Watching the 1968 film Where Eagles Dare, with Clint Eastwood and Richard Burton, stoked my interest as a young boy in a subset of World War II that has seldom seen inclusion as a part of popular culture…mountain warfare. For those who have seen Whe
Read more…Far From Suitable? Haig, Gough and Passchendaele: A Reappraisal is an in-depth study of responsibility for the battle of Passchendaele and its legacy in Great War memory. The principal contenders are Field Marshall, Sir Douglas Haig, Commander of
Read more…I read “The Coldest Winter” in preparation of a one-night continuing education class I was teaching. In my reading, in breadth, length and detail, it is the magnus opus of American Korean War literature. Neither a commendation nor a condemnation
Read more…“Trust and Leadership” consists of thirteen chronologically sequenced chapters, each being an essay on Mission Command as demonstrated in the operation covered from World War I to the Queensland National Emergency of 2010-2011 and extending from Ga
Read more…Donald L. Miller's, Masters of the Air, is a widely acclaimed and bestselling story of the American Eighth Air Force (The Mighty Eighth) during World War II. Using interviews, oral histories, and other archives, it’s considered an authoritative acc
Read more…I started “Light Horse Harry” in hopes of learning about a Revolutionary figure of whom I had only a superficial familiarity. I knew he was the failed father of Robert E. Lee to whom left little other than an historic name. I found a much more si
Read more…Being that this year (2025) marks the 80th anniversary of the conclusion of World War II, and just days ago, we recently surpassed the 80th anniversary of the Japanese surrender on the deck of the USS Missouri on September 2nd, 1945. Across the Uni
Read more…A Day In September is an account and an analysis of America’s bloodiest day of warfare, September 17, 1862, when the Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac clashed along the banks of Antietam Creek near the town of Sharpsburg, Maryla
Read more…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
Read more…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
Read more…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
Read more… 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.
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Read more…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
Read more…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
Read more…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
Read more…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
Read more…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
Read more…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
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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
Read more…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
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