Dr. Larry Smith - Author of “Darwin’s War” at The Circa History Guild!

June 27, 2009 - PRLog -- Author wins awards for new novel

Dr. Larry N. Smith’s New Book

Darwin’s War: Science, Politics, Warfare, Faith and Sacrifice:
The 416th Bomb Group’s Sacrifices to Defeat Eugenics

This New Book Explores the Role That Science Played in WWII and the International Origins of the Holocaust

Author Larry N. Smith, M.D. draws from the history of eugenics and personal accounts of 416th Bomb Group veterans to explain the root causes of World War II and the Holocaust in Darwin’s War

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Please join The Circa History Guild this coming Wednesday night (July 1st)  at 7:00pm to hear Dr. Larry Smith speak about his highly acclaimed and award-winning book Darwin’s War.
Wednesday, July 1st, at 7:00 Dr. Larry Smith will present a program based on his highly acclaimed and award-winning book Darwin’s War, published in 2008. Dr. Smith’s father served in the 416th Bomber Group in 1944-45 in World War II in Europe. The 416th Bomb Group Light were assigned six A-20 Havocs and two B-25s. They flew 10,009 sorties in the war and boasted 33,479 combat hours. Dr. Smith records the entire history of the group from training to the end of the war. His book is not the typical unit history, however. Dr. Smith’s book weaves together the context of the war itself, from the political events of the 30s to the beliefs that motivated the ideological architects of the Third Reich. While his account of the lives of the bomber crews and their mechanics is personal and many-layered, he is able to penetrate the motivations and personalities of the men and their experience of war in the skies.
Location:  
The Circa History Guild
8480 Holcomb Bridge Road
Suite 100
Alpharetta, GA  30022
678-352-1775
For More Information visit:
www.CircaHistory.com
Wednesday, July 1st at 7:00pm
Free -- Open To The Public.
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Local author Dr. Larry N. Smith has been named a finalist in the New Generation Indie Book Awards for 2009. Smith’s book, Darwin’s War, tells the story of the 416th Bomb Group during World War II. He has been nominated in two categories – History/Historical Non-Fiction and Best Cover Design.

Smith, of Gainesville, Florida, drew from the history of eugenics as well as personal, first-hand accounts to craft his historically based story.  His non-linear narrative details the complex interactions of pre-World War II economic, scientific, and diplomatic history and the consequences of these interactions, specifically on the lives of the 416th Bomb Group and the victims of the Holocaust. Smith’s father was a member of the bomb group that he details.

In Darwin’s War, Smith exposes the influence of early scientific and national survivalist writings on the first genetic and scientific organizations that arose from the Darwinian period. Following this theme, Smith shows how the scientific and social objectives of these organizations helped establish intolerant private and public policies and how those policies accelerated the onset of WWII.

Smith examines the infusion of private and public policies into national and strategic objectives before, during and after WWII through the eyes of the 416th Bomb Group. The author believes that the legacies of the policies of a science-based society live on today in many socio-political problems. Through those policies, national leaders galvanize their citizens into becoming Darwinian-Malthusian warriors, and wars are justified and waged not just against countries, but also against religions and other beliefs.

Writing to honor the men who fought and died to defeat eugenics, Smith hopes Darwin’s War will bring to light the true cost of scientific influence.

For more information the press can contact the author at lns1@msn.com 352-332-5626 or through www.darwinswar.com. Darwin’s War: Science, Politics, Warfare, Faith and Sacrifice: The 416th Bomb Group’s Sacrifices to Defeat Eugenics is available for sale online at Amazon.com, BookSurge.com, and through additional wholesale and retail channels worldwide.

About the Author
Larry N. Smith has a medical degree from the University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences and practiced otolaryngology for nearly twenty years. He is a member of several professional medical societies including the American College of Surgeons, and has written numerous journal articles and editorials on the economics of medicine. He is the son of a U.S. Air Force officer and pilot who flew during World War II with the 416th Bomb Group. Currently, he resides in Gainesville, Fla. with his wife and children.