Category: Recommended Reading
In Conversation with Wayne Vansant – MHN Talks to Veteran Illustrator About the Power of War Comics
“I have always been interested in the subject, but have been more strongly drawn to the 20th Century, and all it’s conflicts… mostly World War Two.” SIEGFRIED SASSOON used poetry to communicate the futility and horror…
‘We Gotta Get Outta This Place’ – 10 Vietnam Vets Remember the Songs That Helped Them Get Through the War
“Music enabled countless soldiers in Vietnam to connect with each other and to ‘the World’ back home.” By Doug Bradley and Craig Werner WHEN co-author Doug Bradley arrived in Vietnam in November 1970 and was being…
Mean Streets – The Clash of Technology and Terrain in Urban Warfare
“In urban environments, the playing field is levelled between the conventional armies and insurgents.” By Dr. Alec Wahlman BE IT ALEPPO or Damascus, Mosul or Ramadi, or even Eastern Ukraine, combatants in today’s conflicts are…
Wingate’s Way – Leadership Lessons From Britain’s Maverick General Still Ring True Today
“Orde Wingate’s experiences from World War Two offer lessons for 21st Century military planners, particularly in the areas of counter-insurgency, covert and special operations and proxy wars.” Dr. Simon Anglim MAJOR GENERAL Orde Wingate was the most controversial British…
Invasion Mania – Britain’s Curious Pre-WW1 Obsession With Novels About Foreign Occupation
(Originally published in MilitaryHistoryNow.com on Sept. 14, 2014) “In 1870, Britons watched with disquiet as Prussia’s military poured into France and put Paris under their guns. Could such a foe cross the English Channel and do…
Bon Appétit, Bonaparte! — What Did Napoleon Like to Eat and Drink?
“The simplest dishes were those he preferred; but he was not easy to please…” AT HIS BIRTHDAY PARTY at Joseph Bonaparte’s New Jersey estate in my novel Napoleon in America, the exiled French emperor is served…
