Rating – Four Stars Congratulations to Michael Walker on his assiduous research and lucid manuscript about this seminal 1929 conflict between the Republic of China and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) over control of the China Eastern Railroad (CER). The CER runs through Chinese Manchuria and links the Russian Far East city Chit […]
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BOOK REVIEW: The Boxer Rebellion and the Great Game in China by David J. Silbey
This treatise on the Boxer Rebellion of 1900 in Shantung Province in northern China and in Peking is exceptionally well researched and told. Silbey has written this book with keen understanding and the perceptive knack to engulf the audience deeply into his chronicle. Of what I know of the Boxer Rebellion, I would suggest that […]
BOOK REVIEW: Killing Patton by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard
Killing Patton is a compelling tale of World War II’s greatest general: George S. Patton (1885 to 1945). The manuscript reads easily—almost as an adventure novel. We are propelled into the story as a participant as our intense empathy builds. Importantly, one does not have to have a keen knowledge of the War to follow Patton’s […]
Beretta 32 Caliber Semi-Automatic Pistol
The Beretta is a magazine-fed, semi-automatic pistol that fires the 32 ACP* caliber bullet. Beretta first introduced this pistol in 1935, and produced approximately 500,000 copies in various models. The Italian armed forced adopted the Beretta 32 ACP as the standard service firearm in 1937. The German Wehrmact used the pistol in 1944 and 1945. […]