About LipscombNov. 11 - Book Signing: James Lee McDonough
11/11/2009
3:30 p.m.
Lipscomb University’s Beaman Library will host a Veterans’ Day book-signing for well-known Civil War historian James Lee McDonough, at 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 11.
McDonough will be signing his latest book of American military history, The Wars of Myron King: A B-17 Pilot Faces WWII and U.S.-Soviet Intrigue. Also attending the book-signing will be the title subject, Myron King, a World War II Army airman who became the victim of political wrangling in the latter days of the war.
The Wars of Myron King recounts King’s wartime service as part of the 401st Bombardment Group, U.S. Eighth Air Force. He flew 20 missions until on his last flight enemy fire crippled the plane, forcing him to land in Poland amid Russian forces advancing on Germany. He spent his last months in Europe entangled in a bizarre incident fueled by mounting tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union. Ultimately King faced a personal battle with the military to clear his name after enduring a grossly unjust court-martial.
Published by The University of Tennessee Press, The Wars of Myron King offers a unique view of the experience of air combat, the intertwining of politics and military justice and the complex circumstances that inaugurated the Cold War.
McDonough, a former Lipscomb Faculty member, is professor emeritus of history at Auburn University. He is the author of ten books, including Shiloh—In Hell Before Night, Stones River—Bloody Winter in Tennessee, Chattanooga—A Death Grip on the Confederacy, War in Kentucky: From Shiloh to Perryville, and Nashville: The Western Confederacy’s Final Gamble.
For more information contact Carolyn Wilson at 966.5837.
11/11/2009
3:30 p.m.
Lipscomb University’s Beaman Library will host a Veterans’ Day book-signing for well-known Civil War historian James Lee McDonough, at 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 11.
McDonough will be signing his latest book of American military history, The Wars of Myron King: A B-17 Pilot Faces WWII and U.S.-Soviet Intrigue. Also attending the book-signing will be the title subject, Myron King, a World War II Army airman who became the victim of political wrangling in the latter days of the war.
The Wars of Myron King recounts King’s wartime service as part of the 401st Bombardment Group, U.S. Eighth Air Force. He flew 20 missions until on his last flight enemy fire crippled the plane, forcing him to land in Poland amid Russian forces advancing on Germany. He spent his last months in Europe entangled in a bizarre incident fueled by mounting tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union. Ultimately King faced a personal battle with the military to clear his name after enduring a grossly unjust court-martial.
Published by The University of Tennessee Press, The Wars of Myron King offers a unique view of the experience of air combat, the intertwining of politics and military justice and the complex circumstances that inaugurated the Cold War.
McDonough, a former Lipscomb Faculty member, is professor emeritus of history at Auburn University. He is the author of ten books, including Shiloh—In Hell Before Night, Stones River—Bloody Winter in Tennessee, Chattanooga—A Death Grip on the Confederacy, War in Kentucky: From Shiloh to Perryville, and Nashville: The Western Confederacy’s Final Gamble.
For more information contact Carolyn Wilson at 966.5837.
