Mal WarwickShe was the first real boss of organized crime in New YorkShe ran a modest haberdashery shop on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Fredericka Mandelbaum, an “upright widow, philanthropic synagogue-goer…2d ago2d ago
Mal WarwickReligious fanatics and other madmen in the time of Henry VIIIA deranged serial killer haunts the precincts of Tudor London in Revelation, the fourth entry in C. J. Sansom’s series of Matthew Shardlake…3d ago3d ago
Mal WarwickThe Nazis rule England. And the Resistance grows.Sergeant John Rossett is “a good man just doing a bad job.” A war hero, he returned to his prewar job as a cop in London only to be pressed…4d ago4d ago
Mal WarwickGood books about World War II in the PacificMost of the books about World War II that are widely read by Americans concern the war in Europe. My own reading reflects that imbalance…5d ago5d ago
Mal WarwickGangsters, Communists, and the Japanese Gestapo in WW2 ShanghaiUncle Nathan is a gangster, and Daniel’s father — a judge, no less — wants him to stay as far away as possible from his crooked brother…Jul 18Jul 18
Mal WarwickThe CIA and the “American EmpireA century ago the United States government shut down the fledgling spy service the Wilson Administration had established to help wage the…Jul 17Jul 17
Mal WarwickThe race with China for a quantum computerDavid Ignatius writes a column twice a week on foreign affairs for the Washington Post. That’s his day job. But he moonlights as a spy…Jul 16Jul 16
Mal WarwickWhat if the evidence for extraterrestrial life has been available for decades?Humanity’s search for extraterrestrial intelligence has been underway ever since the advent of radio early in the 1900s. But only in recent…Jul 15Jul 15
Mal WarwickThey called it the Great War, and so it was.Historians frequently write of “the Long Nineteenth Century” from 1789 to 1914. In The First World War, the acclaimed military historian…Jul 10Jul 10
Mal WarwickA brilliant portrayal of Russia under Boris YeltsinAs a history buff, I turn to historical fiction with relish. And even though I’m familiar with Soviet and later Russian history, I find…Jul 91Jul 91