Review: Hooper’s War: A Novel of WWII Japan
From Kirkus Reviews: In this alternate-history novel, Van Buren follows both present-day and historical timelines to explore what might have happened if the United States had launched a ground invasion...
View ArticleGoodreads Review of Hooper’s War: A Novel of Japan
Here’s what one reviewer had to say about Hooper’s War: A Novel of WWII Japan in his Goodreads review: Hooper’s War by Peter Van Buren is an alternative history of World War II with a deep message...
View ArticleReview – Hooper’s War: Does it Offer Redemption?
A Five-Star Review of Hooper’s War: A Novel of WWII Japan says: Does it offer redemption to witness the horrors of war through the eyes of one with a conscience? If so, then all must read Hooper’s War....
View ArticleReview – Hooper’s War, Prayin’ for Alden Jones
Here’s an excerpt from an essay titled Harvard Law School–and Private Jones by Dr. Rod Deaton, where he talks about my book, Hooper’s War, and one of its supporting characters, Alden Jones: Currently...
View ArticleReview: Hooper’s War an “Allegory of Hauntingly Memorable Ethical Power”
In a new review of Hooper’s War: A Novel of WWII Japan, author and veteran Pete Free writes: Peter Van Buren’s Hooper’s War is an early 21st century American allegory of understated, but hauntingly...
View ArticleReview – Hooper’s War, My War
Here’s a new review of my book, Hooper’s War: A Novel of WWII Japan, written by Dr. Rod Deaton. Dr. Deaton has served combat veterans since 2009 in a variety of settings, including at the United State...
View ArticleReview: Hooper’s War: An Imaginative Retelling of the End of World War II
W.J. Astore, on Bracing Views, reviewing Hooper’s War. You can read the whole review at his site, but this paragraph sums up much of what I am trying to say in the book: Nothing good can come from...
View ArticleReview of Hooper’s War: Moral Injury the Invisible Wounds of Empire
Nozomi Hayase writes in her new review of Hooper’s War: A Novel of WWII Japan: British investigative journalist Robert Fisk once said, “War is a total failure of the human spirit.” If Fisk, a veteran...
View ArticleNew Five-Star Review for Hooper’s War: A Novel of WWII Japan
This review comes from A Girl Who Reads: Nate Hooper fought in Japan in World War II, fighting on the ground and following the orders of his superiors. Along the way, he lost fellow combatants and his...
View ArticleReview: Hooper’s War Shows “Moments of Prized Grace”
A new review of Hooper’s War: A Novel of WWII Japan from the Historical Novel Society says “This anti-war novel in the tradition of Catch 22 and Slaughterhouse Five unfolds in reverse order timeline....
View ArticleReview: Springsteen on Broadway
Springsteen on Broadway, Bruce Springsteen’s one-man show now running through February in New York City, is something extraordinary. A man who has entertained us our whole lives stands on a stage for...
View ArticleMovie Review: The Post, or, History as 2018 Wants It to Be
Steven Spielberg’s “The Post,” starring Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks, tells the story of the Washington Post’s decision in 1971 to publish parts of the Pentagon Papers, the government’s secret history of...
View ArticleReview: A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership is Mostly About Making...
Despite the lofty title, in A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership James Comey comes across in turns petty, smug, sanctimonious, bitter, and most of all, pandering. Comey feeds the rubes exactly...
View ArticleReview: Michael Hayden’s “The Assault on Intelligence: American National...
Former NSA and CIA head Michael Hayden’s new book The Assault on Intelligence: American National Security in an Age of Lies wants to be the manifesto behind an intelligence community coup. It ends up...
View ArticleTop Gun II Review
Quick Top Gun II: Maverick movie synopsis (and spoiler alert) by the Bad Guys: Let’s build a secret base using the Star Wars Death Star plans. We’ll leave an air vent that looks like a giant bullseye...
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