History
The Republican Manual: History, Principles, Early Leaders,
and Achievements by E. V. Smalley
Eugene Smalley was one-time private secretary to President James Garfield. He helped expose the Ku Klux Klan and was a frequent contributor
to the Atlantic Monthly. His stalwart support of the Republican Party started
with his youthful enlistment in the Civil War, and this book was intended as
a helpmate in the Garfield presidential campaign of 1890.
The Violin and Old Violin Makers
by A. Mason Clarke
There is no question about the fascinating tales that come with celebrated
violins, as in this volume, and the enormous prices. The storied value of
old violins has been challenged by the view that it is great violinists rather
than violins that give us superior notes.
Eight Decades in Syria
by A.J. McFarland
During World War I when the Ottoman Empire was at war with the Allies
and most non-Muslims fled, Reverend McFarland remained in Mersine,
billeting a German officer and helping treat wounded Turkish soldiers.
War in Syria:
R. M. Preston’s The Desert Mounted Corps
During World War I, some of the most daring military excursions were
carried out in the Middle East by the Desert Mountain Corps during 1917
and 1918. Much of their activity was in what is now Syria.
Callinicus: A Defense of Chemical Warfare
by J. B. S. Haldane
Ironically, considering current Middle East problems, it was a Syrian named
Callinicus who allegedly was the first to use chemical warfare. Born in
AD 673, he combined naphtha, pitch, sulfur, saltpeter and other toxins to
produce Greek fire, a sort of Byzantine smoke bomb.
The Riddle of the Rhine: Chemical Strategy in Peace and War
by Victor Lefebure
Victor Lefebure (1891-1947) was seconded to the Special Brigade of the
Royal Engineers that was developing chemical warfare to be use against
the Germans. After the war he became a successful businessman and the
inventor of a number of building materials. This book about chemical warfare
became basic to the subject’s history.
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