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I’ve just returned from an amazingly fruitful trip to the US National Archives and Records Administration in College Park, MD (aka NARA II) where I was researching the history of the American Forces Television Network. Thanks, in part, to Larry Suid, who wrote the official fiftieth anniversary history of the […]
Read moreFind of the month… Did you know that Indiana University has placed a fully digitized copy of the US Government Information Manual for the Motion Picture Industry online. The collection includes talking point memos, as well as the general manual. Here are the details: Government Information Manual for the Motion […]
Read moreThe New York Times has hired Tom Ricks to write occasional reviews on military history for its website. Here’s a link: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/13/books/review/new-military-history-books.html . Whatever you think of Rick’s work, his Twitter feed is fairly timely and always intriguing. Check him out at @tomricks1. From the recent feed: “Nervous in the Service” on Trump’s foreign […]
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