This is the first book I have seen in this series of books from the author. Not really a text book to be simply read from start to finish, but the most amazing reference book on the ships of the US Navy, and in this case Destroyers. The author is a US Navy veteran of 32-years, a combat veteran of tours in the Vietnam War and so clearly a very knowledgeable man who has dedicated a great deal of time in assembling this amazing reference. Every class of warship is covered in this series, with basic details of procurement, dimensions and characteristics of every individual vessel, and a summary of the history and development of each one, The whole book is also profusely illustrated with archive images of the ships, some with individual pictures but others with multiple images showing the ships at different times/camouflage schemes. In this book we have details of the Destroyers of the Clemson Class (over 156 vessels!), the Farragut Class (8 vessels), Porter Class (8 vessels), Mahan Class (16.. Read more
Military Model Scene

If you have read the excellent books by Dr Helen Fry on Britain's intelligence gathering & the bugging of German POWs during the second world war, then this is the story of how the Americans created an almost identical system, for both Japanese & German prisoners. Between 1943-46 almost 3500 Germans lived only twelve miles from the Pentagon at a POW camp called Fort Hunt. Elsewhere in the US, a once luxurious Californian hotel where stars such as Clark Gable & Charlie Chaplin once frequented, Japanese POWs now occupied those same rooms. Unbeknown to them was the fact that all their rooms were bugged by hidden microphones in the previously lowered ceilings. Both of these facilities were based on British sites like Trent Park which had proved to be very successful. Like Britain, the US had also taken in Jewish refugees from Germany before the war. Some of these men were trained in how to question & interrogate German POWs, others would translate what the many microphones recorded. In the.. Read more
History Book Chat

After disagreeing with Robert E. Lee about the strategy and tactics employed in the campaign and battle of Gettysburg, Lieutenant General James Longstreet had agreed to move his First Corps from the Army of Northern Virginia to join Braxton Bragg’s Army of Tennessee, arriving on September 19th, 1863, the second day of the battle of Chickamauga. Appointed Bragg’s Left Wing commander, Longstreet helped win a stunning victory over Rosecran’s Army of the Cumberland the next day. But after the battle, Longstreet’s relationship with Bragg deteriorated and the latter was angered by his new subordinate’s failure to prevent the capture of Brown’s Ferry or to disrupt the establishment of the Federal ‘Cracker Line’ supply route at the battle of Wauhatchie on October 29th. This volume in the Emerging Civil War series examines the campaign conducted by Longstreet when Bragg decided to send him and his two divisions to operate against Major General Ambrose E. Burnside’s Army of the.. Read more
Miniature Wargames

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"The main attraction is her vivid observations and descriptions of Paris' ambiance as the seasons changed and the course of the war swung from German triumphs to Allied victory. It's like being in a French noir film. Enjoyed it."
Historical Miniatures Gaming Society, April 2024