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Russ Lockwood	13 May 2019 2:24 p.m. PST
I posted another nine book reviews on the HMGS website -- all short and to the point with a wargamer's eye for content. HMGS: Historical Book Reviews Blog
Mr Jones	13 May 2019 2:50 p.m. PST
Very useful, thanks. I added one of the books to my wishlist – The Spanish-American War 1898 – something I know nothing about.
Russ Lockwood	22 Jun 2019 7:48 p.m. PST
I post reviews about once per week, usually about 3 or 4 per posting. As noted above -- they're short and to the point with a wargamer's eye for content. So far, 59 reviews since middle of April…and more coming. The latest three: BOOK REVIEW: Fallschirmjager: German Paratroopers 1937-1941 BOOK REVIEW: The Battle That Stopped Rome: Emperor Augustus, Arminius, and the Slaughter of the Legions in the Teutoburg Forest BOOK REVIEW: Riflemen: The History of the 5th Battalion 60th (Royal American) Regiment 1797-1818 HMGS: Historical Book Reviews Blog
Russ Lockwood	29 Jun 2019 4:46 p.m. PST
Another seven book reviews for your reading consideration: BOOK REVIEW: German and Russian Tank Models: 1939-1945 BOOK REVIEW: Hitler's Wave-Breaker Concept: An Analysis of the German End Game in the Baltic BOOK REVIEW: Artilleries Francaises: De la Revolution et du Premier Empire BOOK REVIEW: Dixie Betrayed: How the South Really Lost the War BOOK REVIEW: The German High Command at War: Hindenburg and Ludendorff Conduct World War I BOOK REVIEW: How Far From Austerlitz? Napoleon 1805-1815 BOOK REVIEW: One-Hour Skirmish Wargames: Fast Play Diceless Rules for Small Unit Actions from Napoleonics to Sci-Fi And an eighth: a longer one from the MagWeb archives: BOOK REVIEW: Knight's Cross: A Life of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel All at: HMGS: Historical Book Reviews Blog
Russ Lockwood	13 Sep 2019 10:20 a.m. PST
Ooops. Haven't posted here in a while. More book reviews for your reading and researching pleasure… Now up to 96 I believe. All at: HMGS Historical-Book-Reviews Latest entries: * Arnhem: Defeat and Glory -- A Miniaturist Perspective * French Bombers of WWII: White Series * Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor * Challenger 2: Photosniper 30 * Flashpoint Russia: Russia's Air Power – Capabilities and Structure * US Army Vehicles Markings: 1944 * Gloster Gladiator: Mk I and II (And Sea Gladiators) – Monographs # 65 (3rd edition) * Chieftain: British Cold War Main Battle Tank – TankCraft 15 * The Cavalry Regiments of Frederick the Great 1756-1763 * Operation Drvar: Facsimile Report May 25, 1944 * M3A1 Scout Car: The US Army's Early World War II Reconnaissance Vehicle * Six Armies in Normandy: From D-Day to the Liberation of Paris All at: HMGS Historical-Book-Reviews
Russ Lockwood	23 Oct 2019 9:52 a.m. PST
Book Reviews on the Ancient Era -- from the MagWeb Vault All book reviews at HMGS Historical-Book-Reviews Here are nine book reviews covering the ancient era that originally appeared in MagWeb. * The Western Way of War: Infantry Battle in Classical Greece The-Western-Way-of-War * Cities of Vesuvius: Pompeii and Herculaneum Cities of Vesuvius * Roman Warfare Roman Warfare * Barbarians and Romans: AD 418-584: The Techniques of Accommodation Barbarians and Romans * Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician Cicero * The World of Herodotus World of Herodotus * Caesar Caesar * The First Armies The First Armies * Alexander the Great: The Hunt for a New Past Alexander the Great All book reviews at HMGS Historical-Book-Reviews

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