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The Wright Brothers
The Wright Brothers (Simon & Schuster, May 2015, 336 pages) David McCullough was smitten with the Wright Brothers as any
Read moreCommanding Petty Despots: The American Navy in the New Republic
Commanding Petty Despots: The American Navy in the New Republic is a superbly researched volume by Dr. Thomas Sheppard, assistant professor of military history at the U.S. Marine Corps University Command and Staff College. Dr. Sheppard examines the early days of the American navy, focusing on the complex relationship between the first naval captains and the civilian leadership of the new republic.
Read moreExecutive Summary – The Coddling of the American Mind
Executive Summary: The Coddling of the American Mind Thanks to John Laney for contributing their notes. Help other military leaders
Read moreExecutive Summary – Avoiding Each & Every Military Veteran’s DisAdvantage
Avoiding Each & Every Military Veteran’s DisAdvantage executive summary By Jarrod H Smith
Read moreCommon Sense Addressed to the Inhabitants of America
Common Sense, Thomas Paine’s short pamphlet was published in January 1776, approximately six months prior to the codification of The United States Declaration of Independence. Common Sense conveys the dangers and overreach of the British government, and ultimately advocates for American independence.
Read moreMatterhorn
Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War by Karl Marlantes, Grove Press, May 2011, 640 pp) Of the fifty-three books
Read moreCommon Sense Addressed to the Inhabitants of America
Common Sense, Thomas Paine’s short pamphlet was published in January 1776, approximately six months prior to the codification of The United States Declaration of Independence. Common Sense conveys the dangers and overreach of the British government, and ultimately advocates for American independence.
Read moreThe Ordering of Time
The Ordering of Time: Meditations on the History of Philosophy by George Lucas (Edinburgh University Press, 2020, 180 pages) From the
Read moreA Military History of India since 1972
of the second war with neighboring Pakistan in the early 1970s. It is a companion to an earlier book by the author: India’s Wars: A Military History, 1947-1971, which covers India’s military operations starting in the year of India’s independence from the British Empire through two major wars with Pakistan in 1965 and 1971.
Read moreEyewitness to the Alamo
Eyewitness to the Alamo by Bill Groneman (Lone Star Publications, June 1, 2001, 288 pages) Biography or Autobiography? Which of
Read moreAuthor Interview: A Military History of India Since 1972
A Military History of India since 1972 is a definitive work of contemporary Indian military history that is written from a joint perspective. It is a comprehensive account of India’s resolute, responsible, and restrained use of force as an instrument of statecraft and how the military has played an essential role in securing the country’s democratic traditions along with its rise as a responsible power of consequence.
Read moreThe Presidents’ War
The Presidents’ War: Six American Presidents and the Civil War That Divided Them, by Chris DeRose (Lyons Press; Reprint edition
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