And On The Other Hand

And On The Other Hand

Book Reviews

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…

Brute Force: Allied Strategy and Tactics in the Second World War by John Ellis

There is a scene in the movie “Patton” where he is standing as a mass…

The Iron Flood by A. Serafimovich

The author (1863-19490) was born on the Don and his father was paymaster in a…

Bismark’s War: The Franco-Prussian War and the Making of Modern Europe

A few years ago, my wife and I spent a month in France, starting at…

Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman

 When the manuscript for this book was first reviewed by the Soviet censor, he told…