Review: Sara, by Garth Ennis
This new graphic novel is a beautifully-drawn, powerfully-told story about a group of seven Soviet female snipers during the Second World War. Sara, the best shot in the group, is plagued by doubts about the…
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Review: The Traitors: A True Story of Blood, Betrayal and Deceit, by Josh Ireland
Having just read The Meaning of Treason by Rebecca West I was keen to read a more recent account of the British subjects who betrayed their country and worked on behalf of Nazi Germany. I…
Review: The Meaning of Treason, by Rebecca West
This extraordinary book, published in 1949, tells the stories of the trials of a number of British subjects who betrayed their country during the Second World War. The bulk of the book is a long…
Ann Coulter wants Jared Kushner to be deported
Right-wing pundit Ann Coulter is furious at Donald Trump for, in her view, caving in to the Democrats and putting an end (for now) to the US federal government shutdown. Coulter has long criticised Trump…
Israeli elections 2019: Battle of the insiders
“I was a minister in Netanyahu’s government and know it’s impossible to create change from there.” Those are the words of Avi Gabbay, the embattled leader of Israel’s rapidly-fading Labor Party. But they could equally…
Review: Soviet Opposition to Stalin – A case study in World War II, by George Fischer
This short book was an early history of Vlasov movement, which during the second world war aimed to create a Russian army of “liberation” that would fight side by side with the Germans against the…
Review: German Rule in Russia, 1941-1945 by Alexander Dallin
Alexander Dallin, the son of the well-known Menshevik David Dallin, published this book in 1957. More than sixty years on, it is probably still the definitive text on the subject. The book is a master…
The politicians all agree — and they are all wrong
Israel’s political leaders seem to agree on very little these days. But one thing does unite nearly all of them, which sounds good until you realize that they are all wrong. I’m referring to the…
Review: Soviet Partisan 1941-44, by Nik Cornish
In some parts of Europe, the stunning victories enjoyed by Hitler’s armed forces resulted in docile, subservient populations that were keen to avoid any further trouble. Whole countries remained safe havens for German troops, who…
Why Labor is dying — an international perspective
The Labor Party looks set to receive fewer seats in the Knesset than at any other time in its history. There is even the possibility, albeit a slim one, that it will disappear entirely by…