One of the many reasons for the Allied victory over Germany was air superiority. Once the Allies invaded France, the Allies owned the sky with only a few insta...
Picked up The Real American Dream: A Meditation on Hope at Half Price Books awhile ago as I had heard good things about it. It turned out to be an interesting ...
Such Men as These: The Story of the Navy Pilots Who Flew the Deadly Skies over Korea by David Sears Kirkus Reviews Quality military history of naval aviation du...
Cover via Amazon The title of the most recent book I read, The Decline and Fall of the British Empire (Vintage) by Piers Brendon, intrigued me because of its si...
I think I am pretty clearly on the record in favor of short biographies but even I might blanche at a book that covers a subject as immense as Abraham Lincoln i...
It’s a Don’s Life by Mary Beard In her now-famous blog, Mary Beard has made her name as a wickedly subversive commentator on the world in which we l...