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Category: Narrative History

January 10, 2022

Review: Master of the Senate, Robert A. Caro

Rating: 6 out of 5 Every now and then, a book comes by that strikes the reader on every level. Once again, the next…

January 3, 2022

Arvustus: Stenhus’id, arx’id, torne’id…, Ants Hein

Hinnang: 4 / 5 Siin on tegu pigem kataloogiga kui ajalookirjeldusega aga sellegipoolest on raamatus palju väga huvitavat infot. Tegu samuti ka rohkem teatmikuga…

December 14, 2021

Review: Anabasis, Petri Hiltunen

Rating: 5 out of 5 Xenophon’s “Journey Inland” or Anabasis, perhaps more accurately called katabasis as the crux of the journey is the Greek…

December 11, 2021

Review: Sparta’s Second Attic War, Paul A. Rahe

Rating: 4 out of 5 I clearly got carried away with Mr Rahe’s books on Sparta’s grand strategy, having finished this one in short…

November 27, 2021

Review: From Yao to Mao, Kenneth J. Hammond

Rating: 4 out of 5 Mr Hammond’s course on Chinese history from its earliest stages up to the 1980’s is a strong book. For…

November 20, 2021

Review: Freeing the Baltic 1918-1920, Geoffrey Bennett

Rating: 5 out of 5 Mr Bennett’s overview of the British squadron’s fight to support the independence of the Baltic nations flows. The book…

October 28, 2021

Review: Sparta’s First Attic War, Paul A. Rahe

Rating: 4 out of 5 Overall, a strong continuation of the first book, ‘The Grand Strategy of Classical Sparta: The Persian Challenge’ where the…

October 19, 2021

Arvustus: Lennuki ja Wambola lugu, Mati Õun, Hanno Ojalo & Merike Jürjo

Hinnang: 4 / 5 Eesti Mereväe kunagised uhkused olid ‘Lennuk’ ja ‘Wambola’, kaks brittide poolt Punalaevastiku käest vallutatud laeva, mis kingiti vastsündinud vabariigile. Hr…

October 15, 2021

Review: The Army of Gustavus Adolphus (1), Richard Brzezinski

Rating: 3 out of 5 These old Ospreys are tough to assess: they generally get the job done, but they are rarely pretty; yet,…

October 7, 2021

Review: Plataea 479 BC, William Shepherd

Rating: 4 out of 5 It’s generally not difficult to rate an Osprey: they purpose is clear and the message within either meets this…

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