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Updated as of 2 October 05 Today in History: On October 2, 1780, Major John André, a British spy associated with Benedict Arnold, was executed on this day in history. Quote of the Day: "In my view we are much worse off now than when we went into Iraq. This is not a partisan position. I voted for these guys." A senior figure at a military-sponsored think tank as told to James Fallows in "Bush's Lost Year" in The Atlantic Monthly (Oct. 2004) Take the Ann Coulter Quiz Where are you politically? Take the Neocon Quiz and find out. "History is Far too Important to be left to History Professors" Teaching isn't such a novel idea
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New Books for World War II
The books listed below have been added to my reading list that is currently on Blackboard as of January 14, 2004. American Diplomacy: Michael Beschloss. The Conquerors: Roosevelt, Truman and the Destruction of Hitler's Germany. Simon and Schuster, 2002. Bibliography: Ronald Lewin. Montgomery as Military Commander. Stein and Day, 1971. Eastern Front: Dmitriy Loza. Attack of the Aircobras: Soviet Aces, American P-39s, and the Air War Against Germany. Kansas, 2002. Nazi Germany: Helmut Heiber and David Glantz. Hitler and His Generals: Military Conferences, 1942-45. Enigma Books, 2002. Adolf Hitler. Hitler's Second Book. edited by Gerhard L. Weinberg. Enigma, 2003. Ian Kershaw. Hitler: Nemesis, 1936-1945. Norton, 2001. Claudia Koonz. The Nazi Conscience. Harvard/Belknap, 2003. Heinz Magenheimer. Hitler's War: Germany's Key Strategic Decisions, 1940-1945. Barners and Noble, 1997. Novels: William F. Buckley. Nuremberg: The Reckoning. Harcourt, 2002. Alan Furst. The Polish Officer. Random House, 1995. ___. The World at Night. Random House, 1996. ___. Red Gold. Random House, 1999. ___. Kingdom of Shadows. Random House, 2000. ___. Blood of Victory. Random House, 2002. Douglas Niles and Michael Dobson. Fox on the Rhine. Forge, 2000. ___. Fox at the Front. Forge, 2003. David L. Robbins. War of the Rats. Bantam Books, 1999. ___. The End of War: A Novel of the Race for Berlin. Bantam Books, 2000. ___. Last Citadel: A Novel of the Battle of Kursk. Bantam Books, 2003. Occupied Europe: Mark Mazower. Inside Hitler's Greece: The Experience, 1941-1944. Yale, 2003. Prisoners of War: Josef M. Bauer. As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me. Carroll and Graf, 2003. |