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About meAs for me and my house, we will serve the LORD. (Joshua 24:15)
"Trouble rather the tiger in his lair than the sage amongst his books. For to you Kingdoms and their armies are things mighty and enduring, but to him they are but toys of the moment, to be overturned by the flicking of a finger....." Lessons: Anonymous
"You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas." David Crockett.
The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.....it's not about the National Guard, shooting sports, hunting, or home protection, it is about the right and indeed obligation of we the people to defend ourselves collectively from an intrusive, oppressive and tyrannical government. Freedom of the Press, Speech, Religion or assembly mean nothing without the freedom to enforce our rights.....
Hi, I'm a middle-aged former soldier and gypsy professor teaching for two different universities: Norwich University (Northfield, Vermont) where I'm also the Associate Program Director for the Master's in Military History Program and Park University (Parkville Missouri). I hold a Ph.D. in Modern Western History from the Union Institute, a Master's Degree in Modern Military History from Vermont College of Norwich University and a Bachelor's degree in History from the University of Minnesota.
My historical interests are wide-ranging and eclectic though they do focus on military history, especially the First World War, the Anglo-Irish War of 1919-1921 and militaries in transition. As for less military topics, I'm fascinated by the political history of the progressive movement and the connections between it (in both its historical and current incarnations) and the very similar European movements as well as their intellectual roots in German historicism, oddly enough the philosophical movement that gave rise to both marxism and fascism. Isn't that just weird though huh?
I have two adult children and two stepdaughters who have 3 grandkids and the most marvelous woman to walk through life with.
I've been known to be somewhat politically incorrect, rather conservative, and a bit eccentric. I also cook fairly well; mostly your basic man foods; spaghetti and meatballs, chili, brined pork chops, poached chicken and the masculine standby.....steaks. My wife calls me the "hamburger (deerburger whenever possible) helper gourmet" because of the spicing and ingredients I add to the basic box junk. I'm also pretty creative when it comes to playing with "cup a noodles" as well. I've gotten back into hunting so hopefully there will be plenty of venison in the freezer to experiment with. We've got 2 1/2 does in the freezer and life is good :-)
In addition to my academic interests and activities, my wife and I also attend Pleasant Valley Baptist Church. And finally, thanks to MIAC and the DHS, we've come to realize that we are 'right wing extremists.' Thanks guys :-)
"Better is one day in Your courts than thousands elsewhere" (Psalms 84:10)
About my libraryThe main work is done, now it's a maintenance, fixing the problems from early entries that lack an ISBN and adding in Dewey Numbers.
My library is large though not as large as I'd like it; focused primarily in military history but with a good deal of variety. It has been built up over about 40 years and has gotten to the point where it's taken over our apartment. I wish now I had never sold the thousands of books I did when times were tough for me a few years ago.
Outside of military history and theory, I have a good collection of American, British and Irish History. As for recreational reading I enjoy political thrillers like Vince Flynn's recent novels and science fiction. Back in the bad old days when I had to sell books, I sold off almost all the books I had on hunting, well I'm buying hunting books again, reading them is almost (well not really all that close) as much fun as being out in the woods looking for deer.
I'm also interested in Christian Apologetics, 1st Century Christianity, Native American history and culture, as well as Gaelic history and culture.
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I have uploaded a cover for Confederate Strategy from Shiloh to Vicksburg by Archer Jones. This cover is from the 1961 Louisiana State University hardcover edition.
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I have uploaded a cover for The Certain Trumpet: Maxwell Taylor and the American Experience in Vietnam by Douglas Kinnard.
posted by DVanderlinde at 1:59 pm (EST) on Jun 26, 2009
I have uploaded a cover for Upton and the Army by Stephen E. Ambrose. This is from the 1964 Louisiana State University Press hardcover edition.
posted by DVanderlinde at 1:10 pm (EST) on May 16, 2009
I have uploaded a cover for Phil Sheridan and His Army by Paul Andrew Hutton. This is from the 1985 University of Nebraska Press hardcover edition.
posted by DVanderlinde at 1:19 pm (EST) on May 10, 2009
I have uploaded a cover for The Killing Ground: The British Army, the Western Front, and the Emergence of Modern Warfare, 1900–1918 by Tim Travers. This is from the 1987 Allen & Unwin hardcover edition.
posted by DVanderlinde at 1:58 pm (EST) on May 9, 2009
I have uploaded a cover for The Education of an Army: British Military Thought, 1815–1940 by Jay Luvaas.
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I have uploaded a cover for 'Boney' Fuller: Soldier, Strategist, and Writer, 1878–1966 by Anthony John Trythall.
posted by DVanderlinde at 5:05 pm (EST) on Apr 26, 2009
I have uploaded a cover for An Army for Empire: The United States Army in the Spanish–American War by Graham A. Cosmas. This is from the 1971 University of Missouri Press hardcover edition.
posted by DVanderlinde at 12:09 am (EST) on Apr 26, 2009
I have uploaded a cover for Yankee Blitzkrieg: Wilson’s Raid Through Alabama and Georgia by James Pickett Jones. This is from the 1976 University of Georgia Press hardcover edition.
posted by DVanderlinde at 4:38 pm (EST) on Apr 25, 2009
I have uploaded a cover for The War to End All Wars: The The American Military Experience in World War I by Edward M. Coffman. This is from the 1968 Oxford University Press hardcover edition.
posted by DVanderlinde at 4:24 pm (EST) on Apr 25, 2009
I have uploaded a cover for "The Best School in the World": West Point, the Pre–Civil War Years, 1833–1866 by James L. Morrison. This is from the 1986 Kent State University Press hardcover edition.
posted by DVanderlinde at 4:18 pm (EST) on Apr 25, 2009
I have uploaded a cover for Hilt of the Sword: The Career of Peyton C. March by Edward M. Coffman.
posted by DVanderlinde at 3:01 pm (EST) on Apr 25, 2009
I have uploaded a cover of Byng of Vimy: General and Governor General by Jeffrey Williams. This is from the Leo Cooper hardbound edition.
posted by DVanderlinde at 12:15 pm (EST) on Apr 23, 2009
You have an outstanding library; I will spend more time looking through it.
posted by DVanderlinde at 12:06 pm (EST) on Apr 23, 2009
I have uploaded a cover for Army of Manifest Destiny: The American Soldier in the Mexican War,1846-1848 by James M. McCaffrey. This is from the NYU Press hardcover edition.
posted by DVanderlinde at 11:50 am (EST) on Apr 23, 2009
I have uploaded a cover for Admirals and Empire: The United States Navy and the Caribbean, 1898–1945 by Donald A. Yerxa.
posted by DVanderlinde at 10:37 am (EST) on Apr 23, 2009
I have uploaded a cover for Armed Progressive: General Leonard Wood by Jack C. Lane
posted by DVanderlinde at 10:08 am (EST) on Apr 23, 2009
Since I took his class, I've shifted my emphasis from modern history to Medieval. However, I'm still concentrating on the Middle East; partly for professional reasons.
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posted by nathanm at 10:48 pm (EST) on Mar 16, 2009
Canadian Forces College
Cap badges and insignia of the RCN, RCAF and CAF, 1953-1977 / Roy Thompson. This library owns a copy
by Thompson, Roy J. C.
Colorado Springs, Co. : The Author, 1978.
Call #: 355.140971 T66 1978
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posted by OldSarge at 11:06 pm (EST) on Dec 23, 2008
During my decade at the Academy's Cadet Library, I was able to visit with two former UK profs: Hubert Herring (I was his TA for a US History '101' course) and Charles Roland. Herring taught diplomatic history at UK and Professor Roland southern history. Not until Professor Herring came to West Point did he learn that his Teaching Assistant at UK (1974-1976) had served a tour in Vietnam with the 3rd Brigade 82 Airborne Division -- as cannoneer with 2/321 FAR and as RTO with 1/508 PIR. We did not talk about Vietnam in the early 70s, and Herring wrote one of the best diplomatic histories of America's Longest War.
Although(Roland was a closet UK Wildcat basketball fan--and he came to UK from LSU). The most revealing ROTC lecture by Roland was his about the preparation in England for the Allied landings at Normandy. Roland began with a description of the Louisiana Maneuvers across the South, troop movements to the UK, D-Day, etc., and then his personal description of being overrun at the Bulge -- Roland was Captain, Infantry, 99th US Infantry Division, placed in relief in the Ardennes along with the 106th ID. And here I thought the professor was but a scholarly student of the South and a basketball nut.
As WW II must have seemed to Roland when he was at USMA that one year -- both distant in time and ever present in memory -- so also the 1968-1969 year in Nam now seems to me -- 40 years ago this month of October, 3/82 was opcon to the 101st near Hue-Phu Bai and soon to be re-deployed to III CTZ west of Saigon -- from engaging regulars of the NVA to Vietcong search and destroy. And now, SRV is a trading partner and tourist stop. Who would a thought this possible in 1969? If it were not for the historian (and the poet) all such strife and agony would fade forever.
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posted by OldSarge at 3:45 pm (EST) on Jan 17, 2008
You're the only other person on "Library Thing" who has a copy of William Fairchild's NO MAN'S LAND (also published as THE POPPY FACTORY). Isn't it a terrific read? I note you also have an interest in military history. I've found that this is truly a "Golden Age" for good historical fiction: works by Stephen Pressfield (GATES OF FIRE was sublime), Conn Iggulden and Michael Curtis Ford have really drawn me to the genre--although I've been a history buff since childhood.
Just a quick note. Hope you're well. You're on the plains of America (K.C.) and I'm on the plains of Canada (Saskatchewan). Flatlanders...
Cliff
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