Posted on November 30, 2017 3:02 pm
Published by hradmin
by Keith Lowe
The Second World War was not just another crisis—it directly affected more people than any other conflict in history. Over 100 million men and women were mobilized, a figure that easily dwarfs the number who fought in … Read the article
Posted on February 9, 2017 3:56 pm
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by Giles Milton
Cecil Vandepeer Clarke viewed his caravan with the sort of affection that most men reserve for their wives. He polished it, tinkered with it and buffed up its cream paintwork with generous quantities of Richfield Auto Wax.… Read the article
Posted on September 12, 2016 3:41 pm
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Michael E. Haskew
One of the legendary fighting units to emerge from the Solomon Islands Campaign, and more broadly from World War II in the Pacific, was Marine Fighter Squadron 214 (VMF-214), popularly known as the Black Sheep Squadron. The … Read the article
Posted on November 6, 2015 4:41 pm
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by David Lough
An Introduction: Churchill and his Money
This book owes its genesis to a provocative history teacher and to a scandalized grandmother. The first tried to stimulate independent thought in his fourteen-year-old pupils by describing Winston Churchill as … Read the article
Posted on May 26, 2015 8:06 pm
Published by Alastair Hayes
By Alan Axelrod
Winston Churchill titled a chapter of his monumental history of World War II “The Wizard War.” It was all about the incredible technological innovations the war both produced and demanded, including such Allied advances as radar and … Read the article
Posted on May 8, 2015 7:14 pm
Published by Alastair Hayes
by John Klima
The war years have often been characterized as a void in time where nothing significant happened. In fact, the war years featured some great teams, great races, great players and great stories and sparked a transformation that … Read the article
Posted on March 6, 2015 9:59 pm
Published by Alastair Hayes
by Wesley Adams
What a privilege to have had the chance to acquire and edit the new Farrar Straus Giroux edition of Unlikely Warrior: A Jewish Soldier in Hitler’s Army, Georg Rauch’s memoir of his harrowing experience as a … Read the article