It all makes for a rather melancholy and — in its complicated investigations and its details — oddly wending-all-over-the-place novel, but also an interesting journey.
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Audiobook Review: Countdown 1945 by Chris Wallace
A compelling and informative look at the events leading up the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan in August of 1945.
Continue readingTin Can Titans by John Wukovits
An excellent narrative of the blue-collar destroyers. Destroyers did not have the firepower of battleships or cruisers or the glamour of the aircraft carriers, but they had the grit and versatility to be vital parts of the U.S. war effort in the Pacific.
Continue readingNever Call Me a Hero: A Legendary American Dive-Bomber Pilot Remembers the Battle of Midway
Kleiss’s account of the battle from his perspective is riveting. His detailed analysis of how everything transpired is a testament to the professionalism and expertise of the Navy pilots … Never Call Me a Hero is a fantastic first person account of the Battle of Midway.
Continue readingThe Question That Never Goes Away by Philip Yancey
This is a slim book, roughly 176 pages, and Yancey spends time discussing both his past and the events surrounding these tragedies and his role in their aftermath. So if you are expecting an in-depth theological exploration of the problem of evil or theodicy this is not it. Rather it is a meditation on, and exploration of, these events and Yancey’ thinking as it has evolved and developed over the years.
Continue readingRestless Empire: China and the World Since 1750 by Odd Arne Westad
A great introductory read for novices of Chinese international relations.
Continue readingTonoharu: Part One by Lars Martinson
The incredible challenge of going to a foreign country and trying meet new people, start a new job and establish some sort of routine or life is communicated through the interactions and the surroundings.
Continue readingPacific Air by David Sears
Popular history at its best … an excellent job of writing about the American effort to defeat Japan during World War II in an easy-to-read format.
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