The Guns of Last Light, Henry Holt and Company, New York, 2013, 877 pp. Contents, 29 maps, photographs, Notes, 167 pp.; Selected Sources, 28 pp,; Acknowledgements, 6 pp.; Index, 26 pp. Volume Three of Atkinson’s liberation trilogy details the exploits of the United States Army in North Africa, Italy, and Western Europe during World War […]
Monthly Archives: May 2014
Famous Missing Flights
Malaysia Flight 370 disappeared over six weeks ago. The primary search instrument is damaged, and for now, the hunt for this airplane is on hold. Some of the searchers wonder if this airplane is in the wide area in which they are looking. Meantime, let’s review some of the more famous aircraft disappearances. 8 […]
Captain America Movie Review
Marvel Productions. Kevin Feige, Producer; Anthony Russo and Joe Russo, Directors. Staring: Chris Evans, Samuel L. Jackson, and Scarlett Johansson. 136 minutes. A special effects extravaganza with a plot as thin as a wet tissue, best describes this “moving picture.” (I hesitate to use the term.) And move it does—all the time, all over the […]