"Tom Alexander and Dan Utley, two outstanding historians with a great wealth of information and knowledge on military history between them, have gotten together to make "1+1" into much more than "2". Make it a full "10" for their thorough review of what remains from our militant history to teach present and future Texans."--Archie P. McDonald
|"In Faded Glory authors Tom Alexander and Dan K. Utley have shared a seat in their car for a first-hand tour of military history across the Lone Star State. Starting with the U.S.-Mexican War and coming up through World War II, they have recounted the stories of both familiar and little-known scenes of military activities and then have given us easy-to-follow instructioins on how we can visit and experience the sites for ourselves. This is the perfect book for the armchair historian or the eager heritage tourist." --T. Lindsay Baker, W.K. Gordon Endowed Chair in Texas Industrial History, Tarleton State University
|"In this beautifully illustrated and well-crafted book, the military history of Texas comes alive and takes on new meaning. One can almost hear the thunder of cavalry horses and the clatter of dragoon sabers and Ranch Carrisitos on the Rio Grande, the deadly crack of Billy Dixon's rifle at Adobe Walls, or the fatiguing sighs of the ill-fated Sibley Brigade arriving at a windswept Fort Bliss. There is also the deafening pound of Lt. Dick Dowling's artillery at Sabine Pass, the debilitating and scorching heat in the desert at Camp Ruidosa in 1916, the hum of propellers as airplanes take flight at Marfa Army Airfield, or the whistle of a troop train in the night as Italian prisoners from North Africa arrive at Camp Hereford in the Panhandle. It is all here and it is all very exciting and very grand."--Jerry D. Thompson, Regents Professor of Humanities, Texas A&M International University
|"It is obviously a labor of love...this book moves from being merely fun and informative to being truly an important effort to marshal support for historic preservation. This is a lively text, well-written by two fellows who are obviously good story-tellers."--Richard B. McCaslin, Professor and Chair of the History department at the University of North Texas
|"Faded Glory takes the general audience on an interesting and informative journey into the nooks and crannies of Texas history. The theme presents a representative sampling of thirty-four Texas military sites...that offer a window into key periods of Texas history from statehood and the Mexican War to the end of World War II."--Thomas T. Smith, retired US Army lieutenant colonal and author of The Old Army in Texas: A Research Guide to the U.S. Army in Nineteenth-Century Texas and The U.S. Army and the Texas Frontier Economy, 1845-1900
