New Books in Military History
Paige Bowers, “The General’s Niece: The Little-Known de Gaulle Who Fought to Free Occupied France” (Chicago Review Press, 2017)
Paige Bowers
The General's Niece
The Little-Known de Gaulle Who Fought to Free Occupied France
Chicago Review Press, 2017

New Books in BiographyNew Books in European StudiesNew Books in French StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Military HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network September 19, 2017 Mark Klobas

When Charles de Gaulle issued his famous call in June 1940 for the French people to continue fighting Nazi Germany, among those within Occupied France who took up the cause was his young niece Genevieve. In The General’s Niece: The … Read More
Tom Carhart, “The Golden Fleece: High-Risk Adventure at West Point” (Potomac Books, 2017)
Tom Carhart
The Golden Fleece
High-Risk Adventure at West Point
Potomac Books, 2017

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in EducationNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Military HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Sports September 15, 2017 Marshall Poe

If you were a cadet at West Point and knew with virtual certainty that upon graduation you would be sent into the teeth of the Vietnam war, what would you do? Well, if you were Tom Carhart and five of… Read More
Was Presidential Leadership Decisive in Determining the Outcome of the Civil War?

Was Presidential Leadership Decisive in Determining the Outcome of the Civil War?
A Discussion with William J. Cooper and Richard Carwardine
NBN, 2017

Arguing HistoryNew Books in American StudiesNew Books in BiographyNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Military HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network September 12, 2017 Mark Klobas

In the third podcast of Arguing History, historians William J. Cooper and Richard Carwardine address the question of the role presidential leadership played in determining the outcome of the American Civil War. Considering the respective positions of both Abraham… Read More
Asher Orkaby, “Beyond the Arab Cold War: The International History of the Yemen Civil War, 1962-68” (Oxford UP, 2017)
Asher Orkaby
Beyond the Arab Cold War
The International History of the Yemen Civil War, 1962-68
Oxford University Press, 2017

New Books in Global Ethics and PoliticsNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Middle Eastern StudiesNew Books in Military HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in World AffairsNew Books Network September 5, 2017 Mark Klobas

The civil war in Yemen today harkens back to a similar conflict half a century ago, when the overthrow of the ruling imam, Muhammad al-Badr, in 1962 sparked a conflict that dragged on for the rest of the decade. While… Read More
Wendy Pearlman, “We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria” (Custom House, 2017)
Wendy Pearlman
We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled
Voices from Syria
Custom House, 2017

New Books in Global Ethics and PoliticsNew Books in HistoryNew Books in JournalismNew Books in Middle Eastern StudiesNew Books in Military HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network August 30, 2017 Nadirah Mansour

In the wake of the Arab Spring and the ensuing Syrian Civil War, the stories of the millions displaced by the conflict as well as the millions Syria has lost since 2011 remain largely untold. Wendy Pearlman‘s We Crossed … Read More

 
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