rapidfire In Review
The Retreat: Hitler’s First Defeat. By Michael Jones. St. Martin’s Press, 2010. $27.99. ISBN 978-0-312-62819-2.
Hitler should have
learned
M Essay Contest
from Napo- leon. The German
OAA’s essay contest is back again for its fourth year. In the past, participants have written on topics such as how to preserve a
strong national defense or what challenges face the military professional (current events, policy, education, etcetera). This year, essayists are invited to write about any topic of military concern, especially the growing gap between civilians and servicemembers. Tell MOAA what’s on your mind. Essays will be ac- cepted through July 31 and must be less than 750 words, with a minimum 12-point font. Please submit Microsoft Word or PDF fi les to
profseries@moaa.org. Visit
www.moaa.org/essaycontest for full details.
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VISIT TRICARE’S GET FIT WEB PAGE FOR monthly healthy-living tips and links, videos, games, and articles to help you make healthier choices. Videos include first lady Michelle Obama intro- ducing the Let’s Move program and a message from the surgeon general. A new Just for Kids area allows children to explore initiatives like My Pyramid (www
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ly active can help people of all ages reach and main- tain a healthy weight, reduce their risk of chronic disease, and promote overall health. Modest changes can make a big difference. Visit
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army’s invasion of Russia and its march to Moscow from 1941-42 ended in the same disastrous defeat suf- fered by Napoleon’s Grande Armée in 1812.
Army Group Center’s
crushing defeat before the gates of Moscow in that bitter winter was Hitler’s fi rst defeat in World War II, described hauntingly in Michael Jones’ new
book as “a timeless story of cruelty and courage, hor- ror and heroism.”
Jones has written about
Stalingrad and Leningrad, but this is his best history of the brutal warfare on the Eastern Front. He brilliantly explores the initial German battlefi eld successes and optimism and then tells how unex- pectedly fi erce Russian resistance and the cruel Russian winter turned certain victory into a merciless and desperate struggle for survival. He also discusses the ef- fects of logistics, transpor-
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tation, winter tactics, and leadership and unspeakable atrocities committed “in a frenzy of hatred.”
A Coast Guardsman’s History of the U.S. Coast Guard. By C. Douglas Kroll. Naval Institute Press, 2010. $34.95. ISBN 978-0-59114- 433-5.
The U.S. Coast Guard
might be the small- est of
America’s armed
forces, but it has a rich his- tory. Author C. Douglas Kroll covers more than 200 years of Coast Guard history using anecdotal sketches of the service’s pioneers and heroes. Kroll explains how the modern Coast Guard is the result of the integra- tion of earlier agencies tasked with duties such as life-saving and navigation. He also highlights Coast Guard men and women who have tackled the hard- est assignments and given their lives to save others. The Coast Guard’s offi - cial motto is semper paratus (always ready), but its offi - cers’ true sacrifi ces are best described by their unoffi - cial motto, “You’ve got to go out, but you don’t have to come back.” — William D. Bushnell
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