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Wednesday’s Book Review: “Implosion: Lessons from National Security, High Reliability Spacecraft, Electronics, and the Forces Which Changed Them”
Implosion: Lessons from National Security, High Reliability Spacecraft, Electronics, and the Forces Which Changed Them. By L. Parker Temple. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons for the IEEE Press, 2013. Paperback. Figures, tables, acknowledgments, acronyms, abbreviations, program names, index. ISBN: … Continue reading
Slaveholders Came in All Shapes, Creeds, and Religions: A Short Biography of Judah P. Benjamin
With all of the news of late about the white nationalists in Charlottesville and Confederate statues I though it appropriate to remind others of the life of Judah P. Benjamin (1811-1884). I have been interested in him since I was an … Continue reading
Call for Submissions: 2017 Sacknoff Prize for Space History
Call for Submissions 2017 Sacknoff Prize for Space History About the Prize Awarded since 2011, the Prize is designed to encourage research and writing by university students in the area of space history. Awardees will be published in Quest: The … Continue reading
Wednesday’s Book Review: “The Crusades”
The Crusades. By Hans Eberhard Mayer. New York: Oxford University Press, 1965, 2nd edition, 1998. My interest in the Crusades goes back decades, and I have read several books on the subject. Although dated, this one is a strong overview of … Continue reading
Call for Papers: “To Boldly Preserve: Archiving for the Next Half-Century of Space Flight”
“To Boldly Preserve: Archiving for the Next Half-Century of Space Flight” Center for the History of Physics at the American Institute of Physics College Park, Maryland March 1-2, 2018 Paper, Presentation, and Roundtable Proposals Due October 1, 2017 Preserving the … Continue reading
Redirect: “Stanford Team Brings Medieval Texts to a Contemporary Audience”
Stanford Team Brings Medieval Texts to a Contemporary Audience Check out a new website curated by Stanford faculty and students, the Global Medieval Sourcebook, which translates medieval literature into English for the first time. As the initiative states, “The … Continue reading
Wednesday’s Book Review: “War in Our Wake”
War in our Wake: The Untold Story of the Last American Military Presence of the Vietnam War. By Jonathan Malay. Bloomington, IN: iUniverse, 2017. Let me say up front, I have been a friend and colleague of Jonathan Malay for … Continue reading
The Possibilities and Pitfalls of Big History
I would welcome comments on this proposed roundtable session that we are undertaking for the American Historical Association annual meeting in Washington, D.C., in January 2018. “The Possibilities and Pitfalls of Big History” Abstract: “Big History” has emerged in the … Continue reading
My Favorite Funny Horror Movies
here are my favorite horror movies. There’s only one problem, I don’t really like horror movies and I would be hard pressed to come up with a set of horror movies that I really like. I love comedy, however, and … Continue reading
Wednesday’s Book Review: “Jimmie Foxx: Baseball Hall of Famer, 1907-1967”
Jimmie Foxx: Baseball Hall of Famer, 1907-1967. By W. Harrison Daniel. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Co., 1996. In the small town of Sudlersville, Maryland, on the Eastern Shore there is life-size statue of Jimmie Foxx, one of the greatest players … Continue reading
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