Book Reviews
Thomas McKelvey Cleaver’s ‘Going Downtown’
By Christopher MiskimonU.S. Air Force involvement in Vietnam began with the training of Vietnamese pilots to operate over the Ho Chi Minh Trail through Laos and Cambodia. Read more
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Graham A. Thomas’s ‘Pirate Killers’
By Christopher MiskimonDuring the mid-19th century, the English Royal Navy waged a successful campaign against African piracy. On the West African coast, they killed Bartholomew Roberts, known as ‘The King of the Pirates,” captured his fleet, and sent many of his men to the gallows. Read more
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Saga of the Cactus
By Christopher MiskimonThe messenger arrived as U.S. Navy Lt. James “Pug” Southerland tore into a sandwich and coffee in the wardroom of the carrier USS Saratoga. Read more
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Andy Andrews Jr.’s ‘A Machine Gunner’s War’
By Christopher Miskimon“Andy” Andrews served as a machine gunner in Company H, 16th Infantry Regiment of the 1st Infantry Division. Read more
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John Grehan’s ‘Great Naval Battles of the Pacific War’
By Christopher MiskimonModern readers benefit from decades of research, interviews, and information on the various battles of the Pacific War. Read more
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David Greentree’s ‘Narvik 1940’
By Christopher MiskimonThe fighting for Narvik in 1940 was a combined naval and air campaign involving soldiers and sailors from Great Britain, France, Norway, Poland and Germany. Read more
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Trent Hone’s ‘Mastering the Art of Command’
By Christopher MiskimonBefore World War II, the U.S. Navy developed a culture that purposely created leadership opportunities. An emphasis on decentralized authority gave direction to junior leaders while encouraging them to use their own initiative to achieve results. Read more
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Jonathan Trigg’s ‘Barbarossa Through German Eyes’
By Christopher MiskimonHans Roth, Frankfurt native and army reservist in his 30s, looked across the fields in front of his position the night before Operation Barbarossa was to begin. Read more
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David and Margaret White’s ‘Wings of War’
By Christopher MiskimonWhen the North American P-51B Mustang arrived in Europe in 1943, it was the U.S. Army Air Force’s fastest and most maneuverable fighter. Read more
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Walt Larimore and Mike Yorkey’s ‘At First Light’
By Christopher MiskimonPhil Larimore grew up in Memphis, Tennessee. A Boy Scout, he learned a lot of outdoor skills, including horsemanship. Read more
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Bernice Lerner’s ‘To Meet in Hell: Bergen-Belsen’
By Christopher MiskimonWhen Brigadier H. L. Glyn Hughes entered the Bergen Belsen concentration camp on April 15, 1945, 60,000 starving, abused prisoners greeted him; 10,000 more lay dead and decaying, unburied. Read more
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Phil Keith and Tom Clavin’s ‘To the Uttermost Ends of the Earth’
By Christopher MiskimonCap’n! She’s a-comin! She’s comin’ out!” The cry of the bosun rang out from his perch on the mizzen mast high above the deck of USS Kearsarge. Read more
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Chris Emmett’s ‘Give Way to the Right: Serving with the A.E.F.’
By Christopher MiskimonWithin seconds of moving into the attack at the Battle of Saint Mihiel in September 1918 Chris Emmett watched a man die. Read more
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Admiral James Stavridis’ ‘To Risk It All: Nine Conflicts and the Crucible of Decision’
By Christopher MiskimonStephen Decatur, captain of the USS Intrepid, sprang his trap under cover of darkness on the night of February 16, 1804. Read more
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John L. Plaster’s ‘SOG: A Photo History of the Secret Wars’
By Christopher MiskimonThe Studies and Observations Group of the Military Assistance Command Vietnam ranks among the most secretive of the Vietnam War’s special operations organizations. Read more
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Don Hollway’s ‘At The Gates of Rome: The Fall of the Eternal City, AD 410’
By Christopher MiskimonRoman General Flavius Stilicho defended the waning Roman Empire against numerous invasions. His dedication to the restoration of the empire was complete, but he faced enemies from within and without. Read more
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Thomas Sheppard’s ‘Commanding Petty Despots’
By Christopher MiskimonCaptain James Lawrence climbed the rigging of the frigate USS Chesapeake in Boston Harbor on June 1, 1813, to get a better look at the unknown ship on the horizon. Read more
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Chris McNab’s ‘Dreadnoughts and Super-Dreadnoughts’
By Christopher MiskimonHMS Dreadnought was such a revolutionary design its name became the byword for an entire class of warship. Read more
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David Axe’s ‘Drone War Vietnam’
By Chrisopher MiskimonUnmanned aerial vehicles are generally thought of as a modern weapon of war, a product of the digital age. Read more
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Simon Elliott’s ‘Roman Conquests: Britain’
By Christopher MiskimonThe Romans found Britain to be a terrifying land. They had little information about its people and they found it difficult to invade. Read more
