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All about Meade

Review from Meade at Gettysburg →

This is a very detailed narration of the Gettysburg campaign from Meade’s perspective. Like Meade himself, the narrative is not flashy, but solid, and places Meade’s actions in the context of what he knew at the time. The author explains why he holds a high opinion of Meade, and engages with others who were critical,..

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Misleading title

Review from Nuclear Weapons →

I expected this book to be about, as the title implies, nuclear weapons — their materials, design, construction, integration, sustainment, and so forth. There was almost none of that except a little about the Manhattan Project. The rest of the book was about policy and treaties. The reader was fine. This is an OK primer..

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Fantastic

Review from The Rifle 2 →

I loved reading this book especially with one of the chapters featuring a very dear friend of mine who was interviewed for this book who passed away this summer RIP my dear beloved friend Jack Hamlin