And On The Other Hand

And On The Other Hand

Book Reviews

The Age of Battles: the Quest for Decisive Warfare from Breitenfeld to Waterloo by Russell F. Weigley

Victor Davis Hanson in his The Father of Us All; War & History, Ancient &…

Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydide’s Trap? by Graham Allison

The Thucydides’s Trap is when a rising poser threatens to displace an existing one.  This…

The House of Government by Yuri Slezkine

Martin Amis wrote, “The chief demerit of the Marxist program was its point-by-point defiance of…

The Splendid and the File by Erik Larson

History can be the best of subjects or the worse depending on your individual mindset,…

Rampage: MacArthur, Yamashita and the Battle of Manila

Over the decades, I have read many books, transcripts, interviews, done personal interviews, etc. regarding…

The Twilight Years: the Paradox of Britain Between the Wars by Richard Overy

What makes a civilization decline?  Is a decline caused by economic or moral faults or…

The Radetzky March by Joseph Roth

Originally published in 1932, this excellent little novel is still in print, thus testifying to…

An Officer and a Spy by Robert Harris

Robert Harris, the author of Fatherland has taken a key event in the history of…

Black Earth, The Holocaust as History and Warning by Timothy Snyder

Bloodlands, Timothy Snyder’s monumental work has been complimented by Black Earth, The Holocaust as History…

My Silent War: the Autobiography of a Spy by Kim Philby

For nearly twenty year, Kim Philby was the premier Soviet spy, rising through the ranks…