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Wig-Wags

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Wig Wags is the blog of Rene Tyree, a graduate student in military history focusing on the American Civil War. It covers commentary on and organization of a variety of military history topics and specifics about the Civil War.

• Added on: Nov 15th, 2007
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: Rene Tyree
• Listed in: History Military
• Tags: civil war abraham lincoln military history maritime history american history history books

Recent Posts

• New: A Dragon’s Head and a Serpent’s Tail: Ming China and the First Great East Asian War, 1592-1598

  Posted on Saturday November 28th, 2009 at 19:33 in military history, military technology, ball state university, toyotomi hideyoshi, university of oklahoma press, campaigns and commanders series, asian military history, japanese military history, korean military history, a dragon's head and a serpent's tail: ming china and the first great east asian war 1592-1598, chinese military history, kenneth m. swope

  It’s always a pleasure to receive a book about military history that’s a bit outside of my primary focus because invariably I learn something that informs my study. The good folks at the University of Oklahoma Press sent me a review copy ...

• Lincoln’s Impact on Military Operations

  Posted on Saturday November 28th, 2009 at 14:51 in leadership, abraham lincoln, lincoln, american civil war, grant, stanton, fort sumter, eliot cohen, u. s. grant, rosecrans, charles a. dana, eliot a. cohen

  Bombardment of Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, a color lithograph by Currier & Ives; (SCALA/Art Resource) Lincoln and McClellan In class, we’ve been discussing how the decisions of the two commanders-in-chief during the American Civil War...

• New in Paperback – This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War

  Posted on Thursday November 26th, 2009 at 09:30 in books, book reviews, civil war, american civil war, book publishers, oxford university press, james m. mcpherson, james mcpherson, causes of the civil war, civil war history, this mighty scourge, james mcpherson's this mighty scourge: perspectives on the civil war

  The good folks at Oxford University Press recently sent me a copy of the new paperback edition of  James McPherson’s This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War. First published in 2007, it comprises 16 essays in which McPherson attempt...

• New Acquisition – Supreme Command: Soldiers, Statesmen, and Leadership in Wartime

  Posted on Saturday November 21st, 2009 at 20:39 in books, World War II, book reviews, abraham lincoln, lincoln, winston churchill, american civil war, george clemenceau, winston churchil, georges clemenceau, american military history, david ben gurion

  I’ve made a number of new acquisitions over the past few weeks. I bought this book to assist with an assignment on the command skills of Abraham Lincoln. Author Eliot A. Cohen (left), also examines the records of Georges Clemenceau, Winston Chu...

• WWII in HD – Recommend

  Posted on Saturday November 21st, 2009 at 12:15 in World War II, history channel, history.com, american military history, wwii in hd, history documentaries

  I’ve been catching the WWII in HD series running on The History Channel when I can today. Much of the footage has never been seen on television. Good study guide on History.com along with other supporting information. RECOMMEND! Tagged: H...

• National Geographic’s New Atlas of the Civil War

  Posted on Tuesday November 3rd, 2009 at 21:46 in books, book reviews, national geographic, american civil war, cartography, book publishers, atlases, battle of gettysburg, american military history, gettysburg dead, atlas of the civil war, battle death

  Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: National Geographic (October 20, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 1426203470 ISBN-13: 978-1426203473 Product Dimensions: 13.7 x 10.7 x 1.1 inches The good folks at National Geographic sent me a review copy of th...

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history lover

You have a wonderful blog, full of great info. I totally enjoyed it.

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