History

Image of The Grand Design: Strategy and the U.S. Civil War
Author(s):
Donald Stoker
Genre(s):
History

The Grand Design: Strategy and the U.S. Civil War

October 1, 2010
Reviewed by: 
Michael J. Deeb

Mr. Mortimer has brought to the study of the American Civil War the biography of Pryce Lewis.

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Image of Migra!: A History of the U.S. Border Patrol (Volume 29) (American Crossroads)
Author(s):
Kelly Lytle Hernandez
Genre(s):
History

Migra!: A History of the U.S. Border Patrol (American Crossroads)

October 1, 2010
Reviewed by: 
Geri Spieler

 What could be a more contentious issue today than the conflict surrounding our border with Mexico?

 

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Image of A Brief History of Scranton, Pennsylvania
Author(s):
Cheryl A. Kashuba
Genre(s):
History

A Brief History of Scranton, Pennsylvania

October 1, 2010
Reviewed by: 
Nicole Langan

The History Press, November 2009

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Image of Mary Tudor: Princess, Bastard, Queen
Author(s):
Anna Whitelock
Genre(s):
Biography, Autobiography & Memoir, Royalty, British, Historical

Mary Tudor: Princess, Bastard, Queen

October 1, 2010
Reviewed by: 
Susan Harper PhD

In Mary Tudor: Princess, Bastard, Queen, Anna Whitelock sets out offer a picture of English first Queen Regnant as something other than the “weak-willed failure as so often rendered by traditional

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Image of The Battles of New Hope Church
Author(s):
Russell Blount Jr
Genre(s):
History, Civil War (U.S.), U.S.

The Battles of New Hope Church

October 1, 2010
Reviewed by: 
Michael J. Deeb

Under the command of General Joe Johnston, the Army of Tennessee blocked Union General Sherman’s invasion of Georgia and his move toward Atlanta.

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Image of Los Angeles in Maps
Author(s):
Glen Creason
Genre(s):
U.S., Education, History

Los Angeles in Maps

October 1, 2010
Reviewed by: 
John L. Murphy PhD

This large format book is no coffee table artifact. A lively text by the Los Angeles Public Library’s map archivist, Glen Creason, along with an introduction by fellow native D. J.

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Image of 48 Hours of Kristallnacht: Night Of Destruction/Dawn Of The Holocaust
Author(s):
Mitchell G. Bard
Genre(s):
Holocaust & Other Genocide, German, World War II

48 Hours of Kristallnacht: Night Of Destruction/Dawn Of The Holocaust

October 1, 2010
Reviewed by: 
Charles S. Weinblatt

(The Lyons Press, 2008)

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Image of A New Shoah: The Untold Story of Israel's Victims of Terrorism
Author(s):
Giulio Meotti
Genre(s):
History

A New Shoah: The Untold Story of Israel's Victims of Terrorism

October 1, 2010
Reviewed by: 
James R. Hannibal

“Every Jew has a name.” So begins this historic work by Italian reporter Giulio Meotti.

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