Tag Archives: History
Armies of the Napoleonic Wars: An Illustrated History, edited by Chris McNab
Armies of the Napoleonic Wars: An Illustrated History, edited by Chris McNab, is a wonderful resource for any Napoleonic Wars buff. The book is a compilation of several booklets on this subject published by Osprey Publishing. Here is a brief … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris McNab, History, military history, Napoleonic War, non-fiction
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65th Anniversary of the Malmedy Massacre
On this date, 65 years ago the Malmedy Massacre took place – this was when the Waffen-SS murdered 115 American soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge. The following is an excerpt from World’s Bloodiest History: Massacre, Genocide, and the Scars … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle of the Bulge, History, Joseph Cummins, Malmedy Massacre, military history, United States armed forces, World War II
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In the Mail: The Imperial Cruise
The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War by James Bradley *Kirkus Reviews The story of a forgotten diplomatic excursion inspired by Theodore Roosevelt’s bigotry. Bradley (Flyboys: A True Story of Courage, 2003, etc.)-who wrote about his father’s … Continue reading
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Tagged History, James Bradley, Monroe Doctrine, non-fiction, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft
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Kindle and concentration camps
Image by Getty Images via Daylife Hearing that the Amazon Kindle had been compared to an eight-track player Alan Kaufman decided he needed a real attention grabber analogy if he was to gather the eyeballs necessary to get Huntington Post … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Kaufman, Amazon Kindle, e-readers, History, Nazism, Publishing
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In the Mail: Science edition
–> The Alchemy of Paint by Spike Bucklow Description The Alchemy of Paint is a critique of the modern world, which Spike Bucklow sees as the product of seventeenth-century ideas about science. In modern times, we have divorced color from … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Energy, History, Jean Johnson, Middle Ages, non-fiction, Scott Bittle, Spike Bucklow
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