by Martin Dugard, Kindle edition, 2001, Pocket Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. The book is interesting but it’s not a true biography as the author makes up scenarios that are likely but not necessarily valid. He … Continue reading →
by Mike Duncan, 2021, Audiobook narrated by the author, PublicAffairs This is a pretty good biography about an amazing individual. Lafayette was a person whose life story is almost unbelievable. He was present in the American Revolution at almost every … Continue reading →
by Allen C. Guelzo, 2021, Kindle Edition, Alfred A.Knopf, New York This is a balanced, well-researched, and well-written biography of Robert E. Lee. The author delves into the aspects of Lee’s life that made him the person he was. … Continue reading →
by Nelson Mandela, 2008, Kindle Version, Little, Brown and Company I read most of this book while on a trip to South Africa. It provided me with an understanding of what the country had gone through under apartheid and … Continue reading →
by Fred Kaplan, 2020, Simon & Schuster This book is about the development of the strategy of national defense and how we would utilize nuclear weapons in the event of a threat to our country. Actually, that statement isn’t exactly … Continue reading →
by Erik Larson, 2020, Crown, sold by Random House This book basically highlights the first year of Winston Churchill’s rule as prime minister from May of 1941. Like Larson’s other books, he contrasts what is going on in one venue … Continue reading →
by Adam Higginbotham, 2019, Simon & Schuster Excellent book although somewhat difficult to digest due to all the individual characters involved and their Russian names which make it hard to follow. I was not aware of the causes of the … Continue reading →
by Richard M. Watt, 1968, Barnes and Noble Books. Quite a few years ago my son showed me a box of books that he had been assigned to read when he was studying for his master’s degree in Eastern European … Continue reading →
By John U. Bacon, audiobook narrated by Johnny Heller, 2017, Harper Collins Publisher This is a detailed account of the disaster that occurred in 1917 when a ship, loaded with ammunition to be sent to Europe, blew up in Halifax … Continue reading →
by Will and Ariel Durant, 1968, Simon and Schuster, New York This is a wonderful 102 page book that the Durants published in 1968 after publishing their ten volume set, The Story of Civilization beginning in 1944. The book attempts … Continue reading →