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August 16
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John
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Confederate Shipbuilding (Studies in Maritime History)
by William N. Still Jr.
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John said:
"Still suggests that it was not the absence of ship-building facilities that doomed the Confederate Navy or a lack of foundries, iron works or armament works. It was a lack of ability to get the iron and coal out of the ground fast enough and a lack o...more
Still suggests that it was not the absence of ship-building facilities that doomed the Confederate Navy or a lack of foundries, iron works or armament works. It was a lack of ability to get the iron and coal out of the ground fast enough and a lack of rolling stock to move resources and finished materials around. The success of the Union blockade forced the Confederates to disperse their facities and place them as far inland as possible...which led to further logistics and transportation problems....less
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John
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Iron Afloat: The Story of the Confederate Armorclads (Paperback)
by William N. Still
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John said:
"I bought this book at a bookstore on Canal St. in New Orleans and read it while doing survey work around Vicksburg. We crossed the Yazoo River everyday on the way to work around where the C.S.S. Arkansas fought the U.S.S. Carondelet, Tyler and the E...more
I bought this book at a bookstore on Canal St. in New Orleans and read it while doing survey work around Vicksburg. We crossed the Yazoo River everyday on the way to work around where the C.S.S. Arkansas fought the U.S.S. Carondelet, Tyler and the Ellet Ram Queen of the West. It helped that the book is pretty good too....less
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August 06
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John
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Iron Hulls Iron Hearts: Mussolini's Elite Armoured Divisions in North Africa (Paperback)
by Ian Walker
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John said:
"The title of this book is a translation of the Italian tanker's motto during WWII. Like many things associated with Fascist Italy and Il Duce during this period it is a bit camp and over the top. Walker in this book attempts to correct a prevalent pr...more
The title of this book is a translation of the Italian tanker's motto during WWII. Like many things associated with Fascist Italy and Il Duce during this period it is a bit camp and over the top. Walker in this book attempts to correct a prevalent problem with most histories dealing with the war in North Africa. While Italian forces made up 80% of the axis forces they are rarely mentioned in the epic clash between Monty's Desert Rats and Rommel's Afrika Korps. Easy read, technical without being dry, poor maps....less
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John
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Prince Eugene at War 1809 (Napoleon's Commanders Series)
by Robert Epstein
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John said:
"Eugene de Beauharnais was Napoleon's stepson by Josephine. The viceroy of the Kingdom of Italy, Eugene was the only one of Napoleon's top commanders to receive any type of formal instruction from l'Empereur. This book deals with how Eugene utilized t...more
Eugene de Beauharnais was Napoleon's stepson by Josephine. The viceroy of the Kingdom of Italy, Eugene was the only one of Napoleon's top commanders to receive any type of formal instruction from l'Empereur. This book deals with how Eugene utilized that training during the 1809 campaign vs. Austria. Good military history, decent maps and orders of battle. There is not a ton of material out there for the Kingdom of Italy during the Napoleonic period. ...less
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John
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Iron Chef: The Official Book (Hardcover)
by Kaoru Hoketsu
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John
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Idea into Image: Essays on Ancient Egyptian Thought (Hardcover)
by Erik Hornung
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John said:
"It is easy to view the Ancient Egyptians as ancient versions of ourselves: modern westerners without color TV or cars and with an unusual fixation for building pyramids. Hornung lays out in these essays, in a very readable way, some of the ways in w...more
It is easy to view the Ancient Egyptians as ancient versions of ourselves: modern westerners without color TV or cars and with an unusual fixation for building pyramids. Hornung lays out in these essays, in a very readable way, some of the ways in which the basic elements of Egyptian culture were dramatically different from ours....less
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John
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Ancient Egyptian Materials and Industries (Paperback)
by A. Lucas, J. Harris
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John said:
"Did the Ancient Egyptians have access to iron? amber? lapis lazuli? How was their beer brewing? Animal husbandry? If you don't know look it up in this book.
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August 05
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John
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Farm: A David Larkin Book; SE Book Club (Hardcover)
by David Larkin
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