And On The Other Hand

And On The Other Hand

Book Reviews

What If?

History is full of “what ifs”, “near things”, and “almost”.  In Hitler’s American Gamble by…

The Winter War: Russia’s Invasion of Finland, 1939-40 by Robert Edwards

For 105 days, the small and ill-equipped Finnish army held off the full might of…

A Homeland Denied by Irena Kossakowski

As we are growing up, we have a tendency to either ignore or tune out…

Mao’s Great Famine: The History of China’s Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-1962 by Frank Dikotter

What is the correct number?  Thirty-Two million?  Thirty-Seven million?  Forty million? The correct number of…

Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientist to America by Anne Jacobsen

French President Charles de Gaulle once said, “The State is a harsh mistress”.  He may…

August 1914 by Alexander Solzhenitsyn

In August 1914, the Imperial German Army won a total victory over the Imperial Russian…

The German War by Nicholas Stargardt

 I seldom read any books on WWII any longer (as my library is chuck full…

Independent People by Halldor Laxness

After visiting Iceland, I was eager to read this book which won the Nobel Prize…

The Tragedy of Liberation: A History of the Chinese Revolution, 1945-1957 by Frank Dikotter

Following on the publication of the prize-winning history, Mao’s Great Famine, Dr. Dikotter’s history of…

The Forsaken Army by Heinrich Gerlach

One of the great battles of World War II, Stalingrad consumed the lives of an…