And On The Other Hand

And On The Other Hand

Book Reviews

The Battle of the River Plate by Dudley Pope

When we think of war, we tend to think of great campaigns, great Generals, and…

Siberia and the Exile System by George Kennan

George Kennan (not to be confused with George F. Kennan, remembered for his famous “Long…

Retribution: The Soviet Reconquest of Centrol Ukrain, 1943 by Prit Buttar

Bloodlands, his 2010 history of Eastern Europe, Timothy Snyder presented a graphic picture of the…

Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany’s Weathiest Dynasties by David De Jong

Who were the financiers who provided the manufacturing and technical expertise which allowing Hitler and…

Poilu: The World War One Notebooks of Corporal Louis Barthas, Barrel Maker, 1914-1918

During the first world war, Corporal Barthas kept a diary, totaling some nineteen notebooks; in…

Against the Tide: Rickover’s Leadership Principles and the Rise of the Nuclear Navy by Read Admiral Dave Oliver, USN (Ret)

Prior to World War II, the established bureaucracy within the U.S. navy felt that battleships…

Wellington, the Path to Victory, 1769-1814 by Rory Muir

A massive biography which covers the first half of Wellington’s life. Not being the first…

Stalin and the Scientists: A History of Triumph and Tragedy, 1905-1953 by Simon Ings

According to Marxist “scientific thought”, man is shaped by his environment; change the environment and…

Last Days of Glory; the Death of Queen Victoria by Tony Rennell

In January 1901. Queen Victoria died at the age of 81 after being Queen for…

Poland 1939 by Roger Moorhouse

Through the mists of time, the campaign against Poland in September 1939 has seemed to…