Jody Ferguson
Colonel House - Book Review
Edward Mandell House was a erudite, accomplished man who exercised tremendous influence on U.S. politics and world diplomacy in the first tw
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The Liberation of Paris and La Nueve
August 25 marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Paris.
Jody Ferguson
Normandy
June 6 marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the Allied landings in France that signaled the beginning of the culmination of the Second...
Jody Ferguson
Siberian Intervention - Book Review
In the closing days of the First World War President Woodrow Wilson reluctantly agreed to send several thousand U.S. soldiers to Russia
Jody Ferguson
Tour of Duty - Book Review
I had a hard time putting down John Dos Passos journalistic work Tour of Duty.
Jody Ferguson
Anzio
I went to the Sicily-Rome American cemetery at Nettuno east of Anzio to pay tribute to many of my fellow Texans of the 36th Division.
Jody Ferguson
Rampage - Book Review
This history of the little-known battle to free Manila from Japanese occupation in early 1945 is little known among the American public.
Jody Ferguson
Venezia Giuliano
Contrary to my expectations, Venice was stunning. If you look past the gaping masses the city cannot but impress and awe you.
Jody Ferguson
With the Old Breed - Book Review
Eugene Sledge’s “With the Old Breed,” is a visceral account of his days island hopping across the Pacific as a U.S. Marine in 1944-45.
Jody Ferguson
John Graham Patterson
John Graham Patterson was a great uncle on my mother’s side. He was affectionately known by most as “Uncle Johnnie.” Johnnie was born in...
Jody Ferguson
The Marshall Plan: Dawn of the Cold War
Benn Steil wrote this timely piece about the magnanimous, yet strategically astute, European Recovery Program, known popularly as the...
Jody Ferguson
The China Mission; George Marshall's Unfinished War 1945-47
Well researched and well-written account of the attempt by Harry Truman to bring peace to China in the years after WWII. Unable to...
Jody Ferguson
Pilgrim's Progress
While recently watching the Netflix series “The Crown” I was delighted to see a segment where Queen Elizabeth, in a Christmas address to...
Jody Ferguson
Greece
If you read any of my other blogs connected to the Mediterranean you know that when I get around, I want to see the history of the region...
Jody Ferguson
Clark Field
One of the unique lost treasures of old Austin was the baseball diamond known as Clark Field that sat directly across the street from DKR...
Jody Ferguson
Gold Dust Gang
At the beginning of baseball season each year in April there are no shortage of tributes to Jackie Robinson...
Jody Ferguson
Mexican Silver Dollar
For well over three hundred years the currency of choice in East and Southeast Asia was the Mexican Silver Dollar...
Jody Ferguson
Shanghai Slang
In the opening pages of my novel, Above the Water, the protagonist Harry engages in dialogue..,
Jody Ferguson
Bob Hope
The USO tours that Bob Hope undertook during three consecutive American wars in the mid-20th century...
Jody Ferguson
White Russians
After the Russian Revolution and the subsequent civil war ended in 1922, large numbers of pro-Tsarist Russians fled abroad to escape...
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