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Finalist in the 2009 Next Generation Indie Book Awards in History/Historical Non-fiction and Best Cover Design
World War II. Europe. 1944-45. Across the continental skies, the airmen of America’s 416th Bomb Group find themselves dodging death in the midst of the greatest conflict the world has yet known. But how and why did these brave Americans come to battle? Darwin’s War interweaves the complex interactions of pre-war economic, scientific and political history with the daily lives of the men who courageously served in the 416th. The narrative implicates eugenics, a social-scientific philosophy which advocates the improvement of human hereditary traits through various forms of intervention, in establishing wrong-minded private and public policies that helped direct governments into the conflict. Darwin’s War reveals the role such science played in the assault on religion and race – on both sides of the battlefield. Through policies of a scientifically based society, national leaders around the world galvanized their citizens into becoming Darwinian-Malthusian warriors. By showing these influences on the men who were forced to put their lives in danger, this account exposes the true cost. Yet, after all the sacrifices that Americans and many others have made, the same eugenics-driven agendas continue covertly and threaten us as much as ever.
This far-reaching book covers many topics, including:
- History of the 416th Bomb Group and World War II aviation history
- The role of Charles Darwin’s theories in Social Evolution and how these ideas laid the foundation for Eugenics and ultimately the Holocaust
- Adolph Hitler’s adoption of Sir Francis Galton’s Eugenics theories and how Hitler used them to galvanize the German population, leading to Fascism and the Jewish Holocaust
- The consequences of the scientifically designed society and its need to remove Religion from the population in order for the heartless scientific principles that come with it to succeed
- The role of public and private policy before World War II and how it contributed to the start of the war
- Warfare and Politics, as Franklin Delano Roosevelt navigated the country through the Great Depression with programs like the Civil Conservation Corps and how the coming World War changed America forever
- The sacrifices of men and women around the world who helped defeat the hated-filled ideology of Eugenics, whose foundations are indicative of the science’s heartless realities
Darwin’s War is also available through these online book sellers: BookSurge.com, Alibris.com, Abebooks.com, Booksinprint.com, and Globalbooksinprint.com.
10% of the sale of each book will go to the New England Air Museum A-26 Restoration project of the Reida Rae an A-26 Invader that the 416th Bomb Group flew in World War II.
Some good topics covered–should be interesting reading. . gwp
Dr. Smith:
The website looks good and the book looks interesting. I’m looking forward to reading my own (signed by the author) copy when you come to North Carolina.
All the best,
Bill
The Vanguard School was very lucky to have Dr. Smith speak on Tuesday, October 7th to our 11th and 12th graders. His presentation was both very informative and engaging. What I appreciated most as an instructor of English composition is that he discussed the writing process and such things as, why he wanted to write this book, starting to write and narrowing a topic before he began on the specifics of his book. He is an excellent presenter and extremely knowledgeable on the subject of history.
This is an amazing combination of history and wonderful stories of the heroes that helped to win WWll. I can’t imagine the research that went into making this both an accurate and a fascinating look into history. My compliments to the author!!
Larry, I chatted with you when you were doctor of the day at the Florida House and picked up your book to read. I thoroughly enjoyed it. At first I thought the narrative on the work projects and other side trips were a distraction but soon totally appreciated all you brought together with the story of the 416th. I have ordered a copy for my Army Ranger son-in-law and am recommending it to others. Say hello if back in Tallahassee.
Hi I’m Justin not everyday I come across a good article…keep up the good work.
Nice looking site you have – are you having fun with it? It’s interesting and well worth the time to visit.
Servwd as fire control gunner from Sept 1944 to wars end and flew with Wes Chitty as well as others.
The article is usefull for me. I’ll be coming back to your blog.
Isn’t it amazing what turn of events can take place? Appreciate you letting your readers know about this.
Really great read – are you having fun with it? Keep up the good work and good luck with your site!
Hey, have you seen this news article?
New details about Michael Jackson’s Death Emerge
I was wondering if you were going to blog about this…
I realize a lot of what I’m reading lately has to do with the current financial crisis, but your post is another story
thank you for sharing this!
Keep up the good work and good luck with your site – are you having fun with it? It’s interesting and well worth the time to visit.
Hmm… I read blogs on a similar topic, but i never visited your blog. I added it to favorites and i’ll be your constant reader.
Definitely it is a pleasure to take the time to read a post like this. I’ll be saving it on my favs so I can check it later again. when do you think you would write again about it?
This may seem strange but I couldn’t see the image above, I am using FireFox 2. anyways, what I read was very good and I enjoyed it. I was thinking about print it out, do I have permission to do that?
Hello,
I’m trying to trace as much information as possible on the two aircraft depicted bombing the marshalling yards. Perhaps even the crew! They are from the 671st squadron. The reason I am interested is that my house (La Bretonnière) appears towards the top left corner of the photograph. The marshalling yards were at Domfront(Gare)in Lower Normandy. We had to vacate our house, briefly, two weeks after we moved in in March 2004, because an unexploded 500lb bomb was unearthed across the road. It was successfully diffused. Two more bombs remain buried in the garden of our neighbour’s (across the bend in the road were the railway line crosses) and will not be removed.
Please, send me any info you have related to the aircraft, the missions flown, the pilots names etc.
Many thanks for your help in advance.
http://ancientcoins.ac/416/671o.html