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Historical FiguresTapes Give New Voice to JFK's Vietnam DoubtPublished: May 15, 2012 at 5:14 pm
The last 45 hours of more than 248 hours of declassified conversations of President John F. Kennedy, taped in the White House shortly before his death, reveal a president worried about where the war in Vietnam was headed. On the …
Chewing Up Charlie in the Renegade WoodsPublished: May 09, 2012 at 4:36 pm
With Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer III in a helicopter above, orchestrating air and artillery support, Yellow Hair rode again
War of 1812: ‘Swarms of Privateers’Published: May 03, 2012 at 4:47 pm
During the War of 1812 flotillas of well-armed U.S. privateers stalked the world’s oceans for fat British prizes
Book Review: After Custer, by Paul L. HedrenPublished: May 03, 2012 at 2:22 pm
Paul L. Hedren, author and retired NPS superintendent, considers the decline of the Sioux nation in the wake of their 1876 victory over George Armstrong Custer on the Little Bighorn.
Book Review: Undefeated, by Bill SloanPublished: May 03, 2012 at 2:03 pm
In Undefeated, Bill Sloan sifts through official histories and firsthand accounts in a review of the desperate 1941-42 Battles of Corregidor and Bataan and subsequent U.S.-Filipino surrender to Japanese forces.
Book Review: The Siege of Fort William Henry, by Ben HughesPublished: May 03, 2012 at 1:48 pm
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.
Book Review: The Wehrmacht Retreats, by Robert M. CitinoPublished: May 03, 2012 at 1:19 pm
Robert Citino's World War II history The Wehrmacht Retreats looks at German reverses in the pivotal year 1943, focusing on the role of the Wehrmacht and the German chain of command.
Game Review: Crusader Kings II, by Paradox InteractivePublished: May 03, 2012 at 12:46 pm
Crusader Kings II, by Paradox Interactive, puts you in control of a medieval Christian dynasty between 1066 and 1453, challenging you to defend your borders, fill your coffers and consolidate power.
Reading List: Anna ReidPublished: April 23, 2012 at 11:18 am
A Writer at War
Vasily Grossman with the Red Army 1941–1945
Vasily Grossman, edited and translated by Antony Beevor and Luba Vinogradova (2006)
"Grossman was a war correspondent for the Red Army newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda. His long-banned doorstop of a …
What If Winston Churchill Had Offered Less "Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat"?Published: April 23, 2012 at 10:51 am
On May 13, 1940, Winston Churchill addressed the House of Commons in his first speech as prime minister. "I would say to the House," he declaimed, "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat." He predicted …
Interview with Historian Paul HedrenPublished: March 30, 2012 at 10:54 pm
In his new book After Custer, Paul Hedren draws on his extensive knowledge of the Great Sioux War to paint a picture of changing life on the Prairie in the wake of the Little Bighorn.
Book Review: After Custer, by Paul L. HedrenPublished: March 30, 2012 at 10:32 pm
Paul L. Hedren shares his unprecedented knowledge of the Great Sioux War in After Custer, an account of the rapid changes on the Plains in the wake of the Little Bighorn.
Book Review: Custer's Best, by Colonel French L. MacLeanPublished: March 30, 2012 at 10:17 pm
In Custer's Best, U.S. Army veteran Colonel French L. MacLean relates the history of 7th U.S. Cavalry Company M, one of a dozen companies that followed George Custer to the Little Bighorn in June 1876 and fought atop Reno Hill.
Book Review: Deep Trails in the Old West, by Frank CliffordPublished: March 30, 2012 at 9:48 pm
The memoir Deep Trails in the Old West highlights Welsh-born ranch hand Frank Clifford, a peripheral player in the dramatic events that rocked frontier New Mexico.
Book Review: Judge William H. Stilwell, by Roy B. YoungPublished: March 30, 2012 at 9:32 pm
Roy Young highlights Arizona Territory Judge William H. Stilwell in this biography, the first volume of a trilogy about the Stilwell family in the Wild West.
DVD Review: Treasures 5: The West, 1898-1938Published: March 30, 2012 at 8:57 pm
The National Film Preservation Foundation takes a look at the "real West" that followed and overlapped the real West in its latest "Treasures" release "The West, 1898-1938."
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