Allen Mendenhall is associate dean and executive director of the Blackstone & Burke Center for Law & Liberty at Faulkner University Jones School of Law. His previous books include Literature and Liberty (2014) and Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Pragmatism, and … Continue reading
Amy Beard
Today we’re interviewing, Mr. David Scott Stieghan, Fort Benning, Georgia’s Infantry Branch Historian, and editor and annotator of Over the Top originally authored by Arthur Guy Empey. The following twenty items are fascinating tidbits about the book, author, WWI, and a little … Continue reading
A quarter of a century ago, Saddam Hussein was given the ultimatum to peacefully withdraw troops by January 15, 1991, from Kuwait before the United States and our allies took lethal action. Hussein failed to comply and Operation Desert Shield … Continue reading
Of all the many strange and fascinating characters I met during my 40-year career in the newspaper business, perhaps none was more focused on the business of journalism than the late Larry Jolidon, author, editor, and original publisher of Turn … Continue reading
We’ve talked a little bit before but, as with many books, there is still a question as to why the book was created and how the book was received. Why do you think Empey wrote this book? After his service … Continue reading