Does war work? This question lingers in the pages of Andrew Roberts’ study of the roles that strategic leadership, exemplary tactics and technological prowess played in determining the outcome of conflicts.
Patrice Lumumba was an inspirational hero to millions of his countrymen.
With the first sentence of his kaleidoscopic guide to Eastern Europe's past, the journalist Jacob Mikanowski reveals that his work is meant to discover, to unearth: "This is a history of a place that doesn't exist."
I've read and enjoyed Tom Clavin's earlier Western histories, such as "Dodge City," "Tombstone" and "Wild Bill," all of which I've covered here.
Mark Bowden is perhaps best known for books about the military, such as "Black Hawk Down," but he has also written several books about crime.
What would Hunter's life look like today if his last name weren't Biden?
What was once tagged the "lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer" is now deemed "global boiling" by U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
I was drawn to Lisa Scottoline's historical novel about Sicily, "Loyalty," because I've enjoyed her novels in the past, and because I'm half Sicilian on my late mother's side and I visited that beautiful island many years ago.
"Lessons From the Covid War: An Investigative Report by The Covid Crisis Group" sizes up the U.S. response to the largest worldwide conflict so far in the 21st century.
Loren D. Estleman, the award-winning author of the Amos Walker crime series, has published "Paperback Jack," an interesting and well-written novel about the birth of paperback novels.
Some years ago, when I was performing security work as a civilian Defense Department employee, I attended a briefing at the headquarters of the Defense Intelligence Agency at Bolling Air Force Base in Washington.
Most Americans do not know the name Franz Stigler. In late 1943, in the air war over Germany, Stigler climbed into the cockpit of his Messerschmitt Bf-109 to pursue a badly damaged B-17.
Alma Katsu's "Red London," the second spy thriller in a series that began with "Red Widow," is a well-written and fascinating look at a CIA officer and a Russian oligarch in post-Putin London.
The first must-have volume for would-be political appointees hoping to restore America after the swearing-in of a Republican president in 2025 has just been published.
