Zagreb was the venue of the 2nd leg of the Grand chess tour 2019. Zagreb actually has a strong chess heritage. Zagreb hosted the historical…
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Month: September 2019
A gripping book – Fateful Choices: Ten Decisions That Changed the World, 1940-1941
This 624 page book is a thought- provoking analysis of 10 momentous decisions made by Hitler, Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, Mussolini and Tojo in the 19…
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Learned but not for the less-learned – The Muslim Discovery Of Europe
This 350 page book is actually a book published in 1982. The 2001 edition merely has a new preface. That said, it is still a…
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Infectious read – Over the Edge of the World: Magellan’s Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe
This year we celebrate the 500th anniversary of Ferdinand Magellan’s departure from Spain in 1519. Leading 5 ships and 260 men only 1 ship and…
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A partisan viewpoint – Emperor Hirohito and the Pacific War
Kawamura attempts in this 2015 book to exonerate Hirohito from any form of culpability for the war waged by the Japanese government against China, the…
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Montevideo chess heritage
One may be surprised why Alexander Alekhine went all the way to play in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay. This was the 8th South American…
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An original approach – In Europe: Travels Through the Twentieth Century
This 876 page book is an ambitious attempt to meditate on the state of Europe on the cusp of the new millennium. Mak travelled through…
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