Don DeNevi

Pride and Fall

Being there . . . . to meet two exemplars of what splendid military narrative prose is all about.Having read the writings of most such authors through their literary efforts of warfare duringthe past six decades, a few are indelibly etched in this reviewer’s mind, two of the ten mostengrossing being Sergio Miller and Ben …

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Chess in the Third Reich; The Legacy of World War II in European Arthouse Cinema

Being there . . . . alongside serious cinephiles or chess-aficionados riddled with somber or gigglyfondness or affinities for skillful and ingenious arts and games requiring pluck and intrepidity.Good old McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers of Jefferson, North Carolina, one of the fourbest military publishers in the Western Hemisphere – – Casemate, Schiffer, and Osprey …

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King’s Navy

Being there . . . . . to meet and greet the truly great World War II American Admiral of the Fleetand Chief of Naval Operations, Ernest Joseph King, 1878 – 1956. Meanwhile, we U.S. Navybuffs, enthusiasts, and aficionados instantly recognize, concur, and applaud what ChristopherM. Bell, author of “Churchill and Sea Power”, endorsed for …

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Collecting Laurel and Hardy; The US Air Force Air Rescue Service

Being there . . . . to begin the new year with two of the most definitive books Schiffer Publishingever marketed – -both on rare topics even the most advanced bibliophile, aficionado,enthusiast, or relaxed reader have never stopped to realize and consider. May God Bless You inand with hope, if you’re too much of a …

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Ferret!

Being there . . . . for one of the truly great military growth and development stories of rapidwartime evolution, the design and production of the USAAF World War II airborne signalsintelligence (SIGINT) aircraft. “In a little more than a thousand days (three years), our air forceraced from a hand-built prototype to full scale production …

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Stalingrad

Being there . . . on the plains of southeastern Russia on August 23, 1942, when GeneralFriedrich von Paulus led his 6 th Army across the Don River to barrel towards Stalingrad and theVolga. Reaching within a city block of the historic river shore in the downtown area, the infantryof the 6 th and tank …

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Righting the Longstreet Record at Gettysburg; Roots of Film Noir

Being there . . .for the arrival of the rapidly approaching first day in the new calendar year,2025, of two recently published titles from matchless, in diversity of topics and subjects,McFarland & Company Publishers – – (1.) “ROOTS OF FILM NOIR – Precursors from the Silent Erato the 1940s”, by Kevin Grant, a highly acknowledged …

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Allgemeine-SS

Being there . . . for a cursory introduction to the Allgemeine SS, or “general” SS, the largestbranch of the Schutzstaffel or, simply, the SS, Nazi Germany’s paramilitary forces. It wasmanaged by the future Reichsfuhrer SS Heinrich Himmler (1900 – 1945), an agriculturalgraduate and poultry rancher prior to joining the very early Nationalist Socialist Party …

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