Don DeNevi

Must-See Musicals, Forbidden Hollywood

Being there . . . via two impressive coffee table books soon-to-be acknowledged literary classicsof historical cinema. Accompanied with rare, forgotten, hitherto unpublished studio andpersonal photographs, they are rivals of any of the best compendia about the growth anddevelopment of Hollywood yet published . . . .Reviewed and Highly Recommended by Don DeNeviFROM THE CURRENT …

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German and Italian Aircraft Carriers of World War II

Tltles:Leyte Gulf 1944German and Italian Aircraft Carriers of World War IIThe Polish Navy 1918-45Being there . . . . to hover above Leyte Gulf and watch the largest naval clash in world historyresulting in the vanquishing of a much-reduced Imperial Japanese Navy severely outnumberedand fatally lacking in air power; then popping over to Poland to …

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Macchi C. 202/ C. 205V Units in CombatJunkers Ju 188 Units of World War 2, The Oil Campaign 1944-45, Draining the Wehrmacht’s Lifeblood

Being there . . . . to witness how WW II’s greatest air wars were planned and fought; what Alliedand Axis aircrafts were involved; how and why the aerial battles were won and lost on bothsides . . . .OSPREY PUBLISHING Provides Astonishing Bird’s-Eye Views of the Air War Over EuropeOther than the Naval Institute …

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TWO ACKNOWLEDGED SOLDIER-ARCHETYPES WRITE INTENSELY AFFECTING MEMOIRS

Being there . . . . to commingle with brave officers exemplifying, then imbuing to others, thefinest mien and milieu of the American military, especially in aggressive preparedness . . . .TWO ACKNOWLEDGED SOLDIER-ARCHETYPES WRITE INTENSELY AFFECTING MEMOIRSReviewed and Highly Recommended by Don DeNevi“THE GOOD CAPTAIN – – A Personal Memoir of America at War”, …

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“SECRET SERVICE AGAINST THE NAZI REGIME – – How Our Spies Dealt with Hitler”

Being there . . . . to acknowledge, appreciate, and advance in every way possible an absorbinganthology of the most critical phases and security-intelligence assignments the Allies dared inWorld War II.A NEW CASEMATE BOOK ABOUT THE UNDERCOVER WAR OF ALLIED SPIES AND SECRETAGENTS EXECUTING DECEPTION, INTRIGUE, AND OLD-FASHIONED CLOAK AND DAGGERMETHODSAn edited collection of six …

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GRIPPING ACCOUNTS OF HEROISM IN THE FACE OF NEAR CERTAIN DISASTER.

Being there . . . for the first-person accounts from the sailors aboard the old light cruiser USSMarblehead of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet sailing the waters of East Asia on December 7, 1941, whenImperial Japan unleashed a series of devastating surprise attacks across the region. Then, onFebruary 4, 1942, observe large bombs slam into the …

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Two Reissued McFarland Memoirs Recall the Sad Plight of America’s POWs in WW II

The solemnity of capture, barren barracks, razor-sharp barbed wire, the monotony, and claustrophobia of long, strained incarceration, imagining escaping amid searchlights, sentry towers and their deluge of rifle shots – – such were the endurance and hardship issues to overcome for survival recall two memorable memoirs. “Maxim 109. Prisoners of war do not belong to …

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Commingling Casemate’s “Catch-22” nostalgic humor; reflections on advocating for America’s veterans; and a machine gunner’s fight from Normandy to Victory.

Fancying Casemate’s “Summer Blend of Fascinating Reads”: a .30 caliber machine gunner with God atop is shoulder; learning the true identities of “Catch-22’s” satiric caricatures; and how to advocate for America’s veterans FLINGING HISTORY TO THE WINDS AND GIVING FREE PLAY TO BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL IMAGINATIONS                                                                                                                                                                                                             Readers must not be confused into believing the …

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