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The Micro-History of Weimar, Germany: A Case Study in Democratic Fragility
The Micro-History of Weimar, Germany: A Case Study in Democratic Fragility
BOOK REVIEW: Weimar: Life on the Edge of CatastropheBy Katja Hoyer / Basic BooksReviewed by: [...] More
Rally the Rimlands
Rally the Rimlands
Book Review Breaking the New Axis: A Grand Strategy for EurasiaBy Seth Cropsey and Harry Halem/ [...] More
Raddatz Gives Voice to Those Who Served
Raddatz Gives Voice to Those Who Served
BOOK REVIEW: The Hero Next Door: Stories of Patriotism and PurposeBy Martha Raddatz | Avid Reader [...] More
The Long Reach Of Old Wars
The Long Reach Of Old Wars
BOOK REVIEW: THE EXPEDITERBy Kenneth Dekleva Reviewed by: Bill HarlowThe Reviewer — Bill Harlow [...] More
Great Powers Are Back … Yet Again
Great Powers Are Back … Yet Again
BOOK REVIEW: The Return of Great PowersBy Brendan Simms | Basic BooksREVIEWER: Jean-Thomas Nicole [...] More
Five Traitors, One Last Book Please
Five Traitors, One Last Book Please
BOOK REVIEW: Stalin’s Apostles: The Cambridge Five and the Making of the Soviet EmpireBy Antonia [...] More
War, Climate, and AI Collide in "2084"
War, Climate, and AI Collide in "2084"
BOOK REVIEW: 2084: A Novel of the Climate WarBy Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis, USN / [...] More
Guns Don’t Kill People…And Neither Do Robots (Yet).
Guns Don’t Kill People…And Neither Do Robots (Yet).
By Katrina Manson / W.W.Norton & CompanyReviewed by: Neal A. Pollard The Reviewer – Neal A. Pollard [...] More
The Admiral Behind Chinese Naval Modernization
The Admiral Behind Chinese Naval Modernization
Book Review: China’s Mahan: Admiral Liu Huaqing and the Rise of the Modern Chinese Navy by Xiaobing [...] More
Pope Leo XIV: A Citizen of the World
Pope Leo XIV: A Citizen of the World
BOOK REVIEW: Pope Leo XIV: The BiographyBy Elise Ann Allen/Penguin Random House [...] More
Bill Rapp’s Prague Spring: Cold War Redux
Bill Rapp’s Prague Spring: Cold War Redux
Book Review: The Prague SpringBy Bill Rapp/Coffeetown PressReviewed by Kenneth DeklevaThe Reviewer [...] More
From Kabul to the French Quarter
From Kabul to the French Quarter
BOOK REVIEW: THE FOURTH OPTIONBy JACK CARR AND M.P. WOODWARD / ATRIA/EMILY BESTLER BOOKSReviewed [...] More
From Apex Political Predator to Symbolic War Criminal
From Apex Political Predator to Symbolic War Criminal
BOOK REVIEW: Tojo: The Rise and Fall of Japan’s Most Controversial World War II GeneralPeter Mauch [...] More
Allies In War, Partners In Peace
Allies In War, Partners In Peace
BOOK REVIEW: Ike and Winston: World War, Cold War, and an Extraordinary FriendshipBy: Jonathan W. [...] More
Putin's Dangerous, Corrupt, and Often Incompetent Spies
Putin's Dangerous, Corrupt, and Often Incompetent Spies
BOOK REVIEW Tradecraft, Tactics, and Dirty Tricks: Russian Intelligence and Putin’s Secret WarBy [...] More
Finally, a Taiwan Strategy That Goes Beyond "Do Something"
Finally, a Taiwan Strategy That Goes Beyond "Do Something"
BOOK REVIEW: Defending Taiwan A Strategy To Prevent War With ChinaBy Eyck Preymann / Oxford [...] More
Beyond The Bureau: The Real DGSE
Beyond The Bureau: The Real DGSE
BOOK REVIEW: The DGSE: A Concise History of France’s Foreign Intelligence ServiceBy Damien Van [...] More
Thus Spoke Henry Kissinger
Thus Spoke Henry Kissinger
BOOK REVIEW: The Kissinger Tapes: Inside His Secretly Recorded Phone Conversations Tom Wells/ [...] More