities between Rome and modern America.

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