by Howard Leighton | Apr 25, 2019 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), History, War & Military
Edward G. Lengel is a military historian whose books have centered on the Revolutionary war, particularly on George Washington, and on World War I. This book is the second with a focus on the American involvement in the battle of the Meuse-Argonne in the north-eastern...
by Howard Leighton | Jul 26, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), War & Military
The author of this book is a retired Lt. General of the U.S. Army with a special faculty appointment to the North Carolina State University where he teaches military history. He has written a number of books on military history. In 1968 Chuck and Tom Hagel, brothers...
by Katie Richards | May 10, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, History
John Prevas, a leading contemporary authority on Hannibal, has set out in this book to evoke the figure of Hannibal for the average reader with an interest in history, and in this he is largely successful. He gives enough background on Hannibal that the average reader...
by Dick Weissman | Jan 22, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), History, Music
Following up on his book about the legendary L.A. hit makers The Wrecking Crew, Hartman takes a different tack in this book about LA Rock in the 1970s. He weaves the story around producer Keith Olsen, his studio Sound City, and session guitar player Waddy Wachtel. The...
by Katie Richards | Jan 12, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, War & Military
A Crime in the Family is Sacha Batthyany’s telling of a massacre of Jews during the Holocaust, one horrific act among many, that was carried out with the knowledge and complicity of the author’s aunt – a member of the old Hungarian aristocracy....
