And On The Other Hand

And On The Other Hand

Book Reviews

Grant by Ron Chernow

A lengthy biography of General and President Ulysses S. Grant (given name, Hiram Ulysses Grant),…

The Downing Street Years by Margaret Thatcher

This massive-almost nine hundred pages-book is an almost day by day, detailed record of her…

Panzer Leader by General Heinz Guderian

Considered by many to be the founding father of the Panzer concept in pre-war Germany,…

The Secret Paris of the 30s by Brassai

Starting in the late 1920’s the author began prowling the back streets and alleys of…

The Bridge on the Drina by Ivo Andric

Over three hundred years ago, a Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire built a bridge…

The Line Upon the Wind; The Great War at Sea, 1793-1815 by Noel Mostert

A massive (just over 700 pages) history of the naval battles between the United Kingdom…

The Indomitable Florence Finch by Robert J. Mrazek

Histories of war are often told from the viewpoint of grand strategies, major military or…

The Retreat; Hitler’s First Defeat by Michael Jones

For years, Albert Seaton’s “Battle for Moscow” has been the gold standard for reviews of…

Cicero: the Life and Times of Rome’s Greatest Politician by Anthony Everitt

Marcus Tullius Cicero was well known during his life (and for centuries afterwards until the…

The Passions of Andrew Jackson by Andrew Burstein

Vicious Indian Fighter, Slave trader and owner, duelist, adulterer, devoted husband (to the woman he…