Paul Kendall’s new book on the material history of the Lawrence of Arabia legend is chock full of amazing photographs that provide context to the story of T.E. Lawrence and the Arab Revolt, which is to be expected from a visual history. Kendall goes beyond merely “curating content” and provides readers with mini-essays regarding …
Operation Dragoon, the Allied invasion of Southern France during World War Two, was a successful, lightning-fast campaign that met its objectives in just over four weeks, from 15 August – 14 September 1944. Less famous than Operation Overlord, the cross-channel invasion of France that made the generic term D-Day synonymous with a single day …
Operation ‘Dragoon’ and Beyond: Then and Now by author Jean Paul Pallud Read More »
Charles Roberts work on the development and employment of the 37mm cannon by the United States is a straightforward and informative examination of the weapon in a variety of roles to include anti-tank support for infantry, armament for tracked vehicles, and its use in unarmored vehicles, waterborne craft, and airplanes. The book is very …
The U.S. 37-MM Gun in World War II By Charles C. Roberts Jr. Read More »
Author Joshua Provan provides a vivid recounting of Spanish operations against the British in North America during the American Revolution. Popular images of the American Revolution such as Washington at Trenton, Warren’s death at Bunker Hill, or Cornwallis’ surrender at Yorktown owe a great deal to the art of John Trumball who served as …
Every Hazard and Fatigue The Siege of Pensacola 1781 By Joshua Provan Read More »
Richard Osgood has written a wonderful chronicle of veteran rehabilitation through archaeology in “Broken Pots, Mending Lives”. Osgood shares his experience of assisting injured and ill servicemen and women for a decade by getting them involved in actively supporting digs throughout England and Western Europe. The nature of the archaeology projects is interesting, spanning …
Broken Pots, Mending Lives The Archaeology of Operation Nightingale By Richard Osgood Read More »
Al Ovies comes through again with his second volume of “The Boy Generals”.Ovies’ picks up the story of the Cavalry of the Union Army of the Potomac at the end of the Gettysburg Campaign and follows the men and their commanders through the 1864 operations in the Shenandoah Valley. The burgeoning rivalry between George Armstrong …
Professor Hal Sosabowski , University of Brighton, discusses the formation of the First Polish Independent Parachute Brigade, and its combat debut during Operation Market Garden. Hal is the great grandson of the Brigade Commander, Major General Stanislaw Sosabowski
On November 14, 1791, First Nations warriors from a coalition of nations to include the Shawnees, Miamis, Delawares and Potawatomis surprised an American Army under General Arthur St. Clair in the territory of the Northwest Frontier, handing the nascent United States a terrible defeat, causing almost 1,000 casualties for the cost of a few …
Daniel Marston packs a lot into this pocket size book on the American Revolution. He does equal justice to the political and military aspects of the conflict and demonstrates how what at first appeared to be a local affair, confined to colonial Massachusetts grew into global war.
Washington’s Marines is a niche history, focusing on the contributions of the Continental Marines at the beginning of the American Revolution. The book is brought to the public by Savas Beatie, a publisher renowned for introducing micro-histories and volumes focused on lesser-known aspects of American military history to readers. General Bohm has performed research …
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