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The Polar Bear Expedition: The Heroes of America’s Forgotten Invasion of Russia by James Carl Nelson

Posted on August 26, 2019 by Jeff Grim / 1 Comment

World War I is known mainly as a war that decimated Europe, especially western due to the length of the trench warfare. However, few Americans realize that thei...

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The Real Horse Soldiers: Benjamin Grierson’s Epic 1863 Civil War Raid through Mississippi by Timothy B. Smith

Posted on July 25, 2019 by Jeff Grim / 1 Comment

I consider myself fairly knowledgeable on the Civil War, but periodically I am surprised by an event that I have not read about. This is the case with Timothy S...

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Holding the Line on the River of Death: Union Mounted Forces at Chickamauga, September 18, 1863 by Eric J. Wittenberg

Posted on February 5, 2019 by Jeff Grim / 2 Comments

My favorite Civil War author, Eric J. Wittenberg, has recently written a book on the Union mounted force’s delaying action on September 18, 1863 at Chicka...

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Never in Finer Company: The Men of the Great War’s Lost Battalion by Edward G. Lengel

Posted on January 7, 2019 by Jeff Grim / 1 Comment

Unlike many books on explaining the exploits of fighting men, Lengel goes beyond the battlefield when looking at the men. He compassionately describes the strug...

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The Sorrows of Work (The School of Life)

Posted on January 2, 2019 by Jeff Grim / 1 Comment

The Sorrows of Work is a short book that explains why so many of us are miserable at work. The book's conclusions are a little depressing, but ring true.

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General Lee’s Immortals by Michael C. Hardy

Posted on December 18, 2018 by Jeff Grim / 2 Comments

Hardy shines a much-needed light on the deeds of the Branch-Lane Brigade. The officers and men made their mistakes during the war, but in a number of battles th...

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