Reviewed by Susan Hamburger By Margaret S. Creighton Basic Books, 321 pages When the […]
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Vicksburg: The Campaign That Opened the Mississippi (Book Review)
Reviewed by Brian J. Murphy By Michael B. Ballard University of North Carolina Press, […]
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THE CLASSICS: The Iron Brigade (Book Review)
Reviewed by Peter S. Carmichael By Alan T. Nolan Alan T. Nolan pioneered the […]
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Memoirs of Thaddeus S.C. Lowe, Chief of the Aeronautic Corps of the Army of the United States During the Civil War: My Balloons in Peace and War (Book Review)
Reviewed by Keith Miller By Thaddeus S.C. Lowe, edited by Michael Jaeger and Carol […]
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Now for the Contest: Coastal and Oceanic Naval Operations in the Civil War (Book Review)
Reviewed by Keith Miller By William H. Roberts University of Nebraska Press, 223 pages […]
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Cahokian Indians: America’s Ancient Warriors
The Cahokian Indians used a sophisticated form of warfare to create the largest Indian empire of the Mississippian civilization.
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Oregon Trail: Wagon Tracks West
For the Applegates and their fellow travelers, the Oregon Trail promised a golden ticket to the land of milk and honey. The reality, however, proved to be far grimmer.
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Invasion of Canada During the American Revolutionary War
On the night of December 30, 1775, after months of hardship and perseverance against heavy odds, the forces of Brig. Gen. Richard Montgomery and Colonel Benedict Arnold were at last poised to take Quebec. Then a single British cannon shot caused their plan to unravel.
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“Wildcat” Wade: The Forgotten RAF Ace
One of Britain’s most decorated and highest-scoring fighter pilots was a former mule skinner from east Texas.
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Luis Fortin: World War II Bomber Pilot
Bomber pilot Luis Fortin was a rare bird among World War II airmen: an Argentine-born volunteer in a Free French squadron in Britain’s Royal Air Force, flying an American-built plane.