Slugger O'Toole

Books

• Ringtone and the drum: Africa’s underclass’s clash with technology

  Tweet My old friend from River Path has a book out today (his first, hooray!). I’d be lying if I told I’d read the whole thing right through, yet (I’m waiting for a free copy, rather than reams of white paper!!). But I have been talking with Mark on and off about the project for [...] read our review »

• Stay out of Libya: counterinsurgency doesn’t work

  Tweet A moment of some significance in journalism perhaps, as the New York Times reviews  the current talked about book, The Wrong War: Grit, Strategy, and the Way Out of Afghanistan by Bing West. The author is no bleeding heart but a former assistant Defense Secretary from the Reagan era who stomped his way round the [...] read our review »

• It’s Derry again – with London and Liverpool, commemorating the Battle of the Atlantic

  Tweet From the Dalai Lama to a “ VVIP”  at the weekend, Londonderry is proving quite  a venue, one of three for  commemorating the Battle of the Atlantic this weekend. Good to see the UK City of Culture grafting this  on to the programme  and the recognition given to its role as a major port [...] read our review »

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