Tag: military history
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Book review: Rise and Kill First by Ronen Bergman
Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel’s Targeted Assassinations by Ronen Bergman My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is a fascinating book about the history of Israeli intelligence and policies of targeted assassinations. The author is an Israeli investigative reporter, and the book is written originally in Hebrew. The translation is excellent,…
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Book review: The Secret Lives of Codebreakers by Sinclair McKay
The Secret Lives of Codebreakers: The Men and Women Who Cracked the Enigma Code at Bletchley Park by Sinclair McKay My rating: 3 of 5 stars You have to set your expectations when reading this book. First and foremost, the author is British, so, not surprisingly, Bletchley Park and the contributions by the British codebreakers…
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Book review: The British Are Coming by Rick Atkinson
The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 by Rick Atkinson My rating: 4 of 5 stars A friend gave this book to my husband, but I borrowed it (temporarily, of course) because it looked so interesting. There are generally two types of history books–a narrative history or an agenda-driven history.…