Re: Chinese Narratives--August Handgrenade 2022
Does the CCCP History and interpretation include and accurately state the early history of China's attempt to 'fight back,' as given here, or does it only reflect the CCCP History ?
Does the CCCP History and interpretation include and accurately state the early history of China's attempt to 'fight back,' as given here, or does it only reflect the CCCP History ?
New in MiWSR
A review of Mark Galeotti, The Weaponisation of Everything: A Field Guide to the New Way of War, by Heather Venable, Air Command and Staff College.
James P. Holoka, editor
John--I cited a book published by the Foreign Languages Press, one of the main official organs through which the Chinese Communist Party speaks to the world. When Xi Jinping has a book he wants to put out in English, he uses the Foreign Languages Press. That press would not have published the book I cited without multiple layers of Communist Party censors having agreed that the book accurately reflected the Communist Party's view of events.
Join historians, veterans and educators for a look back at the Vietnam War era and the Soldier experience. This free, two-day symposium (Oct. 21-22, 2022) invites attendees to explore and discuss Soldier experiences in battle, and in their camps, through examining works of art, artifacts, personal Soldier accounts and U.S. Army history. The symposium also includes a presentation about the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s traveling exhibit, “Panel 44: 8 Days in March,” and an evening reception.
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A review of Paul C. Anderson, A Short History of the American Civil War, by Corbin Williamson, Air War College.
James P. Holoka, editor
Nancy Ruth Reagin. Re-living the American Frontier: Western Fandoms, Reenactment, and Historical Hobbyists in Germany and America Since 1900. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2021. 272 pp. $90.00 (paper), ISBN 978-1-60938-790-7; $90.00 (e-book), ISBN 978-1-60938-791-4.
Reviewed by Patrick Dempsey (Northern Illinios) Published on H-War (August, 2022) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Air University)
Geoffrey Hayes. Crerar's Lieutenants: Inventing the Canadian Junior Army Officer, 1939-45 (Studies in Canadian Military History). Vancouver: UBC Press, 2017. 312 pp. $95.85 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-7748-3483-4.
Reviewed by Matthew Barrett (Canadian War Museum) Published on H-War (August, 2022) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Air University)
Daniel P. Bolger.
Our Year of War: Two Brothers, Vietnam, and a Nation Divided.
New York: Da Capo Press, 2017. Maps. 368 pp.
$28.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-306-90326-7.
Reviewed by Jason Kirby (Francis Marion University) Published on H-War (August, 2022) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Air University)
Mischa Honeck, James Marten, eds. War and Childhood in the Era of the Two World Wars. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. 410 pp. $105.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-108-47853-3.
Reviewed by Hannah Tomlin (Independent Scholar) Published on H-War (July, 2022) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Air University)
Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=57195
Michael Lucken.
The Japanese and the War: Expectation, Perception, and the Shaping of Memory.
Translated by Karen Grimwade. Asia Perspectives: History, Society, and Culture Series. New York: Columbia University Press, 2017. Illustrations. 376 pp.
$75.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-231-17702-3.