by Howard Leighton | Dec 23, 2016 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), History, Social Science, War & Military
A segregated infantry unit of Japanese-Americans in October of 1944 was sent to rescue another unit of American soldiers trapped in the mountains of eastern France. That unit was the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Although this combat action was only from October 24th...
by Dick Weissman | Nov 2, 2016 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, Music
[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: Da Capo Press Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, eBook, Kindle, Audiobook, Audible Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | IndieBound | iBooks[/alert] Brian Wilson’s memoir is a frank and revealing portrait of a troubled...
by Howard Leighton | Aug 23, 2016 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), History, War & Military
[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: Da Capo Press Formats: Hardcover, eBook, Kindle, Audiobook, Audible Purchase: Amazon | IndieBound | iBooks[/alert] On August 2, 1943, twenty-one men were flying in a twin engine C-46 from Chabua in northwest India...
by Katie Richards | May 27, 2016 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, History
[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: Da Capo Press Formats: Hardcover, eBook, Kindle Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | IndieBound | iBooks[/alert] This new biography by John Man sums up the life of the eponymous hero. It traces the rise of the Sultan...
by Howard Leighton | May 17, 2016 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), History, War & Military
[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: Da Capo Press Formats: Hardcover Purchase: Amazon | iBooks[/alert] Hugh Miller, a 5’7″ lieutenant in the U.S. Navy, was manning his position on the destroyer USS Strong during a bombardment of Japanese...