Military History & Affairs

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“The author’s conclusions on the long-term effect of the intervention on Russia’s current internal political and foreign policy viewpoint is fascinating.”

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While you should never judge a book by its title, if Jeff Vandenengel had gone with Too Big to Sail, then you can imagine the book could have courted a wider audience.

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With the media focused on the bombing of civilians in Ukraine and Gaza, revisiting the use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and its impact on the civilian population, seems timely.

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The book is replete with maps, photographs, profiles of commanders and weapons, and illustrations that help explain the brutal combat in a region that another historian ha

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"a model for good history writing . . . a welcome guide to critical thinking along with a compelling story."

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in the end, war will be waged by politicians and generals (and admirals) and the troops they command, and military operations will continue to have political implications.

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“In Nazis on the Potomac, Sutton tells the incredible previously secret story of an institution where Americans listened and learned the lessons needed to win World War II.”

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“Reeves' book is more than an intimate study of Grant and his family in a critical period of the future president’s life; it is a study of a white middle-class America in which economics, p

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“Shay remembers a hero of the colonial wars and American independence who is too often relegated to a footnote in the shadow of the better-remembered leaders of the Revolution.”

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“Uniting Against the Reich is Truxal’s first book, and it is based on solid research, sound if debatable judgments, and a refreshing lack of moralistic tone.”

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a 50-year perspective of how the Navy rose to the operational challenge of navigating in an unforgiving environment against a determined foe.”

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“Well done atlases are invaluable tools for studying history and this volume hits all the right notes, providing not only a wealth of information but a concise and well wri

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The Race for the Atom Bomb is less the story of how the Soviet Union stole the secrets of the Manhattan Project as it is a defense of J.

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In the popular imagination, the phrase “Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes” is attributed to the Revolutionary War Battle of Bunker Hill and to Colonel Israel Putnam of Connecticut,

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“an important primer for understanding what has changed, what has stayed the same, and what is likely to happen with conflict in the next decade.”

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One wonders what author Jonathan Raban is trying to tell us in his memoir, Father and Son.

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“From Joan of Arc to Queen Njinga of Ndongo, the reader will meet a vibrant cast of powerful women whose stories deserve to be told.”

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There have been several books published about the SAS during WWII. This, however, is the first authorized illustrated version. The pictures have never published before.

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“Dannatt and Lyman tell an engaging history of the British army, 1918 to 1940, that offers lessons in ‘the failure of both political and military leadership and disfunctionality between the

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“Goldsworthy fills a little-known but important gap in the history of the Western World with a history of the lands of Armenia, Iraq, and Syria that, as part of the Parthian Empire, became

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The definition and use of military history has been challenging for the American military establishment. How is history useful for an operational commander or to soldiers in general?

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“All of these women . . . served their country with patriotism and a sense of duty no less than any man who went off to war.”

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"Anyone wanting to understand the current war in Ukraine would benefit from reading this careful and thoughtful history. . . . a deft use of the documentary format."

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“Just as Imperial Germany challenged British sea power in the early 20th century, China in the early 21st century has challenged U.S. sea power.”

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