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Dusty Shelves
DUSTING OFF THE DUSTY SHELVES
We are looking for new and updated looks at old books, articles, chapters, speeches, ...
HOW A HOMING PIGEON SAVED THE LOST BATTALION OF WORLD WAR I (DUSTY SHELVES)
Pigeons were treated with very high regard in the military … much like working ...
COOK’S ‘MIDNIGHT DRAWINGS’ AND THEIR HAUNTING VIEWS OF WAR (DUSTY SHELVES)
[COOK SAID,] ‘These faces. I didn’t get to know all their names. They joined ...
BUILDING THE CONTINENTAL ARMY: VON STEUBEN’S “BLUE BOOK” (DUSTY SHELVES)
[VON STEUBEN] WAS THE RIGHT MAN AT THE RIGHT PLACE AND THE RIGHT TIME. ...
RECEIPT: BOMB, ATOMIC, 1 EACH (DUSTY SHELVES)
This is a hand receipt unlike any other. … Imagine instead of signing for ...
NSC-68: THE POLICY DOCUMENT THAT SHAPED THE COLD WAR (DUSTY SHELVES)
[PRESIDENT TRUMAN] WAS INTERESTED IN TAKING A LOOK AT AMERICA’S POSITION IN THE WORLD. ...
RIDGWAY’S MEMO: “WHY WE ARE HERE” (DUSTY SHELVES)
It is an example of transformational leadership at the tactical, operational, and strategic level ...
THE “DUSTY SHELVES SERIES”: BRINGING MILITARY HISTORY TO LIFE
Remembering the past is hard, not just because memories fade but because capturing the ...