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Edited by James M. Johnson, Christopher Pryslopski and Andrew Villani.  Albany:  State University of New York, 2013. ISBN 978-1-4384-4814-5.-695-2.  Illustrations. Maps.  Notes.  Bibliography.  Index. Pp. vii, 307.  $24.95. The North River Valley, as it was known at the time of America’s War for Independence, was prized by the British Army and the American revolutionaries for …

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By Nicolaus Mills.  New York:  Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.  ISBN 978-1-4422-3985-2.  Photographs.  Appendixes.  Notes.  Bibliography.  Index.  Pp. ix, 240.  $37.00. For Army football fans the last several decades have been difficult, to say the least.  Supporters of the Cadets who grew up watching the classic rivalry Army-Navy game on a black and white TV with …

Every Army Man is with You:  The Cadets Who Won the 1964 Army-Navy Game, Fought in Vietnam, and Came Home Forever Changed Read More »

By Andrew L. Johns.  Lexington:  The University Press of Kentucky, 2010.  ISBN 978-0-8131-2572-5.  Appendix.  Notes.  Bibliography.  Index.  Pp. vii, 339.  $40.00. Vietnam’s Second Front is a cogent examination of the Republican Party’s roiling contribution to the tragic progression of the Vietnam War.  This well-written book focuses specifically on how domestic political considerations shaped foreign policy …

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