And On The Other Hand

And On The Other Hand

Book Reviews

To the Gate of Hell by Armin Bottger

I don’t believe that the author set out to create a Wehrmacht version of Catch-22,…

Ivan’s War, Life and Death in the Red Army, 1939-1945 by Catherine Merridale

There is a popular vision of the war on the “Eastern Front” (so termed by…

The Pursuit of Power, Europe 1815-1914 by Richard Evans

Penguin Books has introduced a history of Europe from Troy through the present; a massive…

Isabella, the Warrior Queen by Kirstin Downey

A very fair, balanced biography of the great Queen of Spain who was responsible for…

:  With Napoleon in Russia (1935 edition) by General de Caulaincourt, Duke of Vicenza

The general (of a military and diplomatic career) provides an excellent intimate look at the…

Fortress Cholm by Oskars Berro

The war in Russia, from 1941-45 witnessed numerous major battles, such as Stalingrad, Kursk, Operation…

The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea by Yukio Mishima

I first read this novel over forty years ago and although I did not recall…

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

Not as well known in the U.S. as in the U.K., James Holland only became…

Human Bullets: A Soldier’s Story of Port Arthur by Tadayoshi Sakurai

On my posting of September 29, 2025, I reviewed an excellent history of the Russian-Japanese…