The Greatest Battle: Stalin, Hitler, and the Desperate Struggle for Moscow That Changed the Course of World War II by Andrew Nagorski
June 8, 2026He focuses on the assault on Moscow, the largest battle in history between two opposing armies....
Last Night I Dreamed of Peace by Dang Thuy Tram
June 5, 2026Whether amputating a shrapnel-torn limb or performing an emergency appendectomy, Dr. Tram proved to be remarkably...
Notes From Italy: Looking Back at Mussolini
June 4, 2026Mussolini was not the only dictator of his time. In his Europe, in a time of...
The Bloodiest Day: December 6, 1967
May 21, 2026In Lieutenant Morris’ words, “We moved into the woods and within minutes all hell broke loose.”...
The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West by Niall Ferguson
May 21, 2026Niall Ferguson is hot—about as hot as a historian can get.
Wade Hampton: Confederate Warrior, Conservative Statesman by Walter Brian Cisco
May 21, 2026Biography, if it serves the reader, is best written not only with the exploits of the...
The Uncivil War: Irregular Warfare in the Upper South 1861-1865 by Robert R. Mackey
May 20, 2026Army Major Robert R. Mackey, currently assigned to the Pentagon, has written a much-needed study of...
Moscow 1941: A City and Its People at War – by Rodric Braithwaite
May 14, 2026The 19th century Russian poet Fyodor Tyutchev wrote mystically that “Russia is not to be understood...

Book Review: The Second World War by Antony Beevor
April 16, 2026Hitler’s Final Solution was not a separate campaign of mass murder, parallel to the fighting on...
Oil and Africa
December 18, 2025[Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from Adam Robert’s new book The Wonga Coup: Guns,...





