Bayonets & Big BattalionsBad History, or A Guide to Finding Great Military History BooksAs a an occasional listener to the Ancient Warfare podcast, I was excited to learn that one of their frequent guests, Myke Cole, recently…Feb 20, 2022Feb 20, 2022
Bayonets & Big BattalionsShifting Sands of Iwo Jima — UPDATEDA year ago I read an online article in the Omaha World-Herald that made serious claims about one of the most iconic images of World War II…May 5, 2016May 5, 2016
Bayonets & Big BattalionsThe real victor of Waterloo?“La Garde recule!” The cries went out as the once mighty French Imperial Guard disintegrated, along with it the hopes of Napoleon Bonaparte…Feb 11, 2015Feb 11, 2015
Bayonets & Big BattalionsChickamauga and Chattanooga National Military ParkLast month I visited my Aunt and Uncle in Chattanooga, Tennessee and managed to stop by and tour the Civil War battlefield of Chickamauga.Oct 9, 2014Oct 9, 2014
Bayonets & Big BattalionsBook Review: Why the Allies WonOvery, Richard. Why the Allies Won. New York: W.W. Norton, 1996.Sep 24, 2014Sep 24, 2014
Bayonets & Big BattalionsBook Review: Fighting PowerVan Creveld, Martin. Fighting Power: German and U.S. Army Performance, 1939–1945. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1982.Sep 24, 2014Sep 24, 2014
Bayonets & Big BattalionsBook Review: Closing With The EnemyDoubler, Michael D. Closing with the Enemy: How the GIs Fought The War In Europe, 1944–1945. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas Press, 1994…Sep 24, 2014Sep 24, 2014
Bayonets & Big BattalionsAn IntroductionFrom my mother’s sleep I fell into the State, And I hunched in its belly till my wet fur froze. Six miles from earth, loosed from the…Sep 24, 2014Sep 24, 2014