And On The Other Hand

And On The Other Hand

Book Reviews

At Stalin’s Side Review: His Interpreter’s Memoirs from the October Revolution to the Fall of the Dictator’s Empire by Valentin Berezhkov

A review of At Stalin’s Side, Valentin Berezhkov’s memoir as an interpreter inside Stalin’s inner…

The Price of Victory by N.A.M. Rodger: A Review of British Naval History

Read a review of The Price of Victory by N.A.M. Rodger, exploring British naval history,…

Organizer of Victory, 1943–1945: George C. Marshall by Forrest C. Pogue

Read a review of Forrest C. Pogue’s Organizer of Victory, exploring George C. Marshall’s WWII…

The Honored Society by Norman Lewis

Prior to the invasion of Sicily during WWII, the United States government released the notorious…

:  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…