As War History Network members know, war often originates in political realms and is fought by politicians as well as soldiers and sailors. Patrick Henry is one politician inextricably entwined in the American Revolution. His place in American hi
War histories usually focus on battles and strategies, generals and admirals, presidents and privates. Occasionally there is mention of the Age of Total War, of the American superiority of resources that overwhelmed Germany and Japan, but where do
War History Network members are aware that wars are fought by the warriors who fill the ranks before and during conflicts. “Russia’s Fighting Men: 1880-1914” is a study of the men who prepared to defend their nation in the years leading up to Worl
War History Network members are familiar many War II tales but one that is frequently overlooked is told in We Band Of Angels. It contains the story of 99 American nurses trapped on Bataan and Corregidor during the Japanese conquest of 1942.
Unlike Anything That Ever Floated approaches the classic Battle of Hampton Roads between the Monitor and Virginia from two perspectives. It goes into extensive detail about the engineering and mechanical features of each vessel as well as the occur
War History is not solely made on the battlefields. The meetings that lay the plans for victory are as much a part of the story as the shot and shell. Allied plans for World War II and its sequalae were formulated in a series of conferences invol
Friction between the United States and Mexico is a long saga that sometimes erupted into military conflict. The General and the Jaguar by Eileen Welsome chronicles a particular flashpoint in that relationship. The General is John J. Pershing, the
Histories of the American Revolution ordinarily feature wise Founding Fathers, military heroes and, in the end at least, glorious triumph. “Scars of Independence” presents the image of a violent struggle, not between freedom-loving Americans and t
Not all war history centers on the battlefield. The home front has its own contributions. “Women Remember the War” is a fascinating collection of oral histories of 25 Wisconsin women who lived through World War II. It consists of edited version
To some, 1778-1783 is identified with the American Revolution. From Ushant To Gibraltar relates the men and actions of the Royal Navy Channel Fleet during those years. Americans would be interested in this book for its study European naval combat
Though rarely remembered today, Pierre Gibault was a crucial figure in the American Revolution in the West. A native of New France, Gibault was ordained to the priesthood in Quebec and assigned to the Illinois Country. Settling in Kaskaskia, Illi
War History Network members appreciate the multi-faceted impact of war. Botha, Smuts And The Great War is a fascinating case study of the then new Union of South Africa. Its path to war shared factors with that other USA, the United States of Amer
Commanders In Chief consists of revised papers read before a symposium of the Military Studies Institute of Texas A & M University in 1990. Modern wartime presidents studied are William McKinley, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, L
Casemate's "Revolutionary Forts: New York" is an illustrated history and travel guidebook. It features 23 forts, spread along Long Island, the Hudson, Delaware, and Mohawk Rivers and Lake Champlain. Some are famous and well preserved, like Fort Tic
War History Network members often look for the story behind the headlines and "George Washington’s Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution" takes the reader behind the shades into the world of espionage.
I opened King John expecting to add to what I knew from old movies, that he was a disgruntled usurper who had to face his brother, Richard the Lionhearted, when Richard returned from captivity after leading a Crusade, who was eventually forced to s
“Tohopeka; Rethinking the Creek War and the War of 1812” consists of twelve essays by multiple authors chronicling the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, the defeat of the Creek Indians that opened the Southeast to white settlement. Topics include casualti
The story of any war is broader than its tales of the battlefield. “American Midnight” is the saga of an era, during and in the wake of the World War I in which popular sentiment and law focused on any deemed disloyal, un-American or different. I
Asleep in the Deep is the story of the Canadian Army Medical Corps (CAMC), loosely told through the experience of Nursing Sister Anna Stamers of St. John, New Brunswick. As Stamers left neither diary nor first person narratives, author Dianne Kell
Wars may have specific starting dates, April 12, 1861 and September 1, 1939 to cite two, but the wheels on which they ride had been turning for some time. “The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel” is history, biography and mystery of a life that spaw
