Acid Test by Tom Shroder, reviewed by Gregory Crouch
With 20+ veteran suicides a day and the VA on the hook for more than $1 trillion in PTSD-related expenses, we can't afford to ignore the healing potential conta...
Category: Book Reviews
My thoughts on books
My review of Bird Dream, by Matt Higgins, in today’s Wall Street Journal
Here’s “Only One Way Down,” my review of Bird Dream, by Matt Higgins, in the July 26 & 27, 2014 issue of The Wall Street Journal. Quite a ...
Robert Lucas Crouch, an obituary
An obituary of Robert Lucas Crouch, April 5, 1935 to June 11, 2014
Denali’s Howl by Andy Hall, reviewed by Gregory Crouch
“And Five Came Back,” my review of Denali’s Howl by Andy Hall for The Wall Street Journal, June 14-15, 2014. Denali’s Howl is about the ...
Operation Paperclip by Annie Jacobsen, reviewed by Gregory Crouch
Although Nazi science failed to produce an atomic bomb during the Second World War—thank God—Hitler’s scientists surged ahead in many other aspects of military ...
The best novel I’ve read in ten years…
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain. It’s the best novel I’ve read in ten years, since Sometimes a Great Notion and Angle of Repose. In my opi...
“Astoria” by Peter Stark, reviewed by Gregory Crouch
My review of Peter Stark's superb new book "Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire"
Podcast of my interview with Nik Hawks
The podcast of my interview with Nik Hawks of Paleo Treats.
“Into Action” is FREE this weekend
FREE this weekend: A stark military tragedy that hinges on a young soldier’s struggle to remain loyal to his distant girlfriend in a morally trying, sexually ch...
“Siberian Death Trip”: my WSJ review of “Dead Mountain, by Donnie Eichar
Here’s “Siberian Death Trip,” my review of Dead Mountain, by Donnie Eichar, in the January 4 & 5, 2014 edition of The Wall Street Journal. ...