All posts tagged "American History"
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Vietnam
The Bloodiest Day: December 6, 1967
October 18, 2023In Lieutenant Morris’ words, “We moved into the woods and within minutes all hell broke loose.”...
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Non-Fiction Reviews
Wade Hampton: Confederate Warrior, Conservative Statesman by Walter Brian Cisco
October 15, 2023Biography, if it serves the reader, is best written not only with the exploits of the...
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Non-Fiction Reviews
The Uncivil War: Irregular Warfare in the Upper South 1861-1865 by Robert R. Mackey
October 15, 2023Army Major Robert R. Mackey, currently assigned to the Pentagon, has written a much-needed study of...
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History
Never Come To Peace Again: Pontiac’s Uprising and the Fate of the British Empire in North America – by David Dixon
October 6, 2023Dixon’s approach is both refreshing and accurate. He eschews the required kowtowing associated with ethnic minorities.
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Non-Fiction Reviews
Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick and the Bitter Partnership That Transformed America
October 5, 2023Since our society began its retreat into Social Darwinism tricked out in the guise of laissez-faire...
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Non-Fiction Reviews
James K. Polk by John Seigenthaler
October 4, 2023Author John Seigenthaler has written an interesting and informative biography of the eleventh president of the...
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Non-Fiction Reviews
Henry Adams and the Making of America by Garry Wills
October 3, 2023In Adams, Wills has chosen a slippery, famously evasive subject. Henry Adams (1838-1918) was an eccentric,...
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Non-Fiction Reviews
Hamilton, Adams, Jefferson: The Politics of Enlightenment and the American Founding
October 2, 2023Study of the American founding fathers has become a hothouse industry. The capacity of the American...
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Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: The Chinatown War: Chinese Los Angeles and the Massacre of 1871 by Scott Zesch
August 10, 2023As the 1860's ended, the steadily growing numbers of Chinese immigrants led to fears that eventually...
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Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher by Timothy Egan
July 20, 2023The course of Curtis’ campaign to document the lives and life style of the Native American...
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