Books Backcountry Ghosts Review in the Seattle Book Review: “This is an interesting story of how land in California, and in a larger sense the West, has shaped the history and the people of the region. I highly recommend this … Continue reading News and Reviews
Books Mahagony: A Novel Starred review in Publishers Weekly: “Glissant (1928–2011) is as comprehensive as he is unconcerned with the encumbrance of linearity, and has found the perfect form to explore the inescapable and reverberating legacies of colonialism. This is … Continue reading News and Reviews
Dr. Harry Franqui-Rivera is an Associate Professor of History at Bloomfield College, New Jersey. He is also a public intellectual, political analyst, cultural critic, blogger and NBC, Latino Rebels, and Huff Post contributor. His book Soldiers of the Nation is … Continue reading From the Desk of Harry Franqui-Rivera: My Lisa Simpson Moment
Eileen A. Bjorkman is a former flight test engineer with more than thirty-five years of experience. She is the author of The Propeller under the Bed: A Personal History of Homebuilt Aircraft and has published articles in the Smithsonian’s Air & Space Magazine among … Continue reading From the Desk of Eileen A. Bjorkman: Leaving No One Behind
Save 50% on a variety of our military history titles from our Potomac Books and Nebraska imprints. Spanning the history of our armed services with an in-depth look at the diversity of its many individuals and achievements, our list in … Continue reading Military History Sale
Jackson Adams and Anna Weir are publicists at UNP. Today they share their thoughts about a few upcoming titles they’re particularly excited about as readers. The books in this discussion will be published in March. Anna Weir: I’ve been reading through Randon Billings Noble’s haunted and … Continue reading Publicist Picks: Haunting Essays, Faulty Helmets, and other March Books
Books America’s Digital Army: Games At Work and War Robertson Allen Review from Michigan War Studies Review: “Robertson Allen convincingly demonstrates that America’s Army has blurred the old, neat margins between local and global, real and virtual, in a new ‘globital’ era … Continue reading News and Reviews
Awards Unpopular Sovereignty: Mormons and the Federal Management of Early Utah Territory Brent Rogers Winner of the Mormon History Association’s 2018 Best First Book Award Paradise Destroyed: Catastrophe and Citizenship in the French Caribbean Christopher M. Church Winner of … Continue reading News and Reviews
The following is an excerpt from Soldiers of the Nation: Military Service and Modern Puerto Rico, 1868-1952 (June 2018) by Harry Franqui-Rivera. During the summer of 2001 I interviewed several Korean War veterans in Puerto Rico. Those interviews were part of my research … Continue reading Excerpt: Soldiers of the Nation
Major ML Cavanaugh is a non-resident fellow with the Modern War Institute at West Point, and co-edited the book, with author Max Brooks, Strategy Strikes Back: How Star Wars Explains Modern Military Conflict (May 2018). This essay is an unofficial … Continue reading From the Desk of ML Cavanaugh: The Universal War
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