Book Reviews
Mark Stille’s ‘Leyte Gulf 1944 (2): Surigao Strait and Cape Engano’
By Christopher MiskimonThe Battle of Leyte Gulf, while the largest naval battle in history, was composed of four major actions occurring over two days. Read more
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Ian Baxter’s ‘The Soviet Baltic Offensive, 1944-45’
By Christopher MiskimonThe overwhelming Soviet offensives in the summer of 1944 threw the German army back. Much of the German Army Group North drew back into the Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Read more
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Ian Buruma’s ‘The Collaborators’
By Christopher MiskimonFelix Kersten acted as Heinrich Himmler’s personal masseur and did the job so well Himmler nicknamed the outgoing, heavy set Kersten the “Magic Buddha.” Read more
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Jonathan Trigg’s ‘D-Day Through German Eyes’
By Christopher MiskimonThe German Army had extensive combat experience, some of the best weapons and equipment, and in June 1944 was holding its own in Italy and on the Eastern Front. Read more
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Robert F. Ashby’s ‘D-Day, Arnhem and the Rhine’
By Christopher MiskimonGlider Pilots occupied a perilous position in British airborne divisions. It took skill and determination to pilot a glider. Read more
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Katie Stossel’s ‘A Handful of Heroes’
By Christopher MiskimonIt was chiefly due to the courageous conduct of these men that communication with the hospital was kept up at all,” stated an article that appeared on the London Gazette on May 2, 1879. Read more
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Justus D. Doenecke’s ‘More Precious than Peace’
By Christopher MiskimonIn just 19 months the United States mobilized and sent overseas two million troops and built an industrial war machine that greatly aided the Allies in winning World War I. Read more
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Michael D. Mahler ‘s’Tales from the Cold War’
By Christopher MiskimonMichael Mahler first arrived in Germany in 1960 as a young lieutenant. He and his new wife shared a small apartment that seemed to the couple to always be cold. Read more
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Michael Livingston’s ‘Crecy: Battle of Five Kings’
By Christopher MiskimonKing Edward III of England placed his army on high ground where the Hesdin Road passes alongside the Forest of Crecy on August 26, 1346. Read more
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Mark Lee Gardner’s ‘The Earth is All that’s Lasts’
By Christopher MiskimonLakota war leaders Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull grew up on the high plains of the American West and had never known life without white men. Read more
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Vincent L. Burns’ ‘Voices of the Army of the Potomac’
By Christopher MiskimonNew York-born Colonel Thomas C. Devin wanted to encourage Brig. Gen. John Buford that the First Division of the U.S. Read more
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Stephen English’s ‘The Army of Alexander the Great’
By Christopher MiskimonAlexander the Great was a commander without equal in the annals of military history. He not only excelled in both strategy and tactics, but also mastered irregular warfare in the rugged lands southwestern Asia. Read more
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Michael R. Gordon’s ‘Degrade and Destroy’
By Christopher MiskimonDuring summer 2014 Iraqi insurgents from the Islamic State seized the city of Mosul, proclaimed a new caliphate, and began to launch attacks in Iraq and abroad. Read more
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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
