It’s hard to overstate how excited and thankful I am that University of Nebraska Press chose to include Rails of War in its presentation at BookExpo 2017 in New York City. For readers not familiar with BookExpo, it’s the largest annual book trade fair in the United States. I cannot say enough about the, Read More

I am pleased and proud to announce a Book Launch for Rails of War: Supplying the Americans and Their Allies in China-Burma-India. The event is open to the public and will be held June 25, from 2-4 p.m. at the Lloyd House, in Alexandria, Virginia. Click here for more information. Rails of War is the story of, Read More

So, you write and book and get it published. That’s the fun part. Then, you market the product in a fast-changing environment where your familiarity with technology is as important as your understanding of mass social dynamics. As for the technology and dynamics, I’m a babe in the woods. I’m not a Luddite, and sometimes I’m, Read More

When I began writing Rails of War more than twenty years ago, I had in mind that I would chronicle the story for the men who served, their families, and mine. Commercial publishing was not on my radar. But, as I dug deeper into the details of the 721st Railway Operating Battalion, I realized that the story is epic. Epic, in the sense that, Read More