"Resister: A Story Of Protest And Prison During The Vietnam War (Book Review)" By Bruce Dancis,
2018
Wilfrid Laurier University
"Resister: A Story Of Protest And Prison During The Vietnam War (Book Review)" By Bruce Dancis, Jeremy Maxwell
Canadian Military History
Review of Resister: A Story of Protest and Prison during the Vietnam War by Bruce Dancis
"Beyond The Band Of Brothers: The Us Military And The Myth That Women Can’T Fight (Book Review)" By Megan Mackenzie,
2018
Wilfrid Laurier University
"Beyond The Band Of Brothers: The Us Military And The Myth That Women Can’T Fight (Book Review)" By Megan Mackenzie, Russell Isinger
Canadian Military History
Review of Beyond the Band of Brothers: The US Military and the Myth that Women Can’t Fight by Megan MacKenzie.
"The Vimy Trap: Or, How We Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Great War (Book Review)" By Ian Mckay And Jamie Swift,
2018
Wilfrid Laurier University
"The Vimy Trap: Or, How We Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Great War (Book Review)" By Ian Mckay And Jamie Swift, Geoffrey Hayes
Canadian Military History
Review of The Vimy Trap: Or, How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Great War by Ian McKay and Jamie Swift.
"Strangers In Arms: Combat Motivation In The Canadian Army, 1943-1945 (Book Review)" By Robert Engen,
2018
Wilfrid Laurier University
"Strangers In Arms: Combat Motivation In The Canadian Army, 1943-1945 (Book Review)" By Robert Engen, Russell W. Glenn
Canadian Military History
Review of Strangers in Arms: Combat Motivation in the Canadian Army, 1943-1945 by Robert Engen.
"Moltke And His Generals: A Study In Leadership (Book Review)" By Quintin Barry,
2018
Wilfrid Laurier University
"Moltke And His Generals: A Study In Leadership (Book Review)" By Quintin Barry, Dominic J. Caraccilo
Canadian Military History
Review of Moltke and His Generals: A Study in Leadership by Quintin Barry.
"Britain And The Bomb: Nuclear Diplomacy, 1964- 1970 (Book Review)" By David James Gill,
2018
Wilfrid Laurier University
"Britain And The Bomb: Nuclear Diplomacy, 1964- 1970 (Book Review)" By David James Gill, Joseph A. Buscemi
Canadian Military History
Review of Britain and the Bomb: Nuclear Diplomacy, 1964- 1970 by David James Gill.
"Allied Power: Mobilizing Hydro-Electricity During Canada’S Second World War (Book Review)" By Matthew Evenden,
2018
Wilfrid Laurier University
"Allied Power: Mobilizing Hydro-Electricity During Canada’S Second World War (Book Review)" By Matthew Evenden, Brian Bertosa
Canadian Military History
Review of Allied Power: Mobilizing Hydro-electricity during Canada’s Second World War by Matthew Evenden.
No Shortage Of Tanks!: The Canadian Army’S System For The Recovery, Repair And Replacement Of A And B Vehicles And Major Weapons Systems,
2018
Wilfrid Laurier University
No Shortage Of Tanks!: The Canadian Army’S System For The Recovery, Repair And Replacement Of A And B Vehicles And Major Weapons Systems, Arthur Gullachsen
Canadian Military History
This article is an overview of the First Canadian Army in North West Europe’s ability to recover, repair and damaged, destroyed and broken down vehicles and weapons systems. This capability was a crucial factor in maintaining the overall combat power of the Canadian Army Overseas during operations in the last year of war. To support this argument the author examines Canadian wartime primary documents as well as multiple secondary sources.
Under The Enemy Flag: Prisoner Of War Experiences: An Interview With Angela Zombek And Michael Gray,
2018
Gettysburg College
Under The Enemy Flag: Prisoner Of War Experiences: An Interview With Angela Zombek And Michael Gray, Ashley Whitehead Luskey
The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History
Over the course of this year, we’ll be interviewing some of the speakers from the upcoming 2018 CWI conference about their talks. Today we are speaking with Angie Zombek, Assistant Professor of History at St. Petersburg College. Dr. Zombek is the author of numerous articles and essays, including “Paternalism and Imprisonment at Castle Thunder: Reinforcing Gender Norms in the Confederate Capital,” which appeared in the scholarly journal, Civil War History in September of 2017; “Citizenship – Compulsory or Convenient: Federal Officials, Confederate Prisoners, and the Oath of Allegiance,” in Paul J. Quigley’s edited volume, The American Civil War and the …
“The Vegetables Really Get More Tender Care”: An Introduction To Death And Dying In The Civil War,
2018
Gettysburg College
“The Vegetables Really Get More Tender Care”: An Introduction To Death And Dying In The Civil War, Zachary A. Wesley
The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History
The Victorian world was one of ceremony and order, even in death. Deathways–the practices of a society regarding death and dying–in 19thcentury America focused on elaborate rituals that earned the country the grisly distinction of possessing a “culture of death.” The American Civil War presented a four-year window in which many of these traditions were radically challenged in both the North and the South, as loved ones died anonymous deaths far from the embrace of kin. Nevertheless, the warring populations attempted to maintain important traditions even as the horrors of war surrounded them, thus allowing the deathways of the antebellum …
Spreading The Flames: The United States, Cuba, And The Fear Of Africanization,
2018
Gettysburg College
Spreading The Flames: The United States, Cuba, And The Fear Of Africanization, Savannah A. Labbe
The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History
In the years leading up to the Civil War, the fight over slavery played out in many different arenas, notably in Kansas and Nebraska. While Bleeding Kansas was arguably the most well-known and violent clash over slavery before the Civil War, there were others as well. One flash point over the question of slavery resulted from political unrest in Cuba. In the 1850s, Spain owned Cuba, an economically prosperous island with an economy based on African slave labor. However, Spain was under pressure from Great Britain to end slavery in Cuba, and because Spain was in enormous debt and was …
“Be Carefully Taught”: African Americans In Adams County In The 20th Century,
2018
Gettysburg College
“Be Carefully Taught”: African Americans In Adams County In The 20th Century, Jennifer A. Simone
The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History
Every year over a million visitors flood Adams County, Pennsylvania to tour the famous, or rather infamous, site of the Battle of Gettysburg. While most visitors primarily come to Gettysburg to learn about the battle, many leave with understandings of the unending impact of the Civil War on race relations. However, for a town that sparks such a progressive mentality in some, Adams County, and specifically Gettysburg, is often criticized for being ‘frozen in time,’ unwilling to keep up with progressive race relations after the battle ended. A panel entitled “Black Experiences in Adams County in the 19th & 20th …
“Give Them Liberty Or Give Me Death”: The Unionist Espionage Of Elizabeth Van Lew: An Interview With Elizabeth Varon,
2018
Gettysburg College
“Give Them Liberty Or Give Me Death”: The Unionist Espionage Of Elizabeth Van Lew: An Interview With Elizabeth Varon, Ashley Whitehead Luskey
The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History
Over the course of this year, we’ll be interviewing some of the speakers from the upcoming 2018 CWI conference about their talks. Today we are speaking with Elizabeth Varon, Associate Director of the John L. Nau III Center for Civil War History and Langbourne M. Williams Professor of American History at the University of Virginia. A specialist in the Civil War era and 19th-century South, Varon is the author of We Mean to be Counted: White Women and Politics in Antebellum Virginia (UNC Press, 1998); Southern Lady, Yankee Spy: The True Story of Elizabeth Van Lew, A Union …
82nd Erau Prescott Aviation History Presentation,
2018
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
82nd Erau Prescott Aviation History Presentation, Jerry Kidrick
ERAU Prescott Aviation History Program
A documentary video of Lt. Robert Lawsen'sWW2 service as a B-17 bomber pilot. Starting with his pilot training, then a re-enactment of a complete mission, and parts of 3 others. He served in the 8th Air Force in England during 1944. On his last mission, he was shot down and spent 8 months in German prison camps and escaped to the allied lines just before hostilities ended in Europe on May 8, 1945.
“We The Undersigned…Bind Ourselves Mutually”: Civil War Draft Resistance In Eastern Pennsylvania,
2018
Gettysburg College
“We The Undersigned…Bind Ourselves Mutually”: Civil War Draft Resistance In Eastern Pennsylvania, Ryan D. Bilger
The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History
On August 6th, 1863, a group of sixteen men gathered at the East Penn Railroad depot in Millerstown, Pennsylvania, now known as Macungie, a small farming community located about seven miles southwest of Allentown. The young men met that day to create a contract with one another in anticipation of the army conscription draft, scheduled to take place in a week’s time with men between ages twenty and thirty-five eligible for selection. They created the “Millerstown Club,” agreeing “that each member of the club has to pay the sum of fifty dollars on or before the day previous to the …
African Americans In Times Of War,
2018
Minnesota State University, Mankato
African Americans In Times Of War, Auburn University
Ethnic History
Bibliography and photograph of a display of government documents from Auburn University Libraries.
Scott, James Mcmillian, 1870-1907 (Mss 628),
2018
Western Kentucky University
Scott, James Mcmillian, 1870-1907 (Mss 628), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 628. Letters of James McMillian Scott, a native of Cumberland County, Kentucky, to Sarah Elizabeth “Ellie” Garnett of Adair County, Kentucky, written before and after their marriage. Frequently separated from his wife because of his work on his family’s Texas farm and his editorial positions on newspapers in Texas, Kentucky and Arkansas, Scott writes of his family, his social and religious activities, his Spanish-American War service, and his newspaper work. He is frequently resentful of local attacks on his reputation arising from unspecified indiscretions committed while living in Kentucky. Full-text scans of several Spanish-American War …
Debacle At Petersburg: The Battle Of The Crater: An Interview With A. Wilson Greene,
2018
Gettysburg College
Debacle At Petersburg: The Battle Of The Crater: An Interview With A. Wilson Greene, Ashley Whitehead Luskey
The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History
Over the course of this year, we’ll be interviewing some of the speakers from the upcoming 2018 CWI conference about their talks. Today we are speaking with A. Wilson Greene. Mr. Greene recently retired from a 44-year career in public history. He spent sixteen years in the National Park Service, served as the first director of the Association for the Preservation of Civil War Sites (now the Civil War Trust), and was the founding director of Pamplin Historical Park & the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier, where he worked for 22 years. Greene holds a Masters degree in …
Messer, George, 1833-1863 (Sc 3163),
2018
Western Kentucky University
Messer, George, 1833-1863 (Sc 3163), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3163. Four letters of George Messer to his wife Lottie Messer, written March-May 1863 from Camp Hobson, Glasgow, Kentucky. He describes preparing the camp’s fortifications and accommodations, the arrival of reinforcements, the presence of nearby Confederates, his novel reading, and the prospects of obtaining a furlough. He relates the prevalence of fighting among the local citizenry and discusses affairs at home such as his debts and local elections. His letter of 16 April includes a sketch of the fort.
Too Little Too Late? The Introduction Of The Spencer Rifle,
2018
Gettysburg College
Too Little Too Late? The Introduction Of The Spencer Rifle, Savannah A. Labbe
The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History
The photo above does not seem like much, but the story behind it is incredible. On August 17, 1863, a man named Christopher Miner Spencer entered the White House, gun in hand. He was let in past the sentries and ushered in to meet with President Abraham Lincoln. Spencer was at the White House to show the president his invention, the repeating rifle. He had been trying to get it adopted by the United States Army with little success, so he decided to go to the man with the most power. Spencer showed Lincoln his gun, and the president was …
