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...written extensively about the ongoing Iraq war. Meanwhile, he has spent the past few years working as a naval historian after-hours. (His 2003 biography of the seafaring American revolutionary John Paul Jones was a New York Times bestseller.) In his newly-released “Sea of Thunder,” Thomas’ moonlighting and his day-job converge. The subjects Thomas tackles—from military infighting to the suicide bomber’s mentality—could just as easily be found in a current-events magazine as in a history book...

Author: By Daniel J. Hemel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: History Repeats in 'Sea of Thunder' | 12/13/2006 | See Source »

...Thunder By Evan W. Thomas III '73 Simon & Schuster...

Author: By Daniel J. Hemel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: History Repeats in 'Sea of Thunder' | 12/13/2006 | See Source »

...Campaigning before thousands of roaring, red T-shirted socialist youths at a Caracas arena, Chavez leaps around the stage to the sounds of the Puerto Rican hip-hop derivative known as "reggaeton" and Venezuela's driving gaita music, unleashing all his raving martial thunder. "Be an army," he shouts, "whose commandos, battalions and platoons do combat day and night until we reduce our opponents to rubble and dust!" If, as expected, Chavez trounces Rosales on Sunday, he can technically claim victory in his larger fight with the U.S. - but just barely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After the 'Battle for Latin America's Soul' | 11/28/2006 | See Source »

...Thunder,” by Evan Thomas...

Author: By Alexander B. Fabry, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BY ITS COVER: Thunder Rolls | 11/15/2006 | See Source »

...flags wave behind a big ship with big guns: Ol’ Glory and the rising red sun. Oh, I get it! It’s about World War II! My guess is that the big noise from those big guns sounds a lot like thunder, so you could perhaps call the Pacific Ocean the “sea of thunder.” Bob Woodward has a one-line review of it on the back, so you know it’s the real deal...

Author: By Alexander B. Fabry, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BY ITS COVER: Thunder Rolls | 11/15/2006 | See Source »

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