History

“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 […]

“Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World” by Paul Cartledge & “A War Like No Other: How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War” by Victor Davis Hanson Reviews by Richard Sheppard If you […]

“The Birth of the Modern” by Paul Johnson Review by Rich Sheppard Little-known Civil War-era story about ship Captain Nathaniel Gordon, who in 1862 became the only American to be executed for slave-trading. Excellent authorial […]

“Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq” by Stephen Kinzer Review by Richard Sheppard An informative if skewed summary of what the author almost universally describes as “unprovoked” American overseas adventures. From […]