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Does Truth Matter Anymore?

Advantages: Thorough, well-researched and very readable
Disadvantages: It is not going to convince hardcore believers

Voodoo Histories is a long overdue scholarly yet entertaining rational study on the history of the 20th and 21st century's rising interest in conspiracy theory. He looks at its uses in propaganda and its emergence as pop history phenomenon. A common myth ...

BlackSwan 02.02.2010 · Read full review
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Review of Voodoo Histories: The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History - David Aaronovitch

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Vulcan 607 is a stunning piece of work.

Advantages: Military Aviation history at its best.
Disadvantages: None.

...Personally, I believe that Vulcan 607'' has to rate as one of the finest pieces of writing in the field of military history. Part of Britain's history, the Vulcan flight to the Falkland Islands during the war with Argentina is truly epic. From the ma ...

waxsteve 25.09.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Vulcan 607 - Rowland White

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A Story Of Our Times

Advantages: Good, objective account of Israeli actions
Disadvantages: Numerous additional notes can make harder to read

In the autumn of 1981, George Jonas' publishers were approached by a man with an interesting story to tell. He claimed that he had been the head of an Israeli counter-terrorist team that had undertaken a clandestine war on terrorism following the events o ...

StereoMike1983 04.07.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Vengeance - George Jonas

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