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Book Review: Normandy Crucible, by John Prados

HistoryNet Staff | Published: November 08, 2011 at 6:36 pm
John Prados takes a fresh look at the 1944 Normandy campaign, considering the impact of Ultra intercepts and the way the German Wehrmacht performed.

Book Review: Napoleonic Foot Soldiers and Civilians, by Rafe Blaufarb and Claudia Liebeskind

HistoryNet Staff | Published: November 08, 2011 at 6:28 pm
Rafe Blaufarb and Claudia Liebeskind revisit the Napoleonic wars through the memoirs and diaries of common soldiers and civilians.

Book Review: Rome and the Sword, by Simon James

HistoryNet Staff | Published: November 08, 2011 at 6:18 pm
Simon James looks at Roman history from the perspective of the common soldiers, provincial residents and conquered peoples.

Game Review: Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad, by Tripwire Interactive/1C Co.

HistoryNet Staff | Published: November 08, 2011 at 6:05 pm
Red Orchestra 2 is the most realistic first-person shooter to hit the market in the past decade.

Game Review: Panzer Corps Wehrmacht, by Slitherine/Matrix Games

HistoryNet Staff | Published: September 09, 2011 at 1:00 pm
Panzer Corps Wehrmacht is a paean to the classic hex-based strategy games of old.

Book Review: Carrying the War to the Enemy, by Michael R. Matheny

HistoryNet Staff | Published: September 09, 2011 at 12:35 pm
Michael Matheny looks at the evolution of U.S. military academy instruction in the operations discipline.

Book Review: Dividing the Spoils, by Robin Waterfield

HistoryNet Staff | Published: September 09, 2011 at 11:41 am
Robin Waterfield chronicles the wars between Alexander's successors for control of his empire.

Book Review: Blood on the Snow, by Graydon J. Tunstall, and Breakthrough, by Richard L. DiNardo

HistoryNet Staff | Published: September 09, 2011 at 11:30 am
Authors Graydon Tunstall and Richard DiNardo contribute toward our understanding of the World War I Eastern Front.

Book Review: 1812, by George C. Daughan

HistoryNet Staff | Published: September 09, 2011 at 10:58 am
George C. Daughan offers an excellent overview of the U.S. Navy's rise during the War of 1812.

Book Review: Manstein, by Mungo Melvin

HistoryNet Staff | Published: July 08, 2011 at 10:57 pm
Though long overshadowed by Erwin Rommel, German Field Marshal Erich von Manstein is widely considered Germany's greatest operational commander and strategic planner.

Book Review: Neptune's Inferno, by James D. Hornfisher

HistoryNet Staff | Published: July 08, 2011 at 10:43 pm
Guadalcanal was the largest, most complex military operation of its time and spelled the beginning of the end of the Pacific War.

Book Review: Wellington's Two-Front War, by Joshua Moon

HistoryNet Staff | Published: July 08, 2011 at 10:29 pm
Sir Arthur Wellesley, future Duke of Wellington, battled British bureaucracy even as he faced off against Napoléon on the Iberian Peninsula.

Book Review: The Moro War, by James R. Arnold

HistoryNet Staff | Published: July 08, 2011 at 6:28 pm
In Moro War, James Arnold delivers a lucid account of America's largely successful campaign against a Filipino Muslim insurgency in the wake of the Philippine Insurrection.

Game Review: History: Great Battles Medieval, by Matrix Games

HistoryNet Staff | Published: July 08, 2011 at 6:14 pm
Developed in conjunction with the History Channel, Great Battles Medieval covers the Hundred Years' War from the English and French perspectives.

Book Review: Nothing Less Than War, by Justus Doenecke

HistoryNet Staff | Published: May 05, 2011 at 10:12 pm
In Nothing Less Than War, Justus Doenecke offers a look at the domestic political wrangling that preceded America's decision to enter World War I.

Book Review: Desert Hell, by Charles Townshend

HistoryNet Staff | Published: May 05, 2011 at 9:53 pm
In Desert Hell, Charles Townshend explores the British intervention in Mesopotamia between 1914 and 1925 and its repercussions for the region.
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