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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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
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
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
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
Horns, Hogs, & Nixon Coming - Book Review
This weekend will see the renewal of a heated college football rivalry dating back to 1894. The Texas Longhorns travel to Fayetteville to...
Jody Ferguson
Provence
it is amazing how much Roman infrastructure has remained in use for two thousand years.
Jody Ferguson
Dalmatia
Dalmatia is littered with Roman ruins (including one of the world’s largest Roman colosseums), Italian churches, Medieval walled
Jody Ferguson
When We Were Orphans - Book Review
It is a book that leads the reader down a path leading to closed doors and blind alleys.
Jody Ferguson
St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg is a jewel of a city. Its history is fascinating, beginning with the modernizer Peter the Great’s attempt to build a “Window
Jody Ferguson
Shanghai Celebrities
In the first half of the 20th century Shanghai was one of the grand destinations for luxury travelers. Of course, in those days before inter
Jody Ferguson
Andalusia
Andalusia is one of my favorite places in all of the world. From the sun-splashed sea to the dramatic, barren mountains, the region...
Jody Ferguson
The Last Kings of Shanghai - Book Review
In his history The Last Kings of Shanghai, Jonathan Kaufman, a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter from The Boston Globe recounts the story
Jody Ferguson
Book Review - Champions Day
James Carter, an historian at St. Joseph’s University, takes us into the horse racing world of antebellum Shanghai...
Jody Ferguson
Year Zero - Book Review
I wrote recently in my novel Above the Water, "the most dangerous times during a war are at the end. That is when the discipline that has...
Jody Ferguson
Priscilla - Book Review
In his book Priscilla, The Hidden Life of an Englishwoman in Wartime France the English novelist Nicholas Shakespeare...
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