Christopher Eger
Christopher Eger is a first generation American of Russian-German descent and has been a student of military history and hoplologist for more that 20 years. He is a member of the US Press Association, Company of Military Historians, International Naval Research Organization, the US Naval Institute, US Navy League, The Fiction Writers Platform and a Mississippi State Guardsman. He is a security consultant to the federal government and author of more than 400 published articles, essays and papers. He is a firearms and impact weapons trainer as well a less than lethal weapons instructor. He formerly worked as a corporate trainer for a fortune 100 company, the department head of a county law enforcement office, and for one of the top ten defense contractors in the country.
Besides his work on Suite101, he also contributes to CNN's iReports Program, History Times.com, contributes to eHow's knowledge base on military and security subjects, and is the Military History Editor for The Dark Paladin Underground Bookseller. Christopher has been published in Security Management, Military Historian and Collector, Sea Classics, the historical journal England Expects, the newsletters Combat Forums and Strike First-Strike Fast and has appeared on Pacific Radio News on the subject of military history. He worked with a German documentary film crew covering U-Boats sunk in American water and a number of his works have also been republished on Helium.com.
He runs the blog http://laststandonzombieisland.com which focuses on Weapons, Wars, Preparation and Security.
He recently took a position as a Contributing Writer for Mississippi Sportsman magazine.
Chris has recently submitted several military-related articles to the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi's Mississippi Encyclopedia collaborative project
He is currently working on a comprehensive English language book on the Russian Civil War as well as taking a stab at fiction with a military sci-fi book currently under review by a major publisher while working towards his MA
A full list of works appears at http://www.thedarkpaladin.com/eger
Chris believes that journalist and military historian Sir Max Hastings said it best when he stated " A generation ago, people who wrote so-called military history were ...chiefly in the business of describing which division went this way and that division went that way---the minutiae of campaigns-Today by contrast, people like me...are above all in the business of describing human experience. Which seems to us overwhelmingly the most important contribution we have to make about this instance of events."
Latest Articles
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Weather Station Kurt
Secret Nazi Weather Outpost in Canada 1943-1981
Jan 4, 2012
- Christopher Eger
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Ultimate Guide to US Army Combat
A Review of the new mega-manual by Skyhorse publishing on everything combat related in the US Army.
Dec 17, 2011
- Christopher Eger
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The Archaeologist was a Spy: A Review
A Review of the new book by Louis Sadler and Charles Harris about Sylvanus G. Morley and the Office of Naval Intelligence
Dec 13, 2011
- Christopher Eger
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In Katrina's Wake: The U.S. Coast Guard vs the 2005 Hurricanes
A review of the amazing true story of how the smallest of the armed forces helped save the Gulf Coast after the hurricanes of 2005
Dec 13, 2011
- Christopher Eger
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The Story of Sergeant Reckless USMC Korean War Horse
A short Mongolian mare, purchased for $250, became a decorated USMC war hero during the Korean War.
Dec 11, 2011
- Christopher Eger
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US Army Basic Training Break Down
A look at the 14-week One Station Unit Training (OSUT) Program that forges civilians into US Army Infantrymen.
Dec 11, 2011
- Christopher Eger
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Famous Recycled Ship Names of the US Navy
Many ship names such as the Hornet, Wasp and Enterprise have been reused over the past 200 years to keep heritage alive in the US Navy.
Nov 5, 2011
- Christopher Eger
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Roosevelt's Navy: A Review of the Upcoming Book
Franklin Roosevelt one of the most groundbreaking assistant secretaries of the navy in modern time. A new book by James Tertius de Kay shows why.
Oct 24, 2011
- Christopher Eger
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US Navy Battleship Classes 1890-1990: From BB1-BB64
The United States Navy built and maintained more 50 battleships over a 100-year period in 3 distinct types.
Oct 9, 2011
- Christopher Eger
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Quantrill at Lawrence the Untold Story
A Review of Paul Petersen's Quantrill at Lawrence, The Untold Story
Sep 18, 2011
- Christopher Eger
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