Tag Archives: Communism

Book Review: The Gulag Archipelago: Volume III

Posted on May 6, 2019 by nathanalbright

The Gulag Archipelago:  Volume III, by Alexandr Solzhenitsyn This third volume closes the massive and sprawling work by Solzhenitsyn on the gulag, and brings with it a certain melancholy sense of frustration and futility on the part of both the … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, History | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Book Review: The Gulag Archipelago: Volume I

Posted on May 6, 2019 by nathanalbright

The Gulag Archipelago:  An Experiment In Literary Investigation:  Volume I, by Alexsandr I. Solzhenitsyn This book is without a doubt a classic, and it is one that I have been familiar with for a long time, but which I only … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, History | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Book Review: The Roosevelt Myth

Posted on March 12, 2019 by nathanalbright

The Roosevelt Myth, by John T. Flynn This book took me a long time to read.  This fact does not make the book a bad one, but it does demonstrate that a particular context exists when it comes to my … Continue reading →

Posted in American History, Book Reviews, History | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

Book Review: Gulag: A History

Posted on November 30, 2018 by nathanalbright

Gulag:  A History, by Anne Applebaum Sometimes a book can miss the forest for the trees, and that is the case here.  This is not a bad book, unless you consider a book bad because it talks about horrifying subjects … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, History | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Book Review: No Man’s Land

Posted on July 24, 2018 by nathanalbright

No Man’s Land/The Stranger’s Hand, by Graham Greene Greene was such a prolific author that some of his writings remained undiscovered and unappreciated for a long period of time, and such is the case here.  It is quite possible that … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

Book Review: Heart Of A Dog

Posted on January 28, 2018 by nathanalbright

Heart Of A Dog, by Mikhail Bulgakov I am of mixed feelings about this book, about as mixed as the mutt at the heart of this strange and compelling story.  On the one hand, the author as usual has written … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Book Review: What Does Europe Want?

Posted on September 24, 2017 by nathanalbright

What Does Europe Want?:  The Union And Its Discontents, edited by Slavoj Zizek & Srecko Horvat It may not be clear what Europe wants, but it is all too clear what these unreconstructed Communists want, and that is an end … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, History | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Book Review: The Cyclist Who Went Out In The Cold

Posted on September 15, 2017 by nathanalbright

The Cyclist Who Went Out In The Cold:  Adventures Riding The Iron Curtain, by Tim Moore Having read a considerable body of work from the author at this point [1], I have to say that this is the finest book … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, History | Tagged , , , | 6 Comments

Book Review: Becoming Free In The Cotton South

Posted on July 12, 2017 by nathanalbright

Becoming Free In The Cotton South, by Susan Eva O’Donovan In reading a book like this, one has to take its conclusions with a grain of salt.  Since books by self-avowed Marxist historians are of immensely dubious value on account … Continue reading →

Posted in American Civil War, American History, Book Reviews, History | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

Book Review: How We Forgot The Cold War

Posted on March 26, 2017 by nathanalbright

How We Forgot The Cold War:  A Historical Journey Across America, by Jon Wiener The way this author goes on about progressives and insults the conservative view of the Cold War, which he oversimplifies and mischaracterizes, he should be called … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, History, Military History | Tagged , , | 2 Comments