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Getting It Right, Second Edition: American Military Reforms After Vietnam and Into the 21st Century Review

August 18th, 2010 No comments
Getting It Right, Second Edition: American Military Reforms After Vietnam and Into the 21st Century

Just as _Death Ground_ brings _On Infantry_ to the present so _Getting It Right_ brings _The American Way of War_ to the present. It covers the 3 secrets of successful armies: practice, practice, practice and how the US Military did it, mainly the Army.
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Inside the Red Mansion: On the Trail of China’s Most Wanted Man Review

August 15th, 2010 No comments
Inside the Red Mansion: On the Trail of China

This belongs to the well-stocked genre of “young western newspaperman goes to China and then writes first book telling world of what he has seen in the Middle Kingdom.” It is among the best of such books in terms of relaying information and providing insights, although it falls short of the first literary rank.
The use [...]

Did the Children Cry: Hitler’s War Against Jewish and Polish Children, 1939-1945 Review

August 1st, 2010 No comments
Did the Children Cry: Hitler

This book is known less for its content than for the controversy that has surrounded it. Nominated for the Janusz Korczak Literary Award, it was subsequently beset with a flurry of Jewish protests. After a spate of bad publicity, and the threat of legal action, the award was belatedly presented–but without any ceremony.
One reason give [...]

Winchester Warriors: Texas Rangers of Company D, 1874-1901 Review

June 28th, 2010 No comments
Winchester Warriors: Texas Rangers of Company D, 1874-1901

Arrived in 1st class condition.I am reading it now and it is just what I expected it to be.Winchester Warriors: Texas Rangers of Company D, 1874?1901 (Frances B. Vick Series)
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Product Description: The Texas Rangers were institutionally birthed in 1874 [...]

Gideon’s Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad Review

June 1st, 2010 No comments
Gideon

Books about the history and activities of espionage organizations (both gathering intelligence and covert operation) are by nature subject to be taken with a grain of salt, since the nature of the business is secrecy.
Gordon Thomas does a good job unveiling that secrecy through his various sources, some named, some not, some within the Mossad [...]