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Friday, July 24, 2026

The Battle of Salamis: The Victory That Saved Greece

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  Barry Strauss ’s The Battle of Salamis is a well-written, readable account of one of the decisive battles of the ancient world. Drawing o...
Friday, July 17, 2026

We: The Forgotten Beginning of the Dystopian Novel

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  I finally read Yevgeny Zamyatin 's We at the urging of a friend, and I am glad I did.  As I was reading, I knew I had found the sourc...
Thursday, July 16, 2026

David Hockney at the Serpentine: Peace in a Place Built for War

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  On a recent visit to London I discovered that the setting of an exhibition can become part of the experience. That was certainly true of D...
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Friday, July 10, 2026

War and Power: Logistics, Industry, and the Reality Behind Victory

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Phillips Payson O'Brien 's War and Power is one of the most thought-provoking books on military history I have read in recent years...
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Friday, July 3, 2026

Destined for War: Ancient Greece and the Shadow Over the Twenty-First Century

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  A friend with deep connections in China recommended Graham Allison 's Destined for War after President Xi Jinping warned President T...
Monday, June 29, 2026

A Day at the Imperial War Museum Duxford

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  One of the highlights of my recent visit to England was a bicycle ride from Cambridge to the Imperial War Museum Duxford , one of the fin...
Thursday, June 25, 2026

Reading Robert Alter: The Psalms and the Wisdom Books

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  Over the past year I have read two of Robert Alter 's remarkable translations of the Hebrew Bible: The Book of Psalms and, more recen...
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