Ferdinand Magellan Book Talk

By Phil Padgett | February 28, 2019 |

Feb. 18, 2019, Presidents’ Day, Miami, FL:  I asked the Gold Coast Railroad Museum for a little podium for the book talk.  Response? “Well, talk from up there.”  So, I…

FDR, the Ferdinand Magellan, and D-Day – a Miami Book Talk, Feb. 18

By Phil Padgett | January 18, 2019 |

The 75th anniversary of the 1944 Normandy Invasion, D-Day, will be commemorated in 2019. Few people know that, ten months earlier on a remote siding in Canada,  aboard his private…

New Review in the December USNI Proceedings

By Phil Padgett | December 3, 2018 |

A very insightful review of Advocating Overlord appears in the December 2018 issue of the U.S. Naval Institute’s Proceedings.  The book is reviewed by Lt. Col. Bradley Fultz, USMC, the…

University Club of Washington Meet the Author Night & Book Fair, Nov. 28

By Phil Padgett | November 5, 2018 |

Advocating Overlord will be among the works of 70-plus authors available for purchase and signing at the University Club of Washington’s 29th Annual Meet the Author Night & Book Fair,…

Great Scale Model Train Show (You read that right)

By Phil Padgett | October 22, 2018 |

Saturday and Sunday, October 27-28, I’ll be selling copies of Advocating Overlord at the Great Scale Model Train Show in “the Cow Palace” at the Maryland State Fairground in Timonium,…

Thank you Doris!

By Phil Padgett | October 19, 2018 |

Ten years ago, as she prepared to speak to the National Emergency Management Association, I approached Doris Kearns-Goodwin with my Post-it-bearded copy of her book, No Ordinary Time. earning an…

On-Line Interview – Book Q&A with Deborah Kalb

By Phil Padgett | October 18, 2018 |

Deborah Kalb has posted a brief on-line interview about Advocating Overlord on her Book Q&A site. To read the interview, click on this link: https://deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2018/10/q-with-philip-padgett.html

EAT Local READ Local Book Sale and Festival – Saturday, Sept. 29

By Phil Padgett | September 27, 2018 |

“EAT Local READ Local,” a wonderful one-day book sale and festival! I’ll be there at the Cascades Library in Potomac Falls, VA, to sell and sign copies of Advocating Overlord…

Strategy Page Review of Advocating Overlord

By Phil Padgett | September 25, 2018 |

A review of Advocating Overlord has been published by the on-line military affairs news site, Strategy Page.  In addition to current news, Strategy Page archives material going back to the…

Illustrated Book Talk – New Jersey World War II Book Club

By Phil Padgett | September 16, 2018 |

Wednesday, September 19 at 7:00 p.m., I’ll give an illustrated talk on Advocating Overlord to the New Jersey World War II Book Club.  We’ll meet in the Millburn Public Library…