Tag: History
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Book Review: ‘The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany’
The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany 1944–45 By: Stephen E. Ambrose Publisher: Simon & Schuster Year Published: 2001 Genre(s): Aviation, Military History, Aerial Warfare, World War II (1939-1945) The Unsung Wings of Victory: A Reflection on Stephen E. Ambrose’s The Wild Blue When we conjure images of America’s…
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Book Review: ‘Clear and Present Danger’
Clear and Present Danger By: Tom Clancy Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Year of Publication: 1989 Clear and Present Danger: When the War Comes Home Tom Clancy’s Clear and Present Danger marks a turning point in the Jack Ryan saga—and in Clancy’s own narrative ambitions. Gone are the Cold War chess matches and high-tech brinkmanship of…
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Book Review: ‘The Missiles of October: The Declassified Story of John F. Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis’
The Missiles of October: The Declassified Story of John F. Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis By: Robert Smith Thompson Publisher: Simon & Schuster Year of Publication: 1992 🧨 Revisionism Run Amok: A Look at Robert Smith Thompson’s The Missiles of October History, especially the kind still warm to the touch, is a fragile thing.…
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Book Review: ‘World War II: America at War 1941-1945’
World War II: America at War 1941–1945 — A Richly Layered Reference to a Defining Global Conflict The Second World War was not merely a chapter in history—it was the seismic event that reshaped the 20th century. Every major power was drawn into its vortex: some aligned with the Axis, most with the Allies, and…
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Book Review: ‘Desert Victory: The War for Kuwait’
Strategic Scope Without Sentiment: A Review of Desert Victory by Norman Friedman 📘 Title: Desert Victory: The War for Kuwait🖋️ Author: Norman Friedman🏛️ Publisher: Naval Institute Press📅 Publication Date: Fall 1991📚 Genre: Military History / Strategic Analysis Military history comes in many flavors—some rich with battlefield grit, others cool and cerebral. Norman Friedman’s Desert Victory…
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Book Review: ‘The Crisis Years: Kennedy and Khrushchev 1960–1963’
📘 Review: The Crisis Years: Kennedy and Khrushchev 1960–1963 by Michael R. Beschloss Michael R. Beschloss’ The Crisis Years is that rare gem in historical nonfiction: a book that not only illuminates a pivotal era in 20th-century geopolitics but does so with the narrative drive and emotional texture of a finely wrought novel. Published in…
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Book Review: ‘Special Forces – A Guided Tour of U.S. Army Special Forces’
📚 Review: Special Forces – A Guided Tour of U.S. Army Special Forces By John D. Gresham (with Tom Clancy)Berkley Books, 2001 | 366 pages | ISBN: 9780425172681Status: Out of print, but available via Internet Archive and select used book retailers. Publisher’s Blurb: They are sent to the world’s hot spots-on covert missions fraught with…
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Book Review: ‘The Greatest Generation’
The Greatest Generation By: Tom Brokaw Publisher: Random House (now Penguin Random House) Year of Publication: 1998 Genre: American history, World War II, Biographical Portraits/Non-Fiction Reconsidering “The Greatest Generation”: A Reflection on Tom Brokaw’s Timeless Tribute There was a time I questioned the phrase Greatest Generation—it sounded too sweeping, too sentimental, maybe even a little…
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Book Review: ‘Hidden Power: Presidential Marriages That Shaped Our History’
Hidden Power: Presidential Marriages That Shaped Our History Author: Kati Morton Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Year of Publication: 2001 (Hardcover); 2002 (Paperback) Genre: U.S. History; American Presidents; American First Ladies; Biography A Departure from the Usual: A Thoughtful but Uneven Journey Through Presidential Marriages I rarely delve into books focused on politics or political…
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Book Review: ‘The Fall of Japan: The Final Weeks of World War II in the Pacific
The Fall of Japan: The Final Weeks of World War II in the Pacific Kindle EditionBy: William CraigPublisher (Original): The Dial PressPublisher (Kindle Edition): Open Road MediaYear of Publication: Original (1967); Kindle Edition (2015) Amazon’s Publisher’s Description New York Times Bestseller: A “virtually faultless” account of the last weeks of WWII in the Pacific from…
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