And On The Other Hand

And On The Other Hand

Book Reviews

Do You Value Your Citizenship?

The concept of “broken windows” policing should apply on a national level; when we see…

Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar by Simon Sebag Montefiore

Given the situation in the Ukraine, I thought a brief reminder of the system that…

The Fishing Fleet: Husband-Hunting in the Raj by Anne De Courcy

From 1671 until the fall of the Raj and the independence of India, many thousands…

Memoirs of a Revolutionary by Victor Serge

Victor Serge (1890-1947) was born Victor Lvovich Kibalchich to Russian anti-Tsarist exiles and grew up…

Robert E. Lee, a Life by Allen C. Guelzo

At the end of last November, I posted a review by Victor David Hanson of…

The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany

This is a fine novel, filled with interesting characters, well developed and all connected through…

An Uncompromising Generation: The Nazi Leadership of the Reich Security Main Office by Michael Wildt and Tom Lampert (translator)

When the Cold War ended, many felt that it signified the end of totalitarianism and…

Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

At over seven hundred pages, I approached this book with a certain degree of trepidation;…

On and Off the Pedestal, a New Biography of Robert E. Lee

Victor David Hanson has published an excellent review of Robert E. Lee: A Life by…