Duty – Robert Gates
This was a really, really good book. Gates' writing isn't polished, which suits his storytelling well, since the book's whole...
Ministers at War: Winston Churchill and His War Cabinet – Jonathan Schneer
I have been interested in the pre-PM days of Winston Churchill - how exactly he ended up as PM in...
Lone Star Nation – H.W. Brands
This was a good review of the origins of what we now know as Texas, from the geographic forces that...
Dead Wake – Erik Larson
I enjoyed this audiobook recently, but found it a pretty slow slog. Larsen is good at spending time with the...