Book Reviews
Pearl Harbor Countdown
By Al HemingwayNearly seven decades after the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese Navy and Air Force on the morning of December 7, 1941, controversy still surrounds the history-changing event. Read more
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A Megalomaniac’s Lust for Power
By Mason B. WebbFew men have had an impact on world history equal to that of Adolf Hitler. His megalomania resulted in the deaths of millions and redrew the map of Europe. Read more
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Future Civil War generals on both sides received their professional baptism of fire on the killing fields of Mexico.
By Al HemingwayWhen war with Mexico erupted in 1846, the United States was woefully unprepared. The regular army was well below its authorized numbers and could only field slightly more than 5,000 officers and soldiers. Read more
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“By the Grace of God You Got Through”
By Mason B. WebbThe six-month-long land and naval battles for Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands chain have been well covered in books and magazine articles, but the war in the skies above the islands has received less attention. Read more
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The Red Arrows in Green Hell
By Mason B. WebbDuring the whole of the Pacific campaign, no single mission was more difficult or challenging than the mission assigned to a unit of American GIs in New Guinea. Read more
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The 761st Tank Battalion
Dear Editor:
I wish to commend you for your recent article in the April/May issue on the 761st Tank Battalion. As the first African American armored unit in the history of the U.S. Read more
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Revolution in the South
By Al HemingwayWhen historians discuss the American Revolution, they give scant attention to the hard fighting that occurred in the southern states. Read more
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The Final Years of Thomas Jefferson
By Al HemingwayI am happy nowhere else and in no other society, and all my wishes end, where I hope my days will end, at Monticello,” wrote Thomas Jefferson in 1787. Read more
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Hell in the Pacific
By Mason B. WebbAsk anyone today to name the three toughest, most important battles of World War II and chances are good that the name “Iwo Jima” will be at, or somewhere near, the top of the list. Read more
