Hendrix's Eccentric Commentary

Eccentric and Idiosyncratic Commentary on Current and Military Affairs

Category: Military History

  • Pearl Harbor Day

    12/7/2024 Today is the anniversary of the Day that will Live in Infamy, the attack by the Japanese on Peral Harbor.  By coincidence, in the last six weeks I have…

  • My Eccentric List of the Ten Best Battle Movies

    “Waterloo,”  1970.  The don’t make them like this any more:  a cast of thousands, made possible by renting part of the Soviet Union’s Army, some attempt at showing Napoleonic tactics,…

  • My Idiosyncratic and Eccentric List of the Ten Best Works of Military History I have Read

    John A. Lynn, _Battle:  A History of Combat and Culture_. Quite simply a brilliant statement of the cultural approach to military history.  Chapter Four’s footnote 7 is also very important.…

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