MHQ Reviews
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Published: August 10, 2010 at 4:46 pm
"Deathride: Hitler vs. Stalin, 1941–1945" By John Mosier. Deathride is a history of the Eastern Front during World War II. John Mosier—who has gained a reputation for writing revisionist history—and his publisher both claim it offers a new idea: that Nazi Germany and its allies came ever so close to victory in the East.
Published: April 26, 2010 at 1:59 pm
David T. Zabecki reviews the book Manstein: Hitler's Greatest General.
Published: April 26, 2010 at 1:59 pm
Stephen Budiansky reviews the book The Father of Us All: War and History, Ancient and Modern, by Victor Davis Hanson
Published: February 24, 2010 at 10:17 am
Rod Paschall reviews Dominic Lieven's book about Russian resistance to Napoleon's campaigns, based on Lieven's research into Russian military archives that were opened to the public in 1991.
Published: February 24, 2010 at 10:09 am
David T. Zabecki reviews Ted Morgan's 2010 book about Dien Bien Phu and the early development of the Vietnam War.
Published: December 02, 2009 at 9:19 pm
Maj. Robert Rogers successes on the New Hampshire frontier in the French and Indian War and his still-relevant "Rules of Ranging" are explored in a biography by John F. Ross.
Published: August 26, 2009 at 7:20 pm
MHQ reviews McGregor Knox's,To The Threshold of Power, which explores the origins and dynamics of the Fascist and National Socialist dictatorships in 1922 and 1933.
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
The Austro-Prussian War: Austria's War with Prussia and Italy in 1866, by Geoffrey Wawro, Cambridge University Press, $64.95.The popular image of the 19th century after Napoleon is one of unremitting–and somewhat boring–peace; it wasn't. Wars were fought, some of …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
Chronicles of the Barbarians: Firsthand Accounts of Pillage and Conquest, From the Ancient World to the Fall of Constantinople, by David W. McCullough, Times Books, $35.We have met the enemy, and he is us. Does anyone believe that the …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
Crimson Sky: The Air Battle for Korea, By John R. Bruning, Brassey's, $24.95.A fast-paced thriller, full of firsthand pilots' war stories, this book weaves a number of fighting tales into an overall depiction and analysis of air power's contribution …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
Coming of Age in the Great Depression: The Civilian Conservation Corps Experience in New Mexico, 1933-1942 , by Richard Melzer, Yucca Tree Press, $25.During the Great Depression many industrialized countries, such as Germany, France, Austria, Switzerland, and Canada, for …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
John Peebles' American War: The Diary of a Scottish Grenadier, 1776-1782, edited by Ira D. Gruber, Stackpole Books, $49.95.Perhaps the best single primary source from the British side on the American Revolution has become widely available.One of a …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
Siege: Castles at War, by Mark Donnelly and Daniel Diehl, Taylor Publishing, $29.95.This book is a credible attempt to educate laymen in the fundamentals of medieval European siege warfare. The work sprang from the experience of its authors during …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
In the Devil's Shadow: U.N. Special Operations During the Korean War, by Michael E. Haas, Naval Institute Press, $29.95. Michael Haas, an experienced former special operations officer, has written the first comprehensive account of the United Nations forces' clandestine operations …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
The Rape of Nanking, by Iris Chang, Basic Books, $25.It may seem improbable that an account of a sixty-year-old atrocity has been on the best-seller lists for weeks. But apparently sales of The Rape of Nanking have been fueled …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
The Tao of Spycraft: Intelligence, Theory and Practice in Traditional China, by Ralph D. Sawyer, Westview Press, $35.In the late summer of 1950, Mao Tse-tung called in a North Korean liaison officer, pointed to a map of Korea, and …
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