And On The Other Hand

And On The Other Hand

Book Reviews

The German War by Nicholas Stargardt

 I seldom read any books on WWII any longer (as my library is chuck full…

Independent People by Halldor Laxness

After visiting Iceland, I was eager to read this book which won the Nobel Prize…

The Tragedy of Liberation: A History of the Chinese Revolution, 1945-1957 by Frank Dikotter

Following on the publication of the prize-winning history, Mao’s Great Famine, Dr. Dikotter’s history of…

The Forsaken Army by Heinrich Gerlach

One of the great battles of World War II, Stalingrad consumed the lives of an…

Shrouds of Glory: From Atlanta to Nashville by Winston Groom

Winston Groom is best known for his book (and the hugely successful movie), Forrest Gump. …

Stalinism as a Way of Life by Lewis Siegelbaum and Andrei Sololov

After the fall of the Soviet Union, many archives were temporarily opened, and historians and…

The Man in the Red Coat by Julian Barnes

It is the time of the Belle Epoque in France and during the summer of…

Cataclysm 90 B.C., the Forgotten War by Philip Matyszak

A short book, well written that breaks into three parts: 1) how the people of…

No Simple Victory by Norman Davies

Davies is in my opinion, the foremost living historian on Eastern Europe; his books on…

Citizen Soldiers: the U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany by Stephen E. Ambrose

This is Stephen Ambrose at his best; after conducting interviews with over 1000 veterans, on…