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The Victoria Cross: For Valor
2007-11-30 00:00:00 A very interesting documentary, in seven parts: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 More About: Cross , Victoria , Valor
I?ve signed up for PayPerPost
2007-07-10 00:00:00 Hello All, Sorry for the lack of blogging lately. I'll be adding a few more entries very soon. In the meantime, I'd like to announce that I've signed up for ads on blogs with PayPerPost. PayPerPost helps bloggers find advertisers they think are worth supporting and pays ... More About: Signed , Payperpost
Phillippa Gregory Talks About Henry VIII
2007-07-10 00:00:00 Philippa Greg or y, who wrote The Boleyn Inheritance, a work of fiction set in Tudor England, speaks about the historical research she carried out to write her book: More About: Henry
Welcome to History Books!
2007-05-26 00:00:00 Greetings! My name is James, and I am a semi-professional history that loves to read. I've created this blog to post my reading recommendations and chronicle what books I am currently reading. I hope you enjoy the site! More About: Books , History , Hist , Tory
A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
2007-05-26 00:00:00 One of my favorite books about the Vietnam War: A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam John Paul Vann became an adviser to the Saigon regime in the early 1960s. He was an ardent critic of how the war was fought, both on the part ...
China: Fragile Superpower: How China?s Internal Politics Could Derail Its P
2007-05-26 00:00:00 In her new book China : Fragile Superpower: How China's Intern al Politics Could Derail Its Peaceful Rise, historian Susan L. Shirk warns of a dangerous future for China. From the book description: ..the fervent nationalism of the Chinese people, combined with their passionate resentment of Japan and attachment to Taiwan, ... More About: Rail
How the South Could Have Won the Civil War: The Fatal Errors That Led to Co
2007-05-26 00:00:00 Bevin Alexander, author of such Civil War history books as Robert E. Lee's Civil War and Lost Victories: The Military Genius of Stonewall Jackson, has a new work coming out soon: How the South Could Have Won the Civil War: The Fatal Error s That Led to Confederate Defeat ...
Fifteen Days: Stories of Bravery and Friendship, Life and Death from Inside
2007-05-26 00:00:00 The Canadian military's role in the War on Terror hasn't received a lot of attention. However, that will chance with the publication of journalist Christie Blatchford's new book Fifteen Days: Stories of Bravery and Friendship , Life and Death from Inside the New Canadian Military: ...with her many reports from Afghanistan, ...
Ethnic Identity and Aristocratic Competition in Republican Rome
2007-05-26 00:00:00 Thought Ancient Rome was a homogeneous society? Well, you're quite wrong. Rutger's University history professor Gary D. Farney has written a new book, in which he explores the importance of ethnicity in Rome: Farney explores how senators from Rome?s Republican period celebrated and manipulated their ethnic identity to ... More About: Competition , Ethnic , Identity
Charm Offensive: How China?s Soft Power Is Transforming the World
2007-05-26 00:00:00 Charm Offensive: How China 's Soft Power Is Transforming the World , a book from The New Republic, takes a look at how the Asian nation has recently gained regional and world power through its use of friendly relations: This book is the first to examine the significance of China?s recent reliance on ... More About: The World
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
2007-05-26 00:00:00 With the Old Breed : At Pele liu and Okinawa , a timeless classic about the US Marine Corps' bloody island battle against Japan, just got a new reprint (with a cover image different from the older one above). Anyone who hasn't read E. B. Sledge's masterpiece should buy or borrow a ... More About: Reed , The O
David Shenk talks about The Immortal Game
2007-05-26 00:00:00 Here's a cool video of author Davi d Shenk talking about his book The Immortal Game : A History of Chess, or How 32 Carved Pieces on a Board Illuminated Our Understanding of War, Art, Science and the Human Brain: More About: Mortal
Pesky Books
2007-05-26 00:00:00 We take a break from our normal reading list material for some comic relief: More About: Books |
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