Book Reviews
HistoryNet Staff |
Published: February 27, 2013 at 2:39 pm
Jonathan North has translated and edited this firsthand French account of the Invasion of Russia during the Napoleonic wars.
HistoryNet Staff |
Published: February 27, 2013 at 2:29 pm
Ronald Utt has written a very readable account of the War of 1812, centered primarily on U.S. naval actions.
HistoryNet Staff |
Published: February 27, 2013 at 2:16 pm
Frederik Logevall examines the critical period of regional and world tensions that flared up into America's Vietnam War.
HistoryNet Staff |
Published: February 27, 2013 at 2:06 pm
Geoffrey Roberts has written a well-researched, candid biography of Soviet General Georgy Zhukov, an impressive if only intermittently sympathetic commander.
Paul D. Lockhart |
Published: February 20, 2013 at 4:41 pm
Paul Lockhart reviews "Furies," Lauro Martines's book about the prevalence of warfare in Early Modern Europe
Bruce Levine |
Published: February 20, 2013 at 4:40 pm
An excerpt from Bruce Levine's new book, The Fall of the House of Dixie
Drew Lindsay |
Published: February 20, 2013 at 4:39 pm
MHQ editor Drew Lindsay asks Robert Utley about fascination with Geronimo
Published: February 20, 2013 at 4:36 pm
MAIN REVIEWS AND EXCERPTS
Furies: War in Europe, 1450-1700, by Lauro Martines, Reviewed by Paul D. Lockhart
The Problem Solvers Who Turned the Tide in the Second World War, by Paul Kennedy, Reviewed by Jim Lacey
EXCERPT: The Fall …
Gene Santoro |
Published: February 19, 2013 at 10:56 am
Gene Santoro reviews the Discovery Channel's "Pirates: Scourge of the Seven Seas" just out on DVD
HistoryNet Staff |
Published: January 31, 2013 at 12:51 pm
Catherine Holder Spude unravels myth from man in her biography of turn-of-the-century Skagway, Alaska, crime boss Soapy Smith.
HistoryNet Staff |
Published: January 31, 2013 at 12:41 pm
In this well-researched, lively biography John Boessenecker gives oft-overlooked Western lawman Bob Paul his due.
HistoryNet Staff |
Published: January 31, 2013 at 12:29 pm
Dennis Drabelle's Great American Railroad War looks at the war of words waged by 19th-century columnists against the capitalists behind construction of the transcontinental railroad.
HistoryNet Staff |
Published: January 31, 2013 at 11:52 am
Paul Lee Johnson delves into the background of the McLaury brothers, best known for dying at the hands of the Earps and Doc Holliday during that infamous 1881 Tombstone gunfight.
HistoryNet Staff |
Published: January 31, 2013 at 11:40 am
Published by the Lincoln County Historical Society, this volume paints a fuller portrait of the denizens of a district primarily known for Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett and an infamous range war.
Published: January 08, 2013 at 6:26 pm
In Republic F-105 Thunderchief, author Peter Davies guides readers through the plane's technical details, with photos and illustrations to show everything from ordnance to the dual option of refueling that was unique
Published: January 08, 2013 at 6:17 pm
In Agent Orange: History, Science and the Politics of Uncertainty, author Edwin Martini finds there is no evidence to support claims that the military and policymakers knew about the dangers of Agent Orange in the early 1960s but chose to ignore them
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