An Apology, and a Book

First things first, I owe Galrahn and the readership here an apology. Over the last year or so my effort at Information Dissemination has slackened, with most of my contributions consisting of links to my work in other places. This post doesn't actually change that trend, but it does portend changes, as I'm now very close to finishing copy edits on my book. Much remains to be done, but I think now that I can finally begin redirecting my attention back to the kind of maritime and military questions that animate readers of this blog. Thanks very much for your patience.

With respect to the book... it's pretty much done, and it's available for pre-order at Amazon, at the University Press of Kentucky website, and elsewhere. It's an argument that readers at ID will be familiar with, and are likely to have strong opinions about, but it's at considerably greater length than the previous articles I've published. UPK has an eBook loyalty program that provides anyone who purchases a physical copy of the book with an electronic copy; take this into account when making a purchase decision. Publication is scheduled for March 6, 2014; I would obviously be pleased if you bought your favorite airman a dozen or so copies.

Because I consider the book a single, if central, part of a larger academic project, I'm also devoting some time to a Facebook page and a twitter feed. At the former I'm posting photos and documents that I came across during my work, and at the latter I'm tweeting a wide variety of aviation-oriented links, as well as book-tweeting works such as Richard Overy's immense, majestic Bombing War. Take a look if you're interested.