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December 23, 2014

Book Review: Snow and Steel

December 23, 2014/ Open Letters Monthly

The bloodiest American encounter of the Second World War took place in a vast and icebound forest; a sprawling new history tells the story of the Battle of the Bulge

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December 2014, military history, world war two
November 24, 2014

Book Review: The War of 1812

November 24, 2014/ Steve Donoghue

A fiery new history seeks to reclaim the lost honor of both Andrew Jackson and the Battle of New Orleans

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November 24, 2014/ Steve Donoghue/
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american history, military history, November 2014
November 06, 2014

Book Review: Fire and Movement

November 06, 2014/ Steve Donoghue

The British Expeditionary Force in the First World War has accrued a great many legends over the last century; Peter Hart's new account aims to delete the mythology - and still preserve the heroism

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first world war, military history, November 2014
October 01, 2014

Book Review: Ring of Steel

October 01, 2014/ Steve Donoghue

An exemplary new history tells the story of the First World War from the viewpoints of the aggressors

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first world war, military history, October 2014, World War I
September 07, 2014

Book Review: Band of Giants

September 07, 2014/ Steve Donoghue

We all know the names of Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, and Adams, but a terrifically engaging new book reminds us that the American Revolution's supporting cast was no less fascinating

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American Revolution, military history, September 2014
July 14, 2014

Book Review: The Great War for Peace

July 14, 2014/ Steve Donoghue

Did the cataclysmic First World War actually have a hidden peace-dividend? Did it change the vocabulary of rapprochement forever? A vigorous new study makes a daring case

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July 2014, military history, World War I
February 15, 2014

Book Review: Hundred Days

February 15, 2014/ Steve Donoghue

The vivid story of the months when the long, slogging stalemate of the First World War exploded into violence

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February 2014, first world war, history, military history
December 19, 2013

Book Review: Verdun

December 19, 2013/ Steve Donoghue

A prickly-smart new analysis contends that we too easily simplify the great World War I battle of Verdun

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December 2013, first world war, military history, World War I
September 08, 2013

Book Review: Fatal Rivalry

September 08, 2013/ Steve Donoghue

While Henry VIII was away fighting the French, his kingdom was invaded from the north by James of Scotland. It was defended by thousands of brave soldiers, a handful of ambitious courtiers - and one remarkable woman.

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george goodwin, henry viii, Keeping up with the tudors, military history, September 2013
August 30, 2013

Book Review: Armor and Blood

August 30, 2013/ Steve Donoghue

The Battle of Kursk was one of the most epic confrontations in the history of warfare - a vivid new history calls it the turning point of the entire Second World War

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August 2013, history, military history, WWII
August 02, 2013

Book Review: Long, Obstinate, and Bloody

August 02, 2013/ Steve Donoghue

A crucial turning-point battle in the American Revolution is given an extensively detailed and tradition-challenging new history

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American Revolution, August 2013, history, military history
July 08, 2013

Book Review: Nelson - The Sword of Albion

July 08, 2013/ Steve Donoghue

A monumental deck-clearing two-volume biography of Admiral Horatio Nelson reaches its thundering conclusion

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biography, British history, July 2013, military history
July 06, 2013

Book Review: Gettysburg - The Last Invasion

July 06, 2013/ Steve Donoghue

In a magnificent new history, the cataclysmic turning-point battle of the American Civil War is studied in meticulous detail

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american history, history, July 2013, military history
June 30, 2013

In Paperback: The Long Road to Antietam

June 30, 2013/ Steve Donoghue

The bloodiest day in United States history is the subject of Richard Slotkin's riveting book, now out in paperback

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June 30, 2013/ Steve Donoghue/
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american history, history, June 2013, military history
May 24, 2013

Book Review: The Guns at Last Light

May 24, 2013/ Steve Donoghue

A historian's great trilogy about U.S. forces at war on WWII's Western front at last comes to its finish

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May 24, 2013/ Steve Donoghue/
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history, May 2013, military history, world war two
April 21, 2013

Book Review: July 1914

April 21, 2013/ Steve Donoghue

A gripping new book examines just what happened in the crucial interval between the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and the outbreak of general hostilities - and reaches some unusual conclusions.

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April 21, 2013/ Steve Donoghue/
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April 2013, first world war, military history, World War I
February 07, 2013

Book Review: Furies

February 07, 2013/ Steve Donoghue

The Italian Renaissance of Michelangelo and Raphael was built by - and traumatized by - the constant tramping of hired armies. A provocative new study looks at the birth-price of the modern era

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european history, February 2013, history, military history, renaissance history
February 01, 2013

Book Review: Engineers of Victory

February 01, 2013/ Steve Donoghue

A new history of the Second World War focuses on the mid-level thinkers and technicians whose innovations made the grand strategies work

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February 2013, history, military history, Second World War
January 29, 2013

Book Review: The Making of the First World War

January 29, 2013/ Steve Donoghue

A new history of World War I looks at twelve fragile moments, twelve turning points when small factors determined very large outcomes

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January 29, 2013/ Steve Donoghue/
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european history, first world war, history, January 2013, military history, World War One
January 09, 2013

Book Review: World War Two

January 09, 2013/ Steve Donoghue

The military crucible of the 20th Century gets a new hardcover history that can be read in one hour and fifteen minutes.

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January 09, 2013/ Steve Donoghue/
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history, January 2013, military history, Second World War, world war two
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