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Time for Western Europe to Wake Up

Much is being made of the Trump administration’s new national security strategy. In the thirty-three-page…

Time for Western Europe to Wake Up

Much is being made of the Trump administration’s new national security strategy. In the thirty-three-page…

Some Quick Thoughts on a Visit to London

It has been about a year and a half since I last visited London, and…

Failure Begets Failure

Numerous times over the past year (e.g., Jan. 2, Jan. 23, Feb. 5, March 8,…

The Banality of Evil

The recent movie Nuremberg centers around two characters: Dr. Douglas Kelley, who spent many hours…

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Death Dealer: The Memoirs of the SS Kommandant at Auschwitz by Rudolph Hoss, Edited by Steven Paskuly

Death Dealer by Rudolph Hoss, edited by Steven Paskuly, is the memoir of the SS…

Isabella, the Warrior Queen by Kirstin Downey

Kirstin Downey’s Isabella, the Warrior Queen is a very fair, balanced biography of the great…

The Private Life of Chairman Mao by Dr. Li Zhisui

How does a man responsible for the deaths of thirty to forty-five million of his…

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Time for Western Europe to Wake Up

Much is being made of the Trump administration’s new national security strategy. In the thirty-three-page…

Some Quick Thoughts on a Visit to London

It has been about a year and a half since I last visited London, and…

Failure Begets Failure

Numerous times over the past year (e.g., Jan. 2, Jan. 23, Feb. 5, March 8,…

The Banality of Evil

The recent movie Nuremberg centers around two characters: Dr. Douglas Kelley, who spent many hours…

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New Novel

My Honor Is My Loyalty

A Novel of War in the East During World War II

From the battlefields of the Eastern Front to the mountains of the Balkans, this novel follows one young German soldier drawn into the Waffen-SS by patriotism, ambition, and blind faith. What begins as loyalty slowly becomes something far more dangerous as the war turns brutal and the truth becomes impossible to ignore, and he is forced to confront the cost of blind obedience and the man he has become.

Based on years of research and interviews with former Waffen-SS officers and enlisted men. Not a war story built on fantasy, but a reckoning with history’s darkest chapter.

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Time for Western Europe to Wake Up

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Cassino’44: Five Months of Hell in Italy by James Holland

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Some Quick Thoughts on a Visit to London

It has been about a year and a half since I last visited London, and…

A Cigar in London

A cigar in London is one of the treats of a cold-weather visit to the…

Meet The Author

Barry J. Klazura

Writer · Historian · Entrepreneur · Founder · Author of “My Honor Is My Loyalty”

Barry studied Political Science at Loyola University Chicago, focusing on guerrilla warfare and totalitarianism. He spent years researching World War II and speaking directly with former Waffen-SS officers and enlisted men — bringing historical accuracy to both his reviews and his debut novel.

For over twenty years a financial advisor, Barry writes because the mainstream won’t ask the hard questions. And On The Other Hand is where those questions live.

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