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Book Review: With Napoléon’s Guard in Russia, by Major Louis-Joseph Vionnet

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.

Book Review: Ships of Oak, Guns of Iron, by Ronald D. Utt

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.

Book Review: Embers of War, by Frederik Logevall

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.

Book Review: Stalin’s General, by Geoffrey Roberts

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.

MHQ Review: Lauro Martines's "Furies"

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

MHQ Reviews: Fall of the House of Dixie

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

MHQ Reviews: Robert Utley on Geronimo

Drew Lindsay | Published: February 20, 2013 at 4:39 pm
MHQ editor Drew Lindsay asks Robert Utley about fascination with Geronimo

MHQ Reviews: Spring 2013

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 …

MHQ Reviews: Pirates on DVD

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

Book Review: “That Fiend in Hell,” by Catherine Holder

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.

Book Review: When Law Was in the Holster, by John Boessenecker

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.

Book Review: The Great American Railroad War, by Dennis Drabelle

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.

Book Review: The McLaurys in Tombstone, Arizona, by Paul Lee Johnson

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.

Book Review: Lincoln County, New Mexico, Tells Its Stories, edited by Marilyn Burchett

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.

Review - Republic F-105 Thunderchief

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

Review - Agent Orange: History, Science, and the Politics of Uncertainty

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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