Review:I think this is an average book, although quite honest from the Author. I have heard a lot of Tim O'Brien but this is the first book I read of his. It is much more an anti-war book then a war book. In this account anyway, I find the Author's arrogance towards other soldiers who he calls GI's although I hadn't heard that term in reference to someone in the Army since WWII. I might not have heard it due to where I served in the Marines, small, remote areas in and near the DMZ. And my experience do... Read more

Review:Fantastic story about a Marine company which withstood attack after attack from the Chinese Army in Korea. They were greatly outnumbered and suffering from unimaginable cold weather yet held on to a vital passage point for the Marines and Army units to escape from the Chosin Reservoir during the Korean War. Very well written and almost places you on the battlefield with Fox Company; a place I would never want to be in my worst nightmares. Semper Fi Marines. You excelled at adding another brick i... Read more

Review:Svetlana Alexievich's book, "The Unwomanly Face of War," is about Russian women's lives on the front in World War II. Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky were the book's translators. The author was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature for "polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time." This book chronicled historic accounts of various Russian women on the front line against the Nazis during World War II. The author traveled around Russia and the former Soviet Uni... Read more

Review:'Embracing Defeat' is a Pulitzer prize winning portrait of Japanese society after the defeat in WW2. It is a wide ranging survey, which, despite some guiding themes, often feels more like a collection of essays than a unified work.

There are, I think, several questions of great interest to the contemporary reader about Japan. One would probably be most interested in learning about how Japan dealt with the devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki; how Japan turned from a racist, imperialist... Read more

Review:An in depth but somewhat verbose account of his concepts and astute observations. Having read War and Peace many years ago, I feel that this marathon read should have been entitled “War and War”. I highly recommend this book for its perspicacity and realpolitik lessons. Read more

Review:This book is a wonderful trip in itself throughout the world taken from your own couch.
Although I am a voracious reader, I rarely buy a new book. Libraries, yard sales, friends,
Library book sales...these can keep me in reading material for years!
However, this is the exception to the rule. My husband and I love to travel and make a point of avoiding the main
tourist attractions and seeking out the unusual spots in each area we visit. This books saves us a lot of research!
Well ... Read more

Review:As an aviation buff, I enjoyed the read. But seriously, the premise was good, that storyline was well told, but when it came to the actual execution of the caper, and the ending, I had to roll my eyes. Unbelievable, and sappy. I understand Cheese was carrier qualified, so you would think his story about stealing a foreign stealth plane that overflies a land base, to land on a carrier, without the mention of any ICLS or even an ILS heads up display in the Devildragon...or a tailhook?III? Read more

Review:A riveting tale of how a common citizen of modest heritage rose to the task of leading the United States, as well as the Allied Powers of the free world, to conclude President Roosevelt's years of effort to win the war. Read more

Review:This is an excellent book for anyone who wants to learn more about the Bataan Death March in Philippines during the Second World War. Most people, have focused on Iwo Jima, Peleliu, and Okinawa to learn more about the ordeals of soldiers in World War II and have often "forget" about these brave souls in Philipines. In "Ghost Soldiers", Hampton Sides gives these forgotten soldiers, voices.
This book deals with both the successful rescue effort by the 6th Ranger and the ordeal of the prisoners ... Read more

Review:A BEAUTIFUL BOOK IN EVERY WAY ABOUT A TRULY BEAUTIFUL
MATHEMATICIAN AND MAN. IT'S A GREAT GIFT PURCHASE FOR
ANY ONE WHO KNOW AND DELIGHTS IN RAMANUJAN AND FOR
ANY ONE WHO DOESN'T KNOW OF RAMANUJAN. Read more