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A Promise Delivered: Ten American Heroes and the Battle to Rename Our Nation's Military Bases
In 2020, a bipartisan act of Congress mandated changing the names of nine military bases previously named for Confederate soldiers.
In 2025, the Trump administration bypassed the law to restore the Confederate names.
This is the inspiring story behind the ten American heroes whose names had been originally chosen, told by two members of the Naming Commission that selected them.
In 2020, the United States Congress, in an unprecedented and bipartisan piece of legislation, created the Naming Commission. It was tasked with a monumental Rename nine of the US military’s most prominent army bases–all of which were named for Confederate leaders who waged war against America in the name of maintaining a slave republic.
Over the course of twenty months, the commission completed their mission, carefully combing through years of American history and hearing from tens of thousands of Americans from all walks of life. The commission ultimately chose ten Americans whose individual heroics reflect the collective best of all that America is and could be. With their firsthand knowledge of the selection process, vice-chair Ty Seidule and lead historian Connor Williams recount the lives of each of these American heroes, from former President Dwight D. Eisenhower to Civil War doctor Mary Walker to Cold War General Richard Cavazos. The individual histories nestled within each chapter prove why these men and women are true representatives of our country and how, by looking to them, America can aspire toward a better future.
A collection of stirring tales of heroism, A Promise Delivered is the powerful account of how ten worthy Americans and one bipartisan commission joined the ongoing fight to reclaim our nation’s history.
In 2025, the Trump administration bypassed the law to restore the Confederate names.
This is the inspiring story behind the ten American heroes whose names had been originally chosen, told by two members of the Naming Commission that selected them.
In 2020, the United States Congress, in an unprecedented and bipartisan piece of legislation, created the Naming Commission. It was tasked with a monumental Rename nine of the US military’s most prominent army bases–all of which were named for Confederate leaders who waged war against America in the name of maintaining a slave republic.
Over the course of twenty months, the commission completed their mission, carefully combing through years of American history and hearing from tens of thousands of Americans from all walks of life. The commission ultimately chose ten Americans whose individual heroics reflect the collective best of all that America is and could be. With their firsthand knowledge of the selection process, vice-chair Ty Seidule and lead historian Connor Williams recount the lives of each of these American heroes, from former President Dwight D. Eisenhower to Civil War doctor Mary Walker to Cold War General Richard Cavazos. The individual histories nestled within each chapter prove why these men and women are true representatives of our country and how, by looking to them, America can aspire toward a better future.
A collection of stirring tales of heroism, A Promise Delivered is the powerful account of how ten worthy Americans and one bipartisan commission joined the ongoing fight to reclaim our nation’s history.
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First published November 11, 2025
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Ty Seidule
6 books115 followersTy Seidule is Professor Emeritus of History at West Point where he taught for two decades. He served in the U.S. Army for thirty-six years, retiring as a brigadier general in 2020. He is the Chamberlain Fellow at Hamilton College as well as a New America Fellow. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin appointed Ty to the National Commission on Base Renaming. He serves as the Vice Chair
He has published numerous books, articles, and videos on military history including the award-winning West Point History of the Civil War. Ty graduated from Washington and Lee University and holds a PhD from the Ohio State University.
He has published numerous books, articles, and videos on military history including the award-winning West Point History of the Civil War. Ty graduated from Washington and Lee University and holds a PhD from the Ohio State University.
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July 29, 2025
I received a free copy of, A Promise Delivered, by Ty Seidule: Connor Williams, from the publisher and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. The Naming Commission was created to change the names of 9 army bases, which were originally named for Confederate leaders, who fought for slavery. In less than 2 years these army bases were renamed. I have never heard of the brave men and women mentioned in this book before, but Im glad I know them know. This was a really interesting read about or nations history.
April 26, 2025
Another southern hit piece by another cultural Marxist. The only thing this book is good for is toilet paper.
December 23, 2025
5*s because everyone should know about these Great Americans, and the why behind it all.
December 20, 2025
This was an absolutely fantastic book!!
This is the story about the battle to rename military bases from confederate soldiers/supporters to the true American heroes that have served this country with distinction and bravery; the book goes into detail of why each new name/person was choses [unanimously] and all they accomplished in their military careers as well as in life overall. I learned so much from this book and really want to find books about many of those chosen to be able to read more about them and their service.
Written by two of the men that sat on the name-change committee, this is a well-written, well-researched book and one that everyone should be reading. What an excellent book!
Dan Bittner is a new-to-me narrator and I certainly am looking forward to listening to him narrate a book again. He does an excellent job here and really made the stories come alive for the reader. I am so glad I was able to listen to this audiobook; very well done!!
Thank you to NetGalley, Ty Seidule, Connor Williams, Dan Bittner - Narrator, St. Martin's Press, and Macmillan Audio for providing the eBook and audiobook ARC's in exchange for an honest review.
This is the story about the battle to rename military bases from confederate soldiers/supporters to the true American heroes that have served this country with distinction and bravery; the book goes into detail of why each new name/person was choses [unanimously] and all they accomplished in their military careers as well as in life overall. I learned so much from this book and really want to find books about many of those chosen to be able to read more about them and their service.
Written by two of the men that sat on the name-change committee, this is a well-written, well-researched book and one that everyone should be reading. What an excellent book!
Dan Bittner is a new-to-me narrator and I certainly am looking forward to listening to him narrate a book again. He does an excellent job here and really made the stories come alive for the reader. I am so glad I was able to listen to this audiobook; very well done!!
Thank you to NetGalley, Ty Seidule, Connor Williams, Dan Bittner - Narrator, St. Martin's Press, and Macmillan Audio for providing the eBook and audiobook ARC's in exchange for an honest review.
April 25, 2025
Woke General Seidule is the face of the American Taliban.
Wall Street Journal Opinion
Save the Confederate Memorial at Arlington
A commission will tear down this monument to national healing by year’s end if we don’t act.
By Jim Webb
Aug. 18, 2023 at 3:23 pm ET
In 1898, 33 years after the end of the Civil War, the Spanish-American War brought a sudden, unanticipated harmony and unity to a country that had been riven by war and a punitive postwar military occupation, which failed at wholesale societal reconstruction. In the South, American flags flew again as the sons of Confederate soldiers volunteered to fight, even if it meant wearing the once-hated Yankee blue. President William McKinley presciently seized this moment to mend a generation’s sectional divide.
McKinley understood the Civil War as one who had lived it, having served four years in the 23rd Ohio Infantry, enlisting as a private and discharged in 1865 as a brevet major. He knew the steps to take to bring the country fully together again. As an initial signal, he selected three Civil War veterans to command the Cuba campaign. Two, William Rufus Shafter, given overall command of the Cuban operation, and H.W. Lawton, who led the Second Infantry Division, the first soldiers to land in the war, had received the Medal of Honor fighting for the Union. The other, “Fighting Joe” Wheeler, the legendary Confederate cavalry general, led the cavalry units in Cuba, after being elected to Congress in 1880 from Alabama and working hard to bring national reconciliation.
Four days after the Spanish-American war ended, McKinley proclaimed in Atlanta: “In the spirit of fraternity we should share with you in the care of the graves of Confederate soldiers.” In that call for national unity the Confederate Memorial was born. It was designed by internationally respected sculptor Moses Jacob Ezekiel, a Confederate veteran and the first Jewish graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, who asked to be buried at the memorial in Arlington National Cemetery. On one face of the memorial is the finest explanation of wartime service perhaps ever written, by a Confederate veteran who later became a Christian minister: “Not for fame or reward, not for place or for rank; not lured by ambition or goaded by necessity; but in simple obedience to duty as they understood it; these men suffered all, sacrificed all, dared all, and died.”
But now in this new world of woke, unless measures are taken very soon, by the end of this year the Confederate Memorial will be gone.
With surprising overbroadness, the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act, passed in the midst of national racial and political upheaval, empowered a Naming Commission to “remove all names, symbols, displays, monuments and paraphernalia that honor or commemorate the Confederate States of America . . . or any person who served voluntarily with the Confederate States of America from all assets of the Department of Defense.” As part of that provision, Arlington National Cemetery has been ordered by Defense Department officials to remove the memorial by the end of this year, though the order is reportedly under review.
Having spent four years as a full committee counsel in the House and six years as a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, I cannot imagine that the removal of this memorial, conceived and built with the sole purpose of healing the wounds of the Civil War and restoring national harmony, could be within the intent of a sweeping sentence placed inside a nearly trillion-dollar piece of legislation.
The larger and ultimate question reaches further into America’s atrophied understanding of the Civil War itself. What was it that Union Army veteran McKinley understood about the Confederate soldiers who opposed his infantry units on the battlefield that eludes today’s monument smashers and ad hominem destroyers of historical reputations?
McKinley’s fellow soldiers understood that during the Civil War, four slave states remained in the Union—Maryland, Delaware, Missouri and Kentucky—and none of them were required to give up slavery during the entire war. And that in every major battle of the Civil War, slave owners in the Union Army fought against non-slave-owners in the Confederate Army. They understood that President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation did not free the slaves in those states or in the areas of the South that had already been conquered. The proclamation freed only slaves in the areas taken after it was issued. And in the eyes of a Confederate soldier, if Lincoln had not freed slaves in the union, why should the soldier be vilified for supposedly fighting on behalf of slavery?
Many soldiers in the North, and many more in the South, would have understood what John Hope Franklin (1915-2009), America’s most esteemed black historian, pointed out: In 1860 only 5% of whites in the South owned slaves, and less than 25% of whites benefited economically from slavery. An estimated 258,000 Confederate soldiers died in the war, about a third of all those who fought for the South. Few owned slaves. So why did they fight?
The soldier who wrote the inscription on the Confederate Memorial knew. And so did President McKinley and most veterans who have fought in America’s wars.
In 1992, as a private citizen and veteran of the Vietnam War, I was seeking to begin a process of reconciliation with our former enemy and hosted a delegation of Vietnamese officials in Washington. One of my objectives was to encourage Hanoi finally to make peace with the South Vietnamese veterans who had fought against the North and who after the war were labeled traitors, denied any official recognition as veterans, and hundreds of thousands were imprisoned in re-education camps.
To make my point I brought them to the Confederate Memorial. Pointing across the Potomac River from Arlington National Cemetery toward the Lincoln Memorial, I told them the story of how America healed its wounds from our own Civil War. The Potomac River was like the Ben Hai River, which divided North and South Vietnam. On the far side was our North, and here in Virginia was our South. After several bitter decades we came together, symbolized by the memorial.
If it is taken apart and removed, leaving behind a concrete slab, the burial marker of its creator, and a small circle of graves, it would send a different message, one of a deteriorating society willing to erase the generosity of its past, in favor of bitterness and misunderstanding conjured up by those who do not understand the history they seem bent on destroying.
Mr. Webb was a Marine infantry officer in Vietnam, Navy secretary (1987-88) and a U.S. senator from Virginia (2007-13). He is the distinguished fellow at Notre Dame’s International Security Center.
Wall Street Journal Opinion
Save the Confederate Memorial at Arlington
A commission will tear down this monument to national healing by year’s end if we don’t act.
By Jim Webb
Aug. 18, 2023 at 3:23 pm ET
In 1898, 33 years after the end of the Civil War, the Spanish-American War brought a sudden, unanticipated harmony and unity to a country that had been riven by war and a punitive postwar military occupation, which failed at wholesale societal reconstruction. In the South, American flags flew again as the sons of Confederate soldiers volunteered to fight, even if it meant wearing the once-hated Yankee blue. President William McKinley presciently seized this moment to mend a generation’s sectional divide.
McKinley understood the Civil War as one who had lived it, having served four years in the 23rd Ohio Infantry, enlisting as a private and discharged in 1865 as a brevet major. He knew the steps to take to bring the country fully together again. As an initial signal, he selected three Civil War veterans to command the Cuba campaign. Two, William Rufus Shafter, given overall command of the Cuban operation, and H.W. Lawton, who led the Second Infantry Division, the first soldiers to land in the war, had received the Medal of Honor fighting for the Union. The other, “Fighting Joe” Wheeler, the legendary Confederate cavalry general, led the cavalry units in Cuba, after being elected to Congress in 1880 from Alabama and working hard to bring national reconciliation.
Four days after the Spanish-American war ended, McKinley proclaimed in Atlanta: “In the spirit of fraternity we should share with you in the care of the graves of Confederate soldiers.” In that call for national unity the Confederate Memorial was born. It was designed by internationally respected sculptor Moses Jacob Ezekiel, a Confederate veteran and the first Jewish graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, who asked to be buried at the memorial in Arlington National Cemetery. On one face of the memorial is the finest explanation of wartime service perhaps ever written, by a Confederate veteran who later became a Christian minister: “Not for fame or reward, not for place or for rank; not lured by ambition or goaded by necessity; but in simple obedience to duty as they understood it; these men suffered all, sacrificed all, dared all, and died.”
But now in this new world of woke, unless measures are taken very soon, by the end of this year the Confederate Memorial will be gone.
With surprising overbroadness, the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act, passed in the midst of national racial and political upheaval, empowered a Naming Commission to “remove all names, symbols, displays, monuments and paraphernalia that honor or commemorate the Confederate States of America . . . or any person who served voluntarily with the Confederate States of America from all assets of the Department of Defense.” As part of that provision, Arlington National Cemetery has been ordered by Defense Department officials to remove the memorial by the end of this year, though the order is reportedly under review.
Having spent four years as a full committee counsel in the House and six years as a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, I cannot imagine that the removal of this memorial, conceived and built with the sole purpose of healing the wounds of the Civil War and restoring national harmony, could be within the intent of a sweeping sentence placed inside a nearly trillion-dollar piece of legislation.
The larger and ultimate question reaches further into America’s atrophied understanding of the Civil War itself. What was it that Union Army veteran McKinley understood about the Confederate soldiers who opposed his infantry units on the battlefield that eludes today’s monument smashers and ad hominem destroyers of historical reputations?
McKinley’s fellow soldiers understood that during the Civil War, four slave states remained in the Union—Maryland, Delaware, Missouri and Kentucky—and none of them were required to give up slavery during the entire war. And that in every major battle of the Civil War, slave owners in the Union Army fought against non-slave-owners in the Confederate Army. They understood that President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation did not free the slaves in those states or in the areas of the South that had already been conquered. The proclamation freed only slaves in the areas taken after it was issued. And in the eyes of a Confederate soldier, if Lincoln had not freed slaves in the union, why should the soldier be vilified for supposedly fighting on behalf of slavery?
Many soldiers in the North, and many more in the South, would have understood what John Hope Franklin (1915-2009), America’s most esteemed black historian, pointed out: In 1860 only 5% of whites in the South owned slaves, and less than 25% of whites benefited economically from slavery. An estimated 258,000 Confederate soldiers died in the war, about a third of all those who fought for the South. Few owned slaves. So why did they fight?
The soldier who wrote the inscription on the Confederate Memorial knew. And so did President McKinley and most veterans who have fought in America’s wars.
In 1992, as a private citizen and veteran of the Vietnam War, I was seeking to begin a process of reconciliation with our former enemy and hosted a delegation of Vietnamese officials in Washington. One of my objectives was to encourage Hanoi finally to make peace with the South Vietnamese veterans who had fought against the North and who after the war were labeled traitors, denied any official recognition as veterans, and hundreds of thousands were imprisoned in re-education camps.
To make my point I brought them to the Confederate Memorial. Pointing across the Potomac River from Arlington National Cemetery toward the Lincoln Memorial, I told them the story of how America healed its wounds from our own Civil War. The Potomac River was like the Ben Hai River, which divided North and South Vietnam. On the far side was our North, and here in Virginia was our South. After several bitter decades we came together, symbolized by the memorial.
If it is taken apart and removed, leaving behind a concrete slab, the burial marker of its creator, and a small circle of graves, it would send a different message, one of a deteriorating society willing to erase the generosity of its past, in favor of bitterness and misunderstanding conjured up by those who do not understand the history they seem bent on destroying.
Mr. Webb was a Marine infantry officer in Vietnam, Navy secretary (1987-88) and a U.S. senator from Virginia (2007-13). He is the distinguished fellow at Notre Dame’s International Security Center.
August 10, 2025
*A Promise Delivered* offers a thorough and illuminating account of the recent bipartisan military committee’s efforts to rename U.S. military bases: an endeavor made remarkable not just by the historical weight of its subject, but by the dedication of those involved.
The author shines a spotlight on the committee’s exemplary work ethic, documenting their ability to operate *on time and under budget*. Their determination and cooperation across political divides is commendable, reflecting a shared commitment to justice and progress within the ranks of the military and beyond.
Equally impressive is the level of community involvement described throughout the book. Instead of imposing new names from above, the committee welcomed input from local citizens, advocacy groups, historians and even descendants of those whose stories had long been overlooked. This grassroots process helped ensure that each base now bears the name of someone whose legacy reflects valor, sacrifice and values that transcend old divides.
For those concerned about “erasing the past,” this book is especially useful as the author highlights the weak character and cowardice many of the former namesakes displayed in battle and several had no military service whatsoever.
The contrast between the past and present approaches to naming is palpable. What was often done in haste for the sake of efficiency and “stencil-ability”, has now been done in a *deliberate, thoughtful process*. The new names are not just functional, but inspirational, chosen with a broad view and deeper understanding of their meaning and the honor they bestow.
Importantly, *A Promise Delivered* demonstrates a model for future naming projects, whether in the military, in government or in civic life. By combining bipartisan cooperation, historical research and community engagement, the committee set a standard that could guide similar efforts toward fairness, inclusivity and enduring meaning.
This book reads like a history textbook and because of each bio is separate, it can feel a bit repetitive to go through the same wars and battles from a different perspective. I look forward to the research and stories that are inspired from this. As the authors point out, it’s not that there’s a lack of heroes other than white men, it’s that their records and stories were often intentionally destroyed, erased or twisted into a negative bias. This work is the start to not only repair historic oversights but also points the way forward toward a richer, more inclusive American history. We, as readers and Americans, must continue the work of remembering and uplifting heroes whose deeds have gone unheralded.
*A Promise Delivered* is more than just a chronicle of renaming; it is a celebration of collaboration, community, and the power of remembrance.
The author shines a spotlight on the committee’s exemplary work ethic, documenting their ability to operate *on time and under budget*. Their determination and cooperation across political divides is commendable, reflecting a shared commitment to justice and progress within the ranks of the military and beyond.
Equally impressive is the level of community involvement described throughout the book. Instead of imposing new names from above, the committee welcomed input from local citizens, advocacy groups, historians and even descendants of those whose stories had long been overlooked. This grassroots process helped ensure that each base now bears the name of someone whose legacy reflects valor, sacrifice and values that transcend old divides.
For those concerned about “erasing the past,” this book is especially useful as the author highlights the weak character and cowardice many of the former namesakes displayed in battle and several had no military service whatsoever.
The contrast between the past and present approaches to naming is palpable. What was often done in haste for the sake of efficiency and “stencil-ability”, has now been done in a *deliberate, thoughtful process*. The new names are not just functional, but inspirational, chosen with a broad view and deeper understanding of their meaning and the honor they bestow.
Importantly, *A Promise Delivered* demonstrates a model for future naming projects, whether in the military, in government or in civic life. By combining bipartisan cooperation, historical research and community engagement, the committee set a standard that could guide similar efforts toward fairness, inclusivity and enduring meaning.
This book reads like a history textbook and because of each bio is separate, it can feel a bit repetitive to go through the same wars and battles from a different perspective. I look forward to the research and stories that are inspired from this. As the authors point out, it’s not that there’s a lack of heroes other than white men, it’s that their records and stories were often intentionally destroyed, erased or twisted into a negative bias. This work is the start to not only repair historic oversights but also points the way forward toward a richer, more inclusive American history. We, as readers and Americans, must continue the work of remembering and uplifting heroes whose deeds have gone unheralded.
*A Promise Delivered* is more than just a chronicle of renaming; it is a celebration of collaboration, community, and the power of remembrance.
August 9, 2025
I see that this book creates and talks about a very heated topic as per the reviews from the showcase below. War is not as simple are this side won this side lost, let alone the individual stories that are showcased through each chapter.
As an example, Van Barfoot would be even today a heated topic with the coverage of "voluntary relocation " which to me seems less likely it be anything but voluntary. In each chapter, you follow the start of the individual's journey leading them into war service. Sometimes a bit wordy and over-explained. Closing with later interviews and awards earned the what happened to them after they served to the war effort.
" The American Dream Roosevelt had said four freedoms freedom from fear freedom from want freedom of expression and freedom of religion "
Maybe overlooked or it was as the times were trying to change even one of the name changes couldn't let a woman's name stand on her own to feet but no had to be paired with a man's name.
An upsetting read in some points, but I think that is the point of this work. A little wordy. I wish there were references to other works to read simplified rather than hidden in the back.
All in all 3 out of 5
As an example, Van Barfoot would be even today a heated topic with the coverage of "voluntary relocation " which to me seems less likely it be anything but voluntary. In each chapter, you follow the start of the individual's journey leading them into war service. Sometimes a bit wordy and over-explained. Closing with later interviews and awards earned the what happened to them after they served to the war effort.
" The American Dream Roosevelt had said four freedoms freedom from fear freedom from want freedom of expression and freedom of religion "
Maybe overlooked or it was as the times were trying to change even one of the name changes couldn't let a woman's name stand on her own to feet but no had to be paired with a man's name.
An upsetting read in some points, but I think that is the point of this work. A little wordy. I wish there were references to other works to read simplified rather than hidden in the back.
All in all 3 out of 5
November 16, 2025
A Promise Delivered offers a thorough and illuminating account of the recent bipartisan military committee’s efforts to rename U.S. military bases: an endeavor made remarkable not just by the historical weight of its subject, but by the dedication of those involved.
Equally impressive is the level of community involvement described throughout the renaming process. Instead of imposing new names, the committee welcomed input from local citizens, advocacy groups, historians and even descendants of those whose stories had been lost. This grassroots process helped ensure that each base now bears the name of someone whose legacy reflects valor, sacrifice and values of service to a greater good.
This book recounts each person's personal, and military history: and because of each bio is separate, it can feel a bit repetitive to go through the same wars and battles from a different perspective. That being said, I look forward to the research and stories that will come from the renaming. Of the men, and women profiled I knew only four, so there is much to learn.
A Promise Delivered is more than just a chronicle of renaming; it is a celebration of collaboration, community, and the power of remembrance.
Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for my e-arc.
Equally impressive is the level of community involvement described throughout the renaming process. Instead of imposing new names, the committee welcomed input from local citizens, advocacy groups, historians and even descendants of those whose stories had been lost. This grassroots process helped ensure that each base now bears the name of someone whose legacy reflects valor, sacrifice and values of service to a greater good.
This book recounts each person's personal, and military history: and because of each bio is separate, it can feel a bit repetitive to go through the same wars and battles from a different perspective. That being said, I look forward to the research and stories that will come from the renaming. Of the men, and women profiled I knew only four, so there is much to learn.
A Promise Delivered is more than just a chronicle of renaming; it is a celebration of collaboration, community, and the power of remembrance.
Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for my e-arc.
August 8, 2025
I admire the authors commitment to discussing the unvarnished history of the people behind the names of bases that in their time celebrated the Lost Cause of the Confederacy. For the people who have been indoctrinated on the myths, it's either going to be a hard pill to swallow, enlightening, or maybe some of both.
This is a timely reminder given our current politics. After the Civil War, Andrew Johnson was President. He pardoned thousands of Confederates. He was impeached by the House but not convicted by the Senate. Reconstruction promised fuller rights of citizenship to black citizens, but that promise eroded with voter suppression and Klan violence. I have often wondered how history would have changed if holding traitors accountable and barring voter suppression laws passed by States had been stopped.
The inability to face these wrongs and many others still haunts us today.
This book helps to explain unapologetically why the work to rename these bases was done. I applaud the effort.
This is a timely reminder given our current politics. After the Civil War, Andrew Johnson was President. He pardoned thousands of Confederates. He was impeached by the House but not convicted by the Senate. Reconstruction promised fuller rights of citizenship to black citizens, but that promise eroded with voter suppression and Klan violence. I have often wondered how history would have changed if holding traitors accountable and barring voter suppression laws passed by States had been stopped.
The inability to face these wrongs and many others still haunts us today.
This book helps to explain unapologetically why the work to rename these bases was done. I applaud the effort.
July 27, 2025
OK, so I don't believe in doing cover-ups on history regardless of politics and would march in favor of having Andrew Jackson's statues removed because of the inhumanity he represents. That being said, this book represents the involvement of both ordinary US citizens and military historians who sought to honor some of the heroes of the US military regardless of ethnicity or gender. It represents impeccable due diligence in researching the individuals presented and how the selection process was achieved. Besides, it is very readable to anyone who wishes to learn. Please note that the publisher is a public company not associated with any political or military agency.
I requested and received a temporary unedited electronic galley from St. Martin's Press via NetGalley.
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I requested and received a temporary unedited electronic galley from St. Martin's Press via NetGalley.
#APromiseDelivered by Ty Seidule; Connor Williams Pub Date Nov 11, 2025 @stmartinspress
#10AmericanHeroes #RenamingUSMilitaryBases #militaryhistory #civilianinvolvement
November 3, 2025
I got a pre-release of this book ( pub date is Veterans Day -appropriate). This book is incredible. True American History. The research is in depth- but the coverage is full! I can not recommend this book enough. I learned so much but the most mind blowing was that women could be ARRESTED for wearing pants? I thought it was a social construct, not a criminal offense!
April 25, 2025
You are a sorry excuse for a Southerner. Those Confederates you changed the name from are true heroes. Your ersatz militasters are not.
April 25, 2025
After reading the title my eyes tested positive for HIV.
June 3, 2025
I won this for my son who loves military stuff and he said what he's read so far is pretty accurate in the book.
September 24, 2025
Got this as a part of Goodreads giveaway. It was something interesting, not what I usually read, but nonetheless lots to learn and be inspired from.
November 19, 2025
An excellent, thoughtful, quick-moving work that shows what courage looks like across many decades, and not just the well-trodden and over-analyzed 1860s. Highly recommended.
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