Review: We Kill Because We Can – From Soldiering to Assassination in the Drone Age

Laurie Calhoun Cultural-Ethical-Legal-Practical Indictment of US Drone Assassination Program, November 23, 2016 This is one of three books on drone assassination that I am reviewing, the other two are Sudden Justice: America’s Secret Drone Wars (Terrorism and Global Justice) and Drones and the Future of Armed Conflict: Ethical, Legal, and Strategic Implications. I was limited …

Review: Margin of Victory – Five Battles that Changed the Face of Modern War

Col Dr Doug Macgregor Speaking Truth to Power — Senator McCain Agrees, the Flag Officers Do Not 5 Stars Margin of Victory is a hugely important book that should be required reading in all of the war colleges, as well as all national security programs in political science and international relations courses across the country. …

Pre-Order Review: The Art of Peace – Engaging in a Complex World by Juliana Geran Pilon

5 stars Compelling, Insightful, Useful – Glosses Over Some Fundamentals This book excels at offering a compelling overview of the severe deficiencies in US national security strategy, policy, and operations – it is one of the strongest indictments I have seen of our total inability to wage peace instead of war. Among the many high …

Berto Jongman: New YouTube Weekly Review of Russian Media

In this first edition of the Russian Newspaper Monitor, a new weekly show produced by Newsbud, Professor Filip Kovacevic gives an overview of the Russian newspaper media scene. He also discusses the front-page news stories from Rossiyskaya Gazeta (RG), Izvestia, Kommersant, Pravda and Komsomolskaya Pravda on a whole variety of topics, including the Russian view …

Review: Islam vs. ISIS – Why the True Islam is the exact opposite of the Islamic State

Absolutely Recommended, Some Flaws, But Many Illustrations and an Easy Read, September 29, 2016 I rate this book as a solid five because it is a very important collection of insights — including a buried but all important indictment of Saudi Arabian Wahhabism and Western Imperialism as the true roots of ISIS. The graphics are …

Review (Guest): White Trash – The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America

Nancy Isenberg The Hidden Aspects of Race and Class in American History, July 26, 2016 by Herbert Calhoun This book explains the unsavory fine points of our national identity by probing and then exposing the not so well hidden loose ends that tie the bottom half of America’s social hierarchy to the top half. It …