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What's
New? It has taken us awhile to get things back on track with
the Military Reading List newsletter, but I think we are finally
there. As you can see the newsletter has a new name for 2004,
"Spotlight". We will continue to provide our monthly
recommendation along with more features on military authors and
publishers. In addition, we will do our best to provide
recommendations on readings that focus on increasing your knowledge
on the culture and history of world regions impacted by war and/or
conflict. Finally, we will screen new and future book
releases.
The titles on the right panel are the best
selling military books as of this date. I think you will
be pleased.
We are so impressed with James McPherson's Illustrated
Battle Cry of Freedom, that we have decided to keep it as our
January recommendation.
From Amazon - Winner
of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for History and a New York Times Bestseller,
Battle Cry of Freedom is universally recognized as the definitive
account of the Civil War. It was hailed in The New York Times as
"historical writing of the highest order." The Washington Post
called it "the finest single volume on the war and its
background." And The Los Angeles Times wrote that "of the
50,000 books written on the Civil War, it is the finest compression of
that national paroxysm ever fitted between two covers." Now
available in a splendid new edition is The Illustrated Battle Cry of
Freedom. Boasting some seven hundred pictures, including a hundred
and fifty color images and twenty-four full-color maps, here
is the ultimate gift book for everyone interested in American history.
McPherson has selected all the illustrations, including rare
contemporary photographs, period cartoons, etchings, woodcuts, and
paintings, carefully choosing those that best illuminate the narrative.
More important, he has written extensive captions (some 35,000 words in
all, virtually a book in themselves), many of which offer genuinely new
information and interpretations that significantly enhance the text. The
text itself, streamlined by McPherson, remains a fast-paced narrative
that brilliantly captures two decades of contentious American history,
from the Mexican War to Lee's surrender at Appomattox. The reader will
find a truly masterful chronicle of the war itself--the battles, the
strategic maneuvering on both sides, the politics, and the
personalities--as well as McPherson's thoughtful commentary on such
matters as the slavery expansion issue in the 1850s, the origins of the
Republican Party, the causes of secession, internal dissent and anti-war
opposition in the North and the South, and the reasons for the Union's
victory. A must-have purchase for the legions of Civil War buffs,
The Illustrated Battle Cry of Freedom is both a spectacularly beautiful
volume and the definitive account of the most important conflict in our
nation's history.
The
#1 world conflict continues to be Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Many gains have been made but there is a long road ahead. The
following selection titled Ancient Iraq
by Georges Roux provides an introduction to ancient Mesopotamian
history.
John Keegan - John
Keegan was for many years senior lecturer in military history at the Royal
Military Academy, Sandhurst, and has been a fellow at Princeton University and a
professor of history at Vassar College. He is the author of many military
history books, including the acclaimed The Face of Battle and The Second World
War. He lives in Wiltshire, England. In
November of 2003 Intelligence in War: Knowledge of the Enemy from Napoleon to
Al-Qaeda was released. Click on the authors name for a list
of other published books by John Keegan.
Brassey's INC. - Founded in 1983 as a
part of a distinguished British publishing house dating back to the
nineteenth century, Brassey’s, Inc. was acquired by American book
distributor Books International in 1999. (Brassey’s, Inc. is no
longer connected to British book publisher Brassey’s Ltd.) With
strong roots in military history, Brassey’s, Inc. has expanded its
editorial focus to include general history, world and national
affairs, foreign policy, defense and national security,
intelligence, memoirs, biographies, and sports, with eighty-five new
titles being published annually. Its offices and warehouse are
located in Dulles, Virginia, just outside Washington, DC.
The
U.S. Naval Institute - a membership association for Navy,
Marine Corps, and Coast Guard professionals and anyone interested in
the sea services. Publisher of Proceedings
and Naval
History magazines and more than 800 books through the Naval
Institute Press, the Institute offers an online book catalog and
webstore with the finest naval and maritime books, photos, art
prints, and gift items.
