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Robert Citino, “Death of the Wehrmacht: The German Campaigns of 1942” (UP of Kansas, 2007)
Robert Citino
Death of the Wehrmacht
The German Campaigns of 1942
University Press of Kansas, 2007

New Books in European StudiesNew Books in German StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Military HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network April 22, 2011 Jay Lockenour

Robert Citino is one of a handful of scholars working in German military history whose books I would describe as reliably rewarding. Even when one quibbles with some of the details of his argument, one is sure to profit from reading his work. When a Citino book appears in print,... Read More
Michael A. Reynolds, “Shattering Empires: The Clash and Collapse of the Ottoman and Russian Empires, 1908-1918” (Cambridge UP, 2011)
Michael Reynolds
Shattering Empires
The Clash and Collapse of the Ottoman and Russian Empires, 1908-1918
Cambridge University Press, 2011

New Books in Eastern European StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Middle Eastern StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Russian and Eurasian StudiesNew Books Network April 22, 2011 Marshall Poe

Most of us live in a world of nations. If you were born and live in the Republic of X, then you probably speak X-ian, are a citizen of X, and would gladly fight and die for your X-ian brothers and sisters. If, however, you were born and live in... Read More
Martin Denton, “Plays and Playwrights 2011” (NYTE, 2011)
Martin Denton
Plays and Playwrights 2011

NYTE, 2011

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in DanceNew Books Network April 20, 2011 Matt Freeman

The world of “Off-Off Broadway” has been fertile soil for new American plays for decades. Since the late 1990s, one of its most fervent boosters and chroniclers has been Martin Denton, the founder of nytheatre.com and the editor and publisher of the Plays and Playwrights series from NYTE Small Press.... Read More
Francesco Duina, “Winning: Reflections on an American Obsession” (Princeton University Press, 2010)
Francesco Duina
Winning
Reflections on an American Obsession
Princeton University Press, 2010

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in SociologyNew Books Network April 17, 2011 David Phillippi

“Winning is everything” is such a common phrase that we rarely question where it comes from and why we apply it to everyday experiences.  One can win a little league game, an election, the lottery, a friendly competition at work or an unfriendly one.  Entrepreneurs can win in business and patients... Read More
William Bennett and Seth Leibsohn, “The Fight of Our Lives: Choosing to Win the War Against Radical Islam” (Thomas Nelson, 2011)
William Bennett and Seth Leibsohn
The Fight of Our Lives
Choosing to Win the War Against Radical Islam
Thomas Nelson, 2011

New Books in National SecurityNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network April 15, 2011 Tevi Troy

Where do we stand on the War on Terror? Is it still going on, and if so, are we winning or losing it? In William Bennett and Seth Leibsohn’s The Fight of Our Lives: Knowing the Enemy, Speaking the Truth, and Choosing to Win the War Against Radical Islam (Thomas... Read More
Megan Marshall, “The Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism” (Houghton Mifflin, 2005)
Megan Marshall
The Peabody Sister
Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism
Houghton Mifflin, 2006

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in BiographyNew Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network April 15, 2011 Jenny Attiyeh

This interview is re-posted with permission from Jenny Attiyeh’s ThoughtCast.] Author Megan Marshall has recently written a well-received biography of Elizabeth, Mary, and Sophia Peabody: The Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism (Houghton Mifflin, 2005). The Peabodys were key players in the founding of the Transcendentalist movement in... Read More
Neil Altman, “The Analyst in the Inner City: Race, Class, and Culture Through an Analytic Lens” (Routledge, 2009)
Neil Altman
The Analyst in the Inner City
Race, Class, and Culture Through an Analytic Lens
Routledge, 2009

New Books in PsychoanalysisNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books Network April 10, 2011 Tracy Morgan

In his book The Analyst in the Inner City: Race, Class, and Culture Through an Analytic Lens (Routledge, 2009), the well-respected psychoanalyst Dr. Neil Altman explores what happens when one practices analysis outside the private practice frame and, instead, among the urban poor. Drawing on years of experience helping underprivileged... Read More
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