Tag Archives: war
Father and Son: A Memoir – Jonathan Raban
(Reviewed by Ann Onymous ) Raban the son endured a stroke, Raban the father endured the battlefield. “I was transformed into an old man quite suddenly, on June 11, 2011, three days short of my sixty-ninth birthday.” As a stroke … Continue reading
An UnderratedRead Revisited: Russia’s War on Everybody: And What it Means for You – Keir Giles
(Reviewed by JD Jung) When I started reading Russia’s War on Everybody: And What it Means for You, I thought “I know all of this.”, as I considered myself relatively informed on the subject. However, I am so glad that … Continue reading
Posted in Revisited
Tagged cyber-crime, disinformation, espionage, media, military, Putin, Russia, Soviet Union, war
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Who is bombing Kyiv?! – Marina Alova
(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned “It was disheartening and revolting to witness the country repeating the same mistakes and going around in circles. Slava believed that after the collapse of the Soviet Union, it would be impossible to make the … Continue reading
Posted in Slavic Literature, World Issues, World Literature
Tagged propaganda, Putin, Russia, Russian literature, Ukraine, war
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Russia’s War on Everybody: And What it Means for You – Keir Giles
(Reviewed by JD Jung) When I started reading Russia’s War on Everybody: And What it Means for You, I thought “I know all of this.”, as I considered myself relatively informed on the subject. However, I am so glad that … Continue reading
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics
Tagged cyber-crime, disinformation, espionage, media, military, murder, Putin, Russia, Soviet Union, war
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The Risk in Crossing Borders – William McClain
(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned “She kept coming back to the question of what to do with her life. Most people sorted that out in their twenties and thirties. What was wrong with her?” Yana Pickering is over fifty years … Continue reading
Posted in Modern Literary Fiction
Tagged immigration, Lebanon, refugees, Seattle, Syria, transgender, war
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