Category: Reviews – Books
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Boots ‘n Booze (comic book w/ 7” single)
Whether it was intentional or not (and, given the multi-media-angled nature of this release, which combines a comic book with a 7” single, it may indeed be intentional), Pirates Press and the Swingin’ Utters have actually done something pretty surprising with Boots ‘n Booze; while other bands (like NOFX, Butthole Surfers, The Replacements, Rancid and…
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Shellshock Rock: Alternative Blasts From Northern Ireland 1977-1984
This is an important release that covers the punk and post-punk music scene of Northern Ireland in the years between 1977 and 1984. This was very much the time of The Troubles in Northern Ireland, and the music here reflects that. It was produced in an often dangerous time, it reflects those times, and for that…
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Irish Service Women In The Great War: From Western Front to Roaring Twenties by Barbara Walsh
This is an absolute gem of a book. It covers a much neglected aspect of the Great War, and is researched and written by the very talented Barbara Walsh. As an Irishman with a strong interest in the role of the Irish in the Great War, I obviously found it a fascinating book. But, it’s…
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North Vietnam 1972 Easter Offensive by Stephen Emerson
By the end of the 1971, the Vietnam War had raged for eight years without either side gaining a decisive advantage, and the Paris peace talks were achieving little if anything. The United States was withdrawing it’s own ground forces in South Vietnam at this point, while trying to train, strengthen and equip the South…
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Korean War – Chinese Invasion by Gerry Van Tonder
In his previous books in this series, author Gerry Van Tonder traces the Korean War’s genesis from the North Korean invasion of June 1950, the American defence of the Pusan Perimeter, General Douglas MacArthur’s amphibious offensive at Inchon and the subsequent advance across the 38th Parallel to the Yalu River on the Chinese Manchurian border.…
