Book Reviews
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:17 pm
Reviewed by Robert L. BatemanBy John Prados and Ray W. Stubbe Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1991. First paperback edition, 2004
We all have our cultural blinders, even in military history. In the modern U.S. Marine Corps, very little …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:17 pm
Reviewed by Captain Carl O. Schuster, U.S. Navy (ret.)By James Willbanks Indiana University Press, 2005
The 60-day siege of An Loc was one of the Vietnam War's most heroic battles. It pitted a handful of South Vietnamese ground units …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:17 pm
Reviewed by Lt. Col. James H. Willbanks, U.S. Army (ret.)By Carol Reardon University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, 2004
On Easter Sunday, March 30, 1972, the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV, North Vietnam) began its Nguyen Hue Offensive, a massive …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:17 pm
Reviewed by Lt. Col. James H. Willbanks, U.S. Army (ret.)By Quang X. PhamBallantine Books, New York, 2005
There have been thousands of books about the Vietnam War, but most of them have been written from the American perspective. …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:15 pm
Reviewed by Robert CitinoBy Krisztin UngvryYale University Press, New Haven, Conn., 2005
One of the publishing events of the past year was Rising '44: The Battle for Warsaw by Norman Davies. It was in every way a work …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:15 pm
Reviewed by Richard R. MullerBy Frederick TaylorHarper Collins, New York, 2004
On the night of February 13, 1945, nearly 800 heavy bombers of Royal Air Force Bomber Command attacked the beautiful old German city of Dresden, known before …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:15 pm
Reviewed by James Andrew NicholsBy David WilliamsThe New Press
The American Civil War is often viewed through the lens of "great men and great events": the battlefield victories and defeats of Federal and Confederate generals; the declarations of …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:15 pm
Reviewed by Jay JorgensenBy Bradley M. GottfriedRutgers University Press
Bradley Gottfried has written several books, including Stopping Pickett: The History of the Philadelphia Brigade, Roads to Gettysburg and The Brigades of Gettysburg. His explanation for writing …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:15 pm
Reviewed by Larry J. SabatoBy Doris Kearns GoodwinSimon & Schuster
We often hear that we are living in an age of political polarization, and it's true. But America's polarization in 2005 pales to white compared to the polarization …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:15 pm
Reviewed by Partick AlanBy Jay WertzPresidio Press
Civil War enthusiasts are unable to rest until everyone they know stops tolerating their mania and starts sharing it. It is the great crusade that lies at the heart of the …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:15 pm
The Desolate South: 1865-1866Reviewed by Peter S. CarmichaelBy John T. Trowbridge
In the physical ruins of the Confederacy, Northern newspaperman John T. Trowbridge uncovered the irrepressible war spirit of the white South. He left Boston in the late …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:15 pm
Reviewed by Craig SymondsBy Bruce LevinerOxford University Press
There has been a lot of discussion in the last decade or so about black Confederates. Some of that discussion has questioned the number of African Americans who labored or …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:14 pm
Reviewed by Robert CitinoBy Christopher Bayly and Tim HarperHarvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2005
The American view of the war with Japan begins at Pearl Harbor, proceeds through Midway, Guadalcanal and "island-hopping," and ends with Hiroshima and Nagasaki. …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:14 pm
Reviewed by Mary Kathryn BarbierBy Norman MossHoughton Mifflin, New York, 2004
The spring and summer of 1940 were a tumultuous time in Europe. The so-called Phony War ended, and German troops invaded Denmark, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands and …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:14 pm
Reviewed by Conrad CraneBy Charles T. O'Reilly and William A. RooneyMcFarland, Jefferson, N.C., 2005
This book is as much a piece of history as a work of history. William Rooney and Charles O'Reilly are a former advertising executive …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:14 pm
Reviewed by Robert CitinoBy Barry TurnerWilliam Morrow, New York, 2004
It's hard to review Barry Turner's new book without reference to the recent work by Max Hastings, Armageddon: The Battle for Germany, 1944-1945. Hastings' anecdotal history of …
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