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Tom Miller: Archives

November 17, 2008: DVD Picks & Pans: Post-Election Edition

November 11, 2008: Military Bookshelf: Paperback Corner

November 03, 2008: DVD Picks & Pans: Big Screen, Little Screen, Part III

October 27, 2008: Military Bookshelf: Fact & Fiction for Fall

October 20, 2008: DVD Picks & Pans: Big Screen, Little Screen, Part II

October 06, 2008: DVD Picks & Pans: Something Old, Something New

October 06, 2008: Military Bookshelf: War & Warriors, II

September 24, 2008: DVD Picks & Pans: Big Screen, Little Screen

September 23, 2008: Book Review: I'm Just Saying

September 15, 2008: Military Bookshelf: Warriors & War

September 02, 2008: DVD Picks & Pans: TV Dramas

September 02, 2008: Military Bookshelf: Killing Time

August 18, 2008: Military Bookshelf: A Liberal's Wet Dream

August 11, 2008: Military Bookshelf: The Books of Summer, Part III

August 11, 2008: DVD Picks & Pans: Summer Smorgasbord - Another Course

July 29, 2008: DVD Picks & Pans: Summer Smorgasbord, Treats R Us

July 14, 2008: DVD Picks & Pans: More TV Dinners

July 14, 2008: Military Bookshelf: The Books of Summer, II

July 10, 2008: Book Review: The Far Reaches

July 07, 2008: DVD Picks & Pans: Summer Smorgasbord- Takeout

June 23, 2008: DVD Picks & Pans: Summer Smorgasbord Dessert Tray

June 16, 2008: DVD Picks & Pans: TV Dinners

June 09, 2008: DVD Picks & Pans: Summer Smorgasbord, Second Helping

June 09, 2008: Military Bookshelf: Jack Reacher's New (Liberal) Baggage

June 02, 2008: DVD Picks & Pans: Summer Smorgasbord

June 02, 2008: Military Bookshelf: The Books of Summer

May 27, 2008: Another Cannes of Worms

May 19, 2008: Military Bookshelf: War in Fact & Fiction

May 19, 2008: DVD Picks & Pans: May Smorgasbord

May 12, 2008: Military Bookshelf: Escape From the Deep

May 05, 2008: DVD Picks & Pans: Spring Potpourri

May 05, 2008: Military Bookshelf: Honoring Heroes

April 28, 2008: Military Bookshelf: Spring Potpourri, Part Deux

April 28, 2008: Goin' to the Cannes

April 21, 2008: DVD Picks & Pans: Must-See DVD for Spring

April 14, 2008: Military Bookshelf: Spring into Mystery

April 07, 2008: DVD Picks & Pans: Hot Air and Blind Ambition

April 01, 2008: DVD Picks & Pans for April Fools

April 01, 2008: Military Bookshelf: Spring Potpourri

March 24, 2008: DVD Picks & Pans: Sci-Fi on DVD

March 18, 2008: Military Bookshelf: Chills & Thrills for Spring

March 17, 2008: DVD Picks & Pans: March Madness pt 2

March 03, 2008: DVD Picks & Pans: March Madness Rx

March 03, 2008: Military Bookshelf: Iconic & Ironic

February 25, 2008: DVD Picks & Pans: Late Winter Potpourri

February 21, 2008: Book Review: Taking the Hill

February 19, 2008: DVD Roundup: Hollywood's Smear Campaign

February 12, 2008: DVD Picks & Pans: Valentine's Viewing

February 11, 2008: Military Bookshelf: Fiction & Fact

January 28, 2008: DVD Picks & Pans: Super Alternatives

January 15, 2008: DVD Picks & Pans: Midwinter Potpourri

January 14, 2008: Warriors' Choice Movie Awards Results

January 08, 2008: Military Bookshelf Mid-Winter Picks

January 04, 2008: 2007 Military.com Warriors' Choice Movie Awards

January 02, 2008: Movies That Matter

December 27, 2007: DVD Picks & Pans: Post-Santa Choices

December 17, 2007: DVD Picks & Pans: Last-Minute Stocking Stuffers

December 03, 2007: DVD Picks & Pans: Stocking Stuffers

December 03, 2007: Military.com Columnist Tom Miller Releases New Novel

November 21, 2007: DVD Picks & Pans: An American Hero

November 19, 2007: Book Review: "Operation Broken Reed"

November 15, 2007: Hollywood's Fall Offensive, Part III: "Lions for Lambs"

November 13, 2007: DVD Picks & Pans: A Big Screen Sequel and Two Small Screen Classics

November 09, 2007: A Veterans' Day Salute to Heroes: "This Is War: Memories of Iraq"

November 08, 2007: Hollywood's Fall Offensive, Part II: "Rendition"

November 06, 2007: DVD Picks & Pans: An Autumn Hat Trick

November 06, 2007: Fall '07 Bookshelf: Heroes

October 16, 2007: DVD Picks & Pans: Fall Potpourri

October 08, 2007: Military Bookshelf: WWII

October 01, 2007: DVD Picks & Pans: Ken Burns' War

October 01, 2007: Military Bookshelf: Fiction & Fantasy

September 27, 2007: DVD Picks & Pans: Early Fall Roundup

September 18, 2007: Military Bookshelf: War & Warriors

September 10, 2007: Military Bookshelf: Fact & Fiction

September 04, 2007: Military Bookshelf: 21st Century Heroes

August 29, 2007: Are You Ready for Some Football?

August 24, 2007: Summer '07 Bookshelf: Dog Days Potpourri

August 14, 2007: DVD Picks & Pans: Back to School

August 06, 2007: Dog Days '07 Bookshelf: Chills & Thrills

August 01, 2007: Dog Days Picks & Pans: Hot & Sultry

July 25, 2007: DVD Picks & Pans: A Sixties Icon Exposed

July 23, 2007: Book Review: The Secret Servant

July 09, 2007: Summer '07 Bookshelf: Chills & Thrills, Part III

July 05, 2007: DVD Picks & Pans: Snipers, Spies, & Citizen Soldiers

July 02, 2007: Summer '07 Bookshelf: Fact & Fiction

June 26, 2007: 'A Mighty Heart' Movie Review

June 19, 2007: Summer '07 Bookshelf: Two Sequels

June 15, 2007: Movie Pop Quiz: Part Deux

June 05, 2007: Good, Better, Best D-Day Movies

June 04, 2007: Summer '07 Bookshelf: Warriors in Fact & Fiction

May 30, 2007: Summer Bookshelf '07: Chills & Thrills, Pt. II

May 29, 2007: No Cannes Do

May 25, 2007: DVD Roundup: More Hollywood History

May 25, 2007: Summer Bookshelf: Historical Fiction

May 16, 2007: Hitchcock Goes to War

May 15, 2007: Summer Bookshelf '07: Chills & Thrills

May 10, 2007: DVD Roundup--Picks & Pans: Royalty Edition

May 01, 2007: Next

April 24, 2007: Combat Fleets

April 24, 2007: Fracture

April 16, 2007: Goodbye Mexico

April 16, 2007: An Inconvenient Truth: Al Gore Ate My Review

April 09, 2007: Spring Bookshelf: Thrillers

April 09, 2007: Cannes I Go?

April 02, 2007: The Lookout

March 26, 2007: Shooter

March 26, 2007: Spring Bookshelf: Historical Fiction, Part II

March 20, 2007: DVD Roundup: Picks & Pans, Early Spring Edition

March 12, 2007: 300

March 12, 2007: Spring Bookshelf: Historical Fiction

March 06, 2007: Zodiac

March 01, 2007: The Long Road Home

February 26, 2007: Breach

February 22, 2007: DVD Roundup: Picks & Pans for Snow Days

February 13, 2007: The Echelon Vendetta

February 08, 2007: DVD Roundup: Picks & Pans

January 31, 2007: Love & War: The Top 10 Novels

January 30, 2007: "The Last King of Scotland"

January 23, 2007: A Scarlet "Letters"

January 17, 2007: Top 10 Love & War Movies: "Super" Alternatives, Part II

January 10, 2007: DVD Roundup: "Super" Alternatives Part I

January 03, 2007: Man in the Middle

December 26, 2006: Movies That Matter: The Best of 2006

December 22, 2006: DVD Roundup: Last-Minute Stocking Stuffers

December 20, 2006: Holiday Bookshelf: Chills & Thrills

December 12, 2006: Review: Halsey's Typhoon

December 11, 2006: "Apocalypto" Now

December 07, 2006: The Few

December 06, 2006: DVD Roundup: Picks & Pans for Christmas Stockings

November 29, 2006: Wild Fire Review

November 28, 2006: "Babel": Less than Towering

November 21, 2006: Thanksgiving Bookshelf: A Literary Feast

November 20, 2006: "Casino Royale": Back to the Future

November 13, 2006: World War II: Fact & Fiction

November 07, 2006: Coming Home: "The Best Years of Our Lives"

November 07, 2006: Veterans' Day Salute to Heroes

November 03, 2006: Hollywood History: "Flags of Our Fathers"

October 20, 2006: Fall Bookshelf: Potpourri, Part III

October 16, 2006: DVD Roundup: Indian Summer Picks & Pans

October 13, 2006: Fall Bookshelf: Potpourri, Part II

October 05, 2006: Deja vu All Over Again: The Guardian

October 03, 2006: Fall Bookshelf: Potpourri

September 27, 2006: An Old-Fashioned "Flyboys"

September 27, 2006: Fall Bookshelf: Historical Fiction, Part II

September 20, 2006: Fall Bookshelf: Chills & Thrills

September 19, 2006: L.A. Noir Double Feature

September 11, 2006: Five Years On: 9/11 on DVD

September 06, 2006: DVD Roundup: School Daze Picks & Pans

September 06, 2006: Fall Bookshelf: Historical Fiction

August 28, 2006: "Little Miss Sunshine" - One Big Happy Family?

August 24, 2006: Summer Bookshelf: An Encore

August 21, 2006: Movie Review: The Dog Ate It

August 14, 2006: "World Trade Center": The Evil We Face

August 07, 2006: Summer Bookshelf: The Final Countdown

July 31, 2006: Deja Vice: A Darker "Miami Vice" for the Big Screen

July 25, 2006: DVD Roundup: Mid-Summer Picks & Pans

July 24, 2006: Summer Bookshelf: Dog Days Edition

July 12, 2006: Summer Bookshelf: Nonfiction Heroes

June 02, 2006: DVD Classics: The Quiet American x 2

June 02, 2006: Summer Bookshelf: Buy Now, Read Later, Part II

May 22, 2006: The Iconic Jack Reacher

May 22, 2006: Let Them Eat Popcorn: The Da Vinci Code

May 16, 2006: Buy Now, Read Later: Summer Bookshelf, Part I

May 16, 2006: Islamic Imperialism

May 16, 2006: DVD Reviews: "Munich" & "The New World"

May 09, 2006: Chasing Ghosts

May 09, 2006: DVD Review:

May 01, 2006: Last in Their Class

May 01, 2006: United 93

April 26, 2006: The Sentinel

April 25, 2006: Spring into Fiction, Part III

April 25, 2006: Guests of the Ayatollah

April 19, 2006: An Auspicious Debut: "Thank You for Smoking"

April 18, 2006: Spring into Fiction, Part II

April 12, 2006: Must-See DVD:

April 11, 2006: Spring Fiction Preview, Part I

April 06, 2006: A Sequel too Far: Basic Instinct 2

April 05, 2006: Women Novelists & the Great War

April 05, 2006: Mission Raise Hell

March 31, 2006: "Inside Man" - Spike Lee's Hollywood Joint

March 29, 2006: While Europe Slept

March 28, 2006: Must (Not)-See DVD

March 22, 2006: Women Novelists and the Great War

March 20, 2006: To Dare and to Conquer

March 20, 2006: Inside Iraq: The Untold Stories

March 15, 2006: Real World Suspense

March 13, 2006: 16 Blocks

March 13, 2006: Bury Us Upside Down

March 07, 2006: We'll Always Have The Movies

March 07, 2006: An Antidote for March Sadness: Tales of Suspense

March 06, 2006: And the Winner is . . . ME!

March 02, 2006: Must-See DVD: The Man in Black and a Noir Christmas

February 27, 2006: Mystery Novels for a False Spring

February 23, 2006: Women Novelists and the Great War

February 22, 2006: DVD Classics Double-Feature: Zulu Dawn and Zulu

February 17, 2006: Knowing the Enemy

February 13, 2006: Match Point

February 13, 2006: Nelson DeMille's Vietnam

February 09, 2006: Beyond Band of Brothers

February 08, 2006: The Nominees Are...

February 07, 2006: The Way Forward: Part III

February 03, 2006: The Matador Review

February 03, 2006: Book Review: The Warlord

January 24, 2006: The Way Forward: Part II

January 24, 2006: "The [PC] New World"

January 23, 2006: DVD Review: "Lord of War"

January 17, 2006: The Way Forward: I of III

January 17, 2006: The Hunters and Toko-Ri

January 13, 2006: DVD Review: Constant Gardener

January 11, 2006: The President's Assassin

January 05, 2006: DVD Classic Review: "Midway"

January 05, 2006: "Munich": Steven Spielberg, Call Home

January 05, 2006: Novels to Warm Winter Nights

January 05, 2006: Book Review: Warriors

December 27, 2005: Book Review: The Unknown Battle of Midway

December 27, 2005: Book Review: Indian Wars

December 27, 2005: Holiday Reading: Part IV

December 23, 2005: DVD Review: Silent Night

December 19, 2005: DVD Review: Gunner Palace

December 13, 2005: Holiday Reading (and Gift Suggestions), Part III

December 13, 2005: Review: The Final Countdown

December 13, 2005: Movie Review: Syriana

December 07, 2005: Pearl Harbor at the Movies

December 06, 2005: Review: Walk the Line

December 05, 2005: Book Review: The Jedburghs

December 02, 2005: Holiday Reading (and Gift Guide), Part II

November 30, 2005: Review: A Very Long Engagement

November 28, 2005: Review: "The Ice Harvest": Not Your Father's Christmas Movie

November 23, 2005: Review: Hotel Rwanda

November 22, 2005: Movie Pop Quiz

November 22, 2005: Book Review: Hell Is Upon Us

November 17, 2005: Holiday Reading (and Gift Suggestions), Part I

November 15, 2005: Book Review: Annapolis Autumn

November 10, 2005: Book Review: Fire From the Sky

November 07, 2005: Review: Jarhead: The Movie

November 03, 2005: Book Review: The Other War

October 31, 2005: Review: The Lost Battalion

October 27, 2005: Book Review: A Year of Absence

October 24, 2005: Jarhead: The Book

October 17, 2005: Book Review: One Shot

October 17, 2005: Review: Inside 9/11 -- A Reminder of Why We Fight

October 13, 2005: (Indian) Summer Reading, Part II

October 13, 2005: Book Review: Ruff's War

October 04, 2005: Top 10 American War Movies, 1961-2005

September 30, 2005: Book Review: Children at War

September 30, 2005: (Indian) Summer Reading

September 22, 2005: Axis of Evil: Part III of III, Burma

September 15, 2005: Axis of Evil: Part II of III, Islamic Republic of Iran

September 12, 2005: Imperial Grunts

September 08, 2005: On Point

September 01, 2005: Axis of Evil: Part I of III, The Hermit Kingdom

August 23, 2005: First Class

August 16, 2005: D-Days in the Pacific

July 28, 2005: Top Ten Books: Small Wars

July 21, 2005: Book Review: The Gift of Valor

July 14, 2005: Summer Reading -- Part II

June 29, 2005: Summer Reading -- Part I

June 22, 2005: Book Review: Bangkok Tattoo

June 17, 2005: Book Review: 1942

June 08, 2005: Book Review: American Admiralship

June 01, 2005: Book Review: For God and Country

May 17, 2005: Follow Me

May 10, 2005: Book Review: The Homefront Club

May 03, 2005: Book Review: Colossus

April 26, 2005: Book Review: Cities of the Hot Zone

April 20, 2005: Book Review: The Kite Runner

April 20, 2005: World War II in the Pacific

April 13, 2005: World War I

April 12, 2005: Book Review: The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors

April 06, 2005: Book Review: At Risk

April 05, 2005: European Theater of Operations in WWII

March 29, 2005: Book Review: The Boys of Winter

March 29, 2005: The Korean War

March 22, 2005: Book Review: The Secret Agent

March 16, 2005: Book Review: A Sailor's History of the U.S. Navy

March 16, 2005: The Vietnam War

March 09, 2005: Book Review: Finishing Business

March 03, 2005: The Cream of the Crop

February 28, 2005: Book Review: Home Fires Burning

February 23, 2005: Book Review: The Longest Winter

February 16, 2005: Book Review: Day of Lightning, Years of Scorn

February 11, 2005: Book Review: The Bonus Army

January 25, 2005: Book Review: At the Dragon's Gate

January 11, 2005: Book Review: America's Secret War

December 27, 2004: Book Review: The Virtues of War



 
About Tom Miller

A former history professor, Tom Miller is a novelist and essayist. His most recent novel, Freshman Sensation (2007), is available from the publisher at http://www.ccjournal.com/. His reviews and essays have appeared in numerous books, journals, and newspapers, including The Encyclopedia of Southern History, American History Illustrated, the Chicago Tribune, and the Des Moines Register. He also is a former Army officer and Vietnam veteran.
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