And On The Other Hand

And On The Other Hand

Book Reviews

The God That Failed, Six Studies in Communism

This classic of political writing features essays by some of the brilliant intellectual minds from…

The Fifth Seal by Mark Aldanov

Published in the United States in 1943, this interesting novel the decline of the French…

Vanished Kingdoms, The Rise and Fall of States and Nations by Norman Davies

If you like history, you probably feel comfortable in a discussion about most Western European…

The Ravens: The Men Who Flew in America’s Secret War in Laos

From the early 1960s through 1973, the U.S. was engaged in a secret way in…

Murderous Science: Elimination by Scientific Selection of Jews, Gypsies & Others, Germany 1933-45 by Benno Miller-Hill

The belief that certain people(s) are inherently superior to others and that “lesser” peoples need…

Once an Eagle by Anton Myrer

There are a few novels that I will read more than once, for the simple…

The Day Will Pass Away, the Diary of a Gulag Prison Guard, 1935-36 by Ivan Chistyakov

A few years ago, I was in St. Petersburg and on a tour to the…

The British are Coming, the War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 by Rick Atkinson

I have always found it interesting that some of the very best histories are written…

The Adventures of General Marbot edited and illustrated by John W. Thompson, Jr.

One of the joys of visiting New Orleans is the ability to wander in wonderful…

The Politics of the Prussian Army, 1640-1945 by Gordon A. Craig

It is difficult to write an interesting book on politics when 1) the national politics…