Author Archives: Jeff Grim

Many people would argue that the destroyer was the unsung hero of the Pacific Theater in World War II.  Destroyers did not have the gun power of cruisers or battleships or the public fascination of aircraft carriers.  However, destroyers were … Continue reading →

I love a good underdog story.  Outnumbered: Incredible Stories of History’s Most Surprising Battlefield Upsets by Cormac O’Brien chronicles 14 underdog stories throughout history.  The victors were normally two or three times smaller than their opponents.   O’Brien writes about … Continue reading →

The Buck Stops Here: The 28 Toughest Presidential Decisions and How They Changed History by Thomas J. Craughwell and Edwin Kiester Jr. is composed of twenty-eight accounts of the most influential and pivotal United States presidential decisions in history.  These … Continue reading →

Keith W. Nolan’s Search and Destroy: The Story of an Armored Cavalry Squadron in Vietnam: 1-1 Cav, 1967-1968 is a wonderful narrative of the exploits of the common soldier.  Nolan brings his gift of writing about history to an area of … Continue reading →

My latest read on the Vietnam War was The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Vietnam War (The Politically Incorrect Guides) by Phillip Jennings.  After reading this book, I had to evaluate many of the points made by Jennings.  After much thought, … Continue reading →