By Cranford Chase Embarkation – Discard to Regard Through no known fault of my own, I was uprooted from a comfortable, perhaps complacent, office job in a Moonachie manufacturing company. I was tossed into the […]
“Marines in the Garden of Eden: The Battle of An Nasiriyah” by Richard Lowry Review by Richard Sheppard A detailed account of units from Task Force Tarawa, comprised of the Marine forces who fought the first […]
“Bitter Ocean — The Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1945″, by David Fairbank White Review by Richard Sheppard How many theaters were there in World War Two? Scores? “Europe,” “the Mediterranean,” “North Africa,” “China/Burma/India – CBI”, […]
“The Execution of Major Andre” by John Evangelista Walsh Review by Richard Sheppard The name Benedict Arnold rightly and forever stands in American history as a synonym for “traitor,” but Arnold was not the only […]
“Grant: Biography (Great Generals)” by John Mosier and Wesley K. Clark Review by Richard Sheppard This book is part of the “Great Generals” series from Palgrave Publishing. Anyone who is not familiar with Ulysses S. […]
“Kennedy and Roosevelt: The Uneasy Alliance” by Michael Beschlossn Review by Richard Sheppard When people hear “Roosevelt,” they will often think first of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the multi-term chief executive who tangled with the […]
“Forever Young — My Friendship with John F. Kennedy, Jr.” by William Sylvester Noonan Review by Richard Sheppard If you’re interested in the widely-examined life of John F. Kennedy, Jr., a book like this, written […]
“The Silent War: The Cold War Battle Beneath the Sea” by John Pina Craven Most citizens of the United States and Soviet Union (along with the rest of humanity) are blissfully unaware of the military […]
“The Founding Fish” by John McPhee Review by Richard Sheppard I spotted this John McPhee title on the “freebie” shelf at the local bagel store, and grabbed it on a lark. McPhee’s thorough journalism is […]
“The Hanging of Captain Gordon: The Life and Trial of an American Slave Trader” by Ron Soodalter Review by Richard Sheppard Little-known Civil War-era story about ship Captain Nathaniel Gordon, who in 1862 became the […]
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