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George Leonard Andrews: Bridgewater's Forgotten General, Orson Kingsley
George Leonard Andrews: Bridgewater's Forgotten General, Orson Kingsley
Bridgewater Review
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The Qin And Han Dynasties: The Flexibility And Adaptability Of Military Force And Expansion, Christopher Hallenbrook
The Qin And Han Dynasties: The Flexibility And Adaptability Of Military Force And Expansion, Christopher Hallenbrook
Undergraduate Review
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New England Pilots In The Lafayette Flying Corps, William F. Hanna
New England Pilots In The Lafayette Flying Corps, William F. Hanna
Bridgewater Review
The Lafayette Flying Corps was the name given to a group of American pilots who flew with the French Air Service during World War 1. More than 200 Americans became expatriates, for a time at least, in order to try to qualify to fly the latest French fighter planes against the Germans. By war's end the 180 who succeeded were serving in 93 French squadrons. Although most later transferred to the U.S. Air Service, it was their days in the Lafayette Flying Corps and its most elite squadron, the Lafayette Escadrille which recalled the fondest memories among survivors. Of the …
Historical Commentary: Vietnam And Revisionism, David Culver
Historical Commentary: Vietnam And Revisionism, David Culver
Bridgewater Review
Last year General William Westmoreland told a Boston College audience that politicians caused America's defeat in Vietnam. Westmoreland’s charge reflects recent Vietnam War revisionism, the effort to rationalize America’s defeat by claiming that United States forces were prevented from winning. Besides the politicians, who reduced military spending, the revisionists’ cast of villains includes the media and antiwar dissenters, who turned the nation against the war, and various Presidents, who restricted military operations. If polls are to be believed, these interpretations are widely held by Americans, especially Vietnam veterans.
The Polish Resistance Movement In Second World War, Chester M. Nowak
The Polish Resistance Movement In Second World War, Chester M. Nowak
Bridgewater Review
The European Resistance Movement provides us with one of the more engaging and captivating stories of the Second World War, and the Polish Resistance Movement has a central place in that story. Yet, the history and the struggles of the Polish Resistance are not well known. Few people are aware, therefore, of the Polish Underground’s reports about the German extermination of Jews and about German preparations for the invasion of the Soviet Union; the penetration of the German rocket center at Peenemunde by Polish agents, or the fact that Poles delivered into Allied hands the plans and actual parts of …