Book Review – Erich Kern, Dance of Death (London: Collins, 1951)
Erich Kern’s Dance of Death is his memoir of service on the Eastern Front in the Waffen SS during the Second World War. It was […]
Month: June 2025
Book Review – David Grossman, On Killing, The Psychological Cost of Learning in War and Society (New York City: Back Bay 1996)
David Grossman’s book explores the psychology of the act of killing, and the military and law enforcement establishments’ attempt to understand and deal with the […]
BOOK REVIEW – Elmar Dinter, Hero or Coward, Pressures Facing the Soldier in Battle (London: Frank Cass, 1985)
Elmar Dinter’s Hero or Coward addresses the complex question of why some men fight well in war and others do not. Dinter’s premise is that […]
Book Review – Jesse Glenn Gray, The Warriors, Reflections on Men in Battle (NY, USA: Harper Row, 1967)
Jesse Glenn Gray’s book The Warriors, Reflections on Men in Battle is his personal attempt to consider what war means, how war changes those who […]