Military

Book Review: Spymistress by William Stevenson

Vera Atkins was brilliant & effective. She fought in the SOE, answering to Churchill at great peril. Fleming based Ms.…

2 years ago

Book Review: From Warsaw with Love by John Pomfret

The book describes the long relationship between Polish & US intelligence agencies. Poland has been trying to come out from…

2 years ago

Book Review: Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars by Eileen M. Collins

I enjoyed reading about Col Eileen M. Collins’ (RET - USAF) journey to become an astronaut. It took time, planning,…

3 years ago

Audiobook Review: Eye of the Storm: 25 Years in Action with the SAS by Peter Ratcliffe

Eye of the Storm: 25 Years in Action with the SAS by Peter Ratcliffe is a memoir of the author’s…

3 years ago

Book Review: Plunder: Napoleon’s Theft of Veronese’s Feast by Cynthia Saltzman

The subject might be just one painting, but it also tells of the history of the time, military tactics, art…

3 years ago

Book Review: Codebreaker Girls: A Secret Life at Bletchley Park by Jan Slimming

Codebreaker Girls: A Secret Life at Bletchley Park is a non-fiction account of the life of Daisy Lawrence, who worked…

3 years ago

Book Review: Mission Command in the Israel Defense Forces edited by Brig. General (Ret.) Gideon Avidor

Mission Command in the Israel Defense Forces edited by Brig. General (Ret.) Gideon Avidor is a collection of essays written…

3 years ago

Book Review: Grunt by Mary Roach

The book covers what it takes to keeping soldiers effective in the field. The author mostly concentrates on science and…

4 years ago

Book Review: Last Witnesses by Svetlana Alexievich

The stories collected shattered many lives, not the least the childhood of the person telling. Several of them never recovered…

5 years ago

Book Review: The British are Coming by Rick Atkinson

The British are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775 – 1777 by Rick Atkinson describes the first…

5 years ago

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