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Book Review: Invisible Armies, by Max Boot

David Lauterborn — Wed, 01 May 2013 19:39:26 +0000

Invisible Armies, by author-historian Max Boot, is an authoritative and superbly written examination of the evolution of guerrilla warfare and its close cousin, terrorism.

Interview With Author-Historian Geoffrey Parker

David Lauterborn — Wed, 01 May 2013 16:57:38 +0000

Parker's research links global climate change to widespread warfare in the 17th century. (Jussi Puikkonen/KNAW)In his big new book, Global Crisis: War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the 17th Century, distinguished historian Geoffrey Parker addresses a very big subject: …

Experience: 18th-Century Sailors Get Baptized at Sea

ehoward — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:27:30 +0000

A French soldier's account of the ‘baptism’ ceremony observed when his ship crosses the Tropic of Cancer

Interview With Author Robert Sullivan

David Lauterborn — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:17:22 +0000

For his new book My American Revolution, Robert Sullivan combined thorough research with extraordinary fieldwork to illuminate the American Revolution and draw ties to the present.

Book Review: Uncommon Warriors, by Ken W. Sayers

David Lauterborn — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 19:42:39 +0000

In Uncommon Warriors author Ken Sayers introduces the histories of the U.S. Navy's most obscure, unusual and specialized vessels, from famous warships to obscure spy craft.

'First Freedom: The Fight for Religious Liberty' - A Preview

Gerald Swick — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:53:25 +0000

'American Experience: First Freedom - The Fight for Religious Liberty,' premiering Dec. 18 on PBS, is an informative, even-handed examination of why America's founders made religious liberty a basic human right.

Book Review: Those Who Have Borne the Battle, by James Wright

David Lauterborn — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 19:51:42 +0000

James Wright's Those Who Have Borne the Battle looks at the men and women who have served during America's wars, from the revolution to modern day, and how Americans at large have treated those warriors.

League of Gentlemen: Officers of the 17th and 18th Centuries

David Lauterborn — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 18:43:27 +0000

Well-bred European military officers of the era often had more in common with enemies than they did with allies

Book Review: The Siege of Fort William Henry, by Ben Hughes

David Lauterborn — Thu, 03 May 2012 17:48:13 +0000

In his French and Indian War history Ben Hughes presents a thoroughly researched narrative of the events surrounding the 1757 Siege of Fort William Henry and its bloody aftermath.

George Washington's Magnificent Obsession

ckreiser — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:46:07 +0000

George Washington worried over every detail of his greatest gift to the nation - Mount Vernon.