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Unit Names Writing about foreign militaries in a second language forces one to make decisions about translating rank, names, etc. There are a number of considerations to keep in mind, including accuracy, readability, authentic flavor, the expertise of your target audience, and the support of the pub...

Nice collection of pics.

... Also had a lovely book Zaloga did on Ardennes with best pictures of us armd inf (a point of interest with me) but I sent it to my brother and while awaiting his attention in a box on his porch it got wet and disintegrated. Thanks post office!.. You pay the post office to deliver, not to babysit...

...Doing your own book requires knowledge and contacts of a lot of other aspects for book selling/distribution, etc. Unlike the "old days" this can be done at less cost with new technology and the ability to print books one at a time if needed. It also allows corrections or additions at a...

...I have most experience with aviation magazines and to be frank, most of the reviews are quite worthless. ... Further on that note - I remember that there was a "review " of my book published before the book was finished. Obviously, many magazines simply reprint the publisher's advance ...

That's great info, Mark! :up: I am helping a friend edit his own book for the reasons you mentioned - if you are an expert on an obscure topic, how can you trust a stranger to edit the material properly? Even slight changes in wording can really ruin the point you were trying to make. I think the be...

Yes, I did see the plagiarism charges by Ryan against Ambrose. Without going into detail here (it's easy to research on the internet), it seems to have revolved around just a couple of quotes and, in the end, seemed more like a case of sloppiness. I think Ambrose's case against Ryan's manipulations ...

I realize this is a side topic, but for those of you interested in Bloody Streets, I'm sure you are interested in its predecessor The Last Battle as well, so I think it is safe to continue in this thread. I mentioned criticisms of The Last Battle before. I'm not Ryan's first critic, in fact Stephen ...

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Thanks for posting that.

I'm interested in hearing about follow-on rights, such as future print runs, new editions, translations, and MOVIES!!! I know one well-known author whose books have been published in translation in Germany - for which he received no money due to the contract. It is my understanding that you can limi...

I must concede I fall into this trap too. I want the reader to imagine he or she is in the room or observing the scene, although I base my descriptions on contemporary photographs and eyewitness descriptions to make it as authentic as possible. Fingers crossed I never invented anything, but I am a ...

Ryan's screwup with the sunrise in Berlin, also reminds me of O'Donnell's book "The Berlin Bunker". O'Donnell, another journalist dabbling in history, loved to add scenery details - like the moon shining brightly over the ruins as such-and-such party was making their escape from the Bunker...

As a follow-up to my criticism of Ryan - - the dialogue that I referred to earlier that is a bit too overly re-imagined for my taste actually is in the early section on Guderian and Heinrici. - here's one example of a "fudged fact" from Ryan: First Sentence, Page One - "In the Norther...

Fred - That was certainly an interesting comment. Can you please provide some examples? Yeesh, why can't a guy just make wild accusations without all these questions being thrown at him! :roll: Okay, with the aid of a rusty memory and no book in hand, I recall that Ryan had scenes in which characte...

It's nice to see a lively thread! Here's my unsolictied reaction to the latest (and previous) points of debates - "Bloody Streets" is hardcore military history, "The Last Battle" is journalistic military history. Cornelius Ryan fudged a lot of facts, fabricated dialogue, and deli...