The Leak

BOOK REVIEWThe Leak: Politics, Activists, and Loss of Trust at Brookhaven National Laboratoryby Robert P. Crease with Peter D. Bond 2022 About the AuthorsRobert P. Crease is Professor in and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at Stony Brook University, where he has taught for more than three decades. He is the author of The … Continue reading The Leak

How the West Brought War to Ukraine

BOOK REVIEWHow the West Brought War to Ukraine: Understanding How U.S. and NATO Policies Led to Crisis, War, and the Risk of Nuclear Catastropheby Benjamin Abelow 2022 About the AuthorBenjamin Abelow has worked in Washington, DC, writing, lecturing, and lobbying Congress about nuclear arms policy. He holds a B.A. in modern European history from the … Continue reading How the West Brought War to Ukraine

Hitler’s Trojan Horse

BOOK REVIEWHitler's Trojan Horse: The Fall of the Abwehr, 1943–1945by Nigel West 2023 About the AuthorNIGEL WEST is an intelligence expert and critically-acclaimed author. Such is his depth of knowledge in these fields that The Sunday Times noted that, 'His information is often so precise that many people believe he is the unofficial historian of … Continue reading Hitler’s Trojan Horse

Tasting History

BOOK REVIEWTasting History: Explore the Past through 4,000 Years of Recipesby Max Miller and Ann Volkwein 2023 About the AuthorMax Miller is the creator and host of the viral digital series Tasting History with Max Miller on YouTube. Max’s channel has been covered in outlets like America’s Test Kitchen, ABC’s Localish, Chowhound, Foodsided, GLAAD, KTLA … Continue reading Tasting History

Poverty, by America

BOOK REVIEWPoverty, by Americaby Matthew Desmond 2023 About the AuthorMatthew Desmond is the Maurice P. During Professor of Sociology at Princeton University and the founding director of the Eviction Lab. His last book, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the PEN/John Kenneth … Continue reading Poverty, by America

The Core of an Onion

BOOK REVIEWThe Core of an Onion: Peeling the Rarest Common Food―Featuring More Than 100 Historical Recipesby Mark Kurlansky 2023 About the AuthorMark Kurlansky is the New York Times bestselling author of Milk!, Havana, Paper, The Big Oyster, 1968, Salt, The Basque History of the World, Cod, and Salmon, among other titles.He has received the Dayton … Continue reading The Core of an Onion

Byzantium Unbound

BOOK REVIEWByzantium Unbound by Anthony Kaldellis 2019 About the AuthorAnthony Kaldellis (Professor and Chair of Classics at the Ohio State University) has published many books on various aspects of Byzantine history, culture, and literature. About the BookFor a civilization that preserved its existence and integrity against overwhelming odds and contributed in captivating ways to the … Continue reading Byzantium Unbound