My son is of the age that he wants to see the “summer blockbusters,” no matter how potentially terrible they are. This was an amusing film, though I still don’t care for the overuse of CGI action in place of storytelling. There were a few […]
Month: May 2012
A Letter from General Sherman
As I had earlier mentioned, I would like to include excerpts from a letter written by General Sherman to General Halleck in Washington after the capture of Vicksburg in response to a request for advise on the administration of recaptured territories: The question of reconstruction […]
Most Dangerous Time?
I saw this quote from Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff today: “In my personal military judgment, formed over 38 years, we are living in the most dangerous time in my lifetime right now…” Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dempsey (16 […]
Review: The Memoirs of General William T. Sherman, Kindle Version
The Memoirs of General William T. Sherman Volumes I & II by William Tecumseh Sherman Volume I: 436 pages Volume II 310 pages Public Domain Books, 2004 Digging through the “Available for free download” pages at Amazon, I found this interesting item. I was to […]