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Intervention in Russia: 1918-1920, A Cautionary Tale, is a very well written account of a little known part of the First World War. Mr. Hudson writes in the style that I find to be the most readable and enjoyable…. Continue Reading →
If you are a history geek like me, and I assume you are because you are reading the blog, then here is a project that should be interesting. In the late 90’s and early 00’s there was a much bandied… Continue Reading →
The title of this piece is a very good question in my opinion. The question really came home to me recently when I was reading the Calls for Papers in the bi-annual newsletter of the Society of Military History of… Continue Reading →
Updated 24 June 2014 — Below the fold is a list of historical sources on the internet, this includes both primary and secondary source collections. I am constantly updating this list when I run across useful sites. Please point me at… Continue Reading →
I received notification this morning that my first Peer-Reviewed article has been accepted for publication. It is an annotated bibliography of Frederick the Great for Oxford University Press (OUP) Online and it has taken me awhile to write it… Continue Reading →
I got my latest copy of the SMH Journal of Military History a few weeks ago and am working my way through the articles. The Journal always provides grist for at least one post, most of the time it… Continue Reading →
Just a quick info post. Anybody who has tried to follow the link to DeReMilitari on the sidebar of the blog in the past few weeks has discovered that Google says it is a malware hosting site. They were… Continue Reading →
Text of Declaration of Independence Saw an interesting article today: Back to School, Back to U.S. History Basics from George Nethercutt is probably one of the best arguments I have read for emphasizing historical literacy in schools that I have… Continue Reading →
Is there such a thing? That question hit me this morning as I was reading a book review in an old copy of the Journal of Military History. The book in question was Death of the Wehrmacht: The German Campaigns… Continue Reading →
Well, I figured it is time for another update. I have made the first round of changes to my rough draft and turned them back in and my thesis made it past my professor and is now in the… Continue Reading →
I got my rough draft back from my Thesis professor this morning with the first round of requested corrections. It actually looks much better than I thought it would. There are not as many corrections as I expected… Continue Reading →
I figured I would touch on post-modernism/post-structuralism and my personal opinion of the phenomenon because I am seeing it more and more in contemporary academics. Let me preface this whole post by saying up-front that I think the whole post-modernist… Continue Reading →
I got my first article published this past week. I belong to the Society for Military History and in a recent society newsletter, they asked for people who had recently worked in an archive to submit a guide. … Continue Reading →
I just finished writing the rough draft of my MA Thesis. It is currently sitting right around 73 pages. I would guess I will end up adding about 4-5 more ages as I do my final revisions before… Continue Reading →
Book Review: The Age of Total War: 1860-1945 by Jeremy Black
The notion that a book is “thought-provoking” is often thrown out there for works of non-fiction, and of those that are described as such that I have read most very seldom are. This book is different, Dr. Black has… Continue Reading →