And On The Other Hand

And On The Other Hand

Book Reviews

The House of Islam, a Global History by Ed Husain

Many years ago, just out of University my parents and I travelled to Spain.  We…

Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning by Nigel Biggar

We seem to be living in a time when a goodly portion of humanity, the…

Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and their Decline by Montesquieu

Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brede et de Montesquieu was from the middle…

Natural Gas as an Instrument of Russian State Power by Ion Iftimie

Given the war in the Ukraine, I thought this might be a good time to…

Swords Around A Throne by John R. Elting

Elting, a noted historian and lecturer at West Point has put it all together in…

The Civilization of Europe in the Renaissance by John Hale

Covering the period between 1450-1620, Hale brings into play all the forces around which everyday…

Engines of War by Christian Wolmar

The logistics of war is a science often neglected.  A prime example of this was…

The Good Old Days; the Holocaust as Seen by Its Perpetrators and Bystanders: Drnet Klee, Willi Dressen and Volker Riess, editors

Hannah Arendt, the noted political theorist and philosopher was on the receiving end of her…

Churchill and Sea Power by Christopher M. Bell

This is a well-balanced history of Churchill’s interaction with the British navy both as a…

Casanova, the World of a Seductive Genius by Laurence Bergreen

As depicted by Hollywood and popular culture, Casanova was a noted womanizer who had no…