Battlescapes- The Impact of Terrain on War and Military Strategy
Review by Martin Koenigsberg Ian D Rotherham is a professor of Environmental Geography, and a writer on all things geographic and cultural . In Battlescapes, he takes on Geography in…
US Naval Aviation 1945-2003
Review by Martin Koenigberg Just finished my 99th Book Review of the Year!! I totally loved this book, but not just to be reminded of when F-4 Phantoms and F-14…
Arnhem The Fight to Sustain
“Amateurs talk tactics, professionals talk logistics.” This quote is attributed to General Omar Bradley, although it is not verified he ever said it. Regardless, the quote highlights the importance of…
Bill Mauldin and the Dogface
Bill Mauldin once said that the infantryman “gives more and gets less than anybody else.” He knew this from his experience on the front lines with K Company, 180th Infantry…
Napola also known as Before the Fall (2004)
In 1942, Friedrich Weimer’s boxing skills get him an appointment to a National Political Academy (NaPolA) – high schools that produce Nazi elite. Over his father’s objections, Friedrich enrolls, seeing…
Pearl; Napoleon’s Undefeated Marshal; Burn, Bomb, Destroy; Che Guevara; The English Civil War; V-1 Flying Bomb Campaign
Being there . . . . with Yuletide on the horizon cascading toward us at record speed, best weshop now lest we’re left with only socks and smiles to present…
The Eternal Zero also known as Eien no 0 (2015)
[junkie-toggle title=”Season 1″ state=”closed”] Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3[/junkie-toggle] Title Eien no 0 also known as The Eternal Zero Country Japan Production Co. TV Tokyo Creators Cast Osamu Mukai, Mikako…
Architect of Death at Auschwitz; The Sound of Hope
Being there . . . for a few minutes to bear, nay, suffer, in pain the announcement of tworepublished McFarland titles dealing with holocaust topics. At the beginning of the…
Franco’s Pirates
For the uninitiated in Spain sad Civil War history, Hooten explains in detail how Franco, whenhe assumed supreme power, organized the country first and foremost into a waging warmachine. Political…
Birth and Fall of an Empire- The Italian Army in East Africa 1935-41
Review by Martin Koenigsberg With its unification as recent as 1871, Italy was a real latecomer to the Colonial impulse. By the time they decided to prey on Indigenous Peoples,…
