The Mehlis Report – A Novel of Beirut
Since the world changed for Americans on Sept 11, 2001 I have made an effort to include fiction and history …
Category Archives: Books
The Rich Will Keep Getting Richer, Unless…
Several commentators take a look at, and are impressed, with the new English translation of Thomas Picketty’s French published book, …
Clouds Above the Hill — Japan’s Good Wars
Shiba Ryōtarō is said to be one of Japan’s favorite authors. Prolific in multiple genres, he’s credited with over 500 …
The Sixth Extinction — We’re It
From the first major extinction event on earth to the present is about 443 million years. That’s a lot a …
Mexican Mystery Classic: The Mongolian Conspiracy
New Directions, blessed with a nose for lesser known and marginalized literature of high value since its founding in 1936, …
Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft and the Great Wave of Progress
Just finished listening to a very able Audible reading of The Bully Pulpit, Doris Kearns Goodwin’s paean to Theodore Roosevelt, …
Hidden Battles: War Trauma Across Cultures
Hidden Battles is an accomplished documentary bringing us 5 war participants-as-fighters and the years that have followed them: Israeli soldier, …
Post War Trauma — and Love
Terry Gross interviewed a quite incredible couple today on her Fresh Air show. Kayla Williams and Brian McGough met in …
The Things They Carried – Writing About War
The last American troops left Vietnam over 40 years ago but the war goes on. Tens of thousands of veterans …
Three Soldiers — A WW I Novel of John Dos Passos
It’s hard, reading today, to get a grip on the impact which John Dos Passos’ Three Soldiers had on the …
Bloodlust: On the Roots of Violence
If there were an “X” Prize for solving the problem of human violence, Russell Jacoby‘s Bloodlust: On the Roots of …
WW I As Recorded by those Who Were There
The British National Archives has announced that in this 100th year anniversary of the beginning of WW I, (August), that …