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It’s All About … Ships
Francis B. Burns, Deeds Publishing, Athens, Georgia, 2022, 258 pages
Book Review written by: Andrew Keller Murray, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas |
September 5, 2024 |
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Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage
Alfred Lansing, Basic Books, New York, 1959/2015, 357 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Peter Campbell, U.S. Army, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas |
September 5, 2024 |
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“Bridgeport’s Own” Serves in the Yankee Division, 1917–1919
Andrew W. German, McFarland, Jefferson, North Carolina, 2023, 275 pages
Book Review written by: Barry M. Stentiford, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas |
September 5, 2024 |
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The U.S. Air Force Security Service and the Cold War
Philip C. Shackelford, Naval Institute Press, Publisher, Annapolis, Maryland, 2023, 248 pages
Book Review written by: Kathy Kim Strand, MEd, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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July 5, 2024 |
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Why the Tactics of Insurgents against Napoleon Failed in the US Mexican War
Benjamin J Swenson, Pen and Sword Military, South Yorkshire, UK, 2023, 232 pages
Book Review written by: Nathan A. Jennings, Leavenworth, Kansas
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June 28, 2024 |
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The Battle for Italy 1943
James Holland, Atlantic Monthly Press, New York, 2023, 624 pages
Book Review written by: Robert J. Rielly, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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June 21, 2024 |
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Marines During Operation Vigilant Resolve in Iraq, April 2004
David E. Kelly, Casemate, Havertown, Pennsylvania, 2023, 344 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. David S. Pierson, U.S. Army, Retired, PhD, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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June 14, 2024 |
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It’s All About … Ships
Francis B. Burns, Deeds Publishing, Athens, Georgia, 2022, 258 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. David C. McCaughrin, U.S. Army, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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June 7, 2024 |
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The North American Aviation Plant and Industrial Mobilization during World War II
Terrance Furgerson, University of North Texas Press, Denton, 2023, 416 pages
Book Review written by: Hayley Michael Hasik, PhD, Austin, Texas
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May 31, 2024 |
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The Pacific War Diary of Lieutenant Commander Lloyd M. Mustin, USS Atlanta (CL 51)
David F. Winkler, Casemate, Havertown, Pennsylvania, 2024, 294 pages
Book Review written by: Andrew K. Murray, U.S. Army, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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May 24, 2024 |
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America’s End in Afghanistan
Elliot Ackerman, Penguin Press, New York, 2022, 288 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Mark Larson, U.S. Army, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
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May 17, 2024 |
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The April 2004 Fights of 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines in Husaybah, Iraq
David E. Kelly, Casemate Publishers, Havertown, Pennsylvania, 2022, 200 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Travis M. King, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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May 10, 2024 |
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The Long and Winding Road to Redemption of Major Thomas Tosto
Scott J. Zuckerman, Sunbury Press, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, 2023, 192 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Jerome C. Duffy Jr., U.S. Army, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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May 3, 2024 |
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Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 251 during the Cold War 1946–1991
Steven K. Dixon, Casemate, Philadelphia, 2023, 288 pages
Book Review written by: Eric McGraw, DDE, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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April 26, 2024 |
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The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad
Matthew F. Delmont, Viking, New York, 2022, 400 pages
Book Review written by: Amanda M. Nagel, PhD, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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April 19, 2024 |
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The Inside Story of Russia’s Bloody War and Ukraine’s Fight for Survival
Luke Harding, Vintage, New York, 2022, 336 pages
Book Review written by: Lee Waldrup, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
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April 12, 2024 |
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The Clandestine Battle Against the Nazi Occupation of France
Ellen Hampton, Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, 2023, 173 pagess
Book Review written by: Dirk C. Blackdeer, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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April 5, 2024 |
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Life and Leadership Lessons from the SEAL Teams
Rick Kaiser, Casemate, Philadelphia, 2023, 216 pages
Book Review written by: Cmdr. David W. Christie, U.S. Navy, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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March 29, 2024 |
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Adventures with the World’s Most Famous Fighting Force
N. J. Valldejuli, Stackpole Books, Essex, Connecticut, 2023, 384 pages
Book Review written by: Col. Robert Sherrill, U.S Marine Corps, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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March 22, 2024 |
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Jonathan W. Hackett, McFarland, Jefferson, North Carolina, 2023, 261 pages
Book Review written by: Sean R. Kentch, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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March 15, 2024 |
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The Wright Project and the 868th Bomb Squadron in World War II
Richard Phillip Lawless, Casemate, Philadelphia, 2023, 432 pages
Book Review written by: Eric McGraw, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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March 8, 2024 |
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The Afghans Who Risked Everything to Fight the Talibant
Larisa Brown, Bloomsbury Continuum, New York, 2024, 288 pages
Book Review written by: Sean R. Kentch, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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March 1, 2024 |
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A Barrio Sailor’s Journey in Vietnam
Raúl Herrera, Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock, 2023, 312 pages
Book Review written by: Terry D. Mobley, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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February 23, 2024 |
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The World War II Diary of Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.
Edited by Christopher L. Kolakowski, Casemate, Philadelphia, 2023, 240 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col Rick Baillergeon, U.S. Army, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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February 16, 2024 |
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A Battle of Leadership Mistakes
Jörg Staiger, trans. Linden Lyons, and edited by Matthias Strohn, Casemate, Philadelphia, 2024, 192 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Darin J. Fox, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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February 9, 2024 |
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British Diplomacy and War in the Desert
Rupert Wieloch, Casemate, Philadelphia, 2021, 288 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Stephen G. Redmon, U.S. Army, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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February 2, 2024 |
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My Father, His General, and the Long Road from Vietnam
-Tran B. Quan, Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock, 2021, 240 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Phillip Kerber, MIPP, U.S. Army, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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January 26, 2024 |
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Reimagining How We Fight
John Antal, Casemate, Haverton, Pennsylvania, 2023, 256 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Rick Baillergeon, U.S. Army, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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January 19, 2024 |
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Operation Winter Thunderstorm and the Attempt to Relieve Sixth Army, December 1942
Horst Scheibert, translated by Janice W. Ancker, Casemate Publishers, Havertown, Pennsylvania, 2022, 144 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. John H. Modinger, PhD, U.S. Air Force, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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January 12, 2024 |
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Valérie André—Surgeon, Pioneer Rescue Pilot, and Her Courage Under Fire
Charles Morgan Evans, Stackpole Books, Essex, Connecticut, 2023, 464 pages
Book Review written by: Dirk C. Blackdeer, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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January 5, 2024 |
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The Enduring Importance of the American Revolution
Jack D. Warren Jr., Lyons Press, Essex, Connecticut, 2023, 488 pages
Book Review written by: Col. Ken Turner, U.S. Army, Retired, Fort Leavenworth Kansas
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December 29, 2023 |
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A Challenging Life in War and Peace
Henrik O. Lunde, Casemate, Haverton, Pennsylvania, 2023, 400 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Rick Baillergeon, U.S. Army, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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December 22, 2023 |
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Lieutenant George S. Patton, the Hunt for Pancho Villa, and the Making of a General
Michael Lee Lanning, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, 2023, 280 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Rick Baillergeon, U.S. Army, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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December 15, 2023 |
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Leadership, Character, and Conflict Beyond the Superhero Multiverse
Edited by Steven Leonard, Jonathan Klug, Kelsey Cipolla, and Jon Niccum, Casemate, Philadelphia, 2023, 320 pages
Book Review written by: Matthew Kiefer, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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December 8, 2023 |
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The Arraignment of Saddam Hussein
Greg Slavonic, Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock, 2023, 256 pages
Book Review written by: Dr. Kevin Gentzler, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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December 1, 2023 |
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Walking the Battlefields of Normandy: Essays, Reflections, and Conversations with Veterans of the Longest Day
Keith M. Nightingale, Casemate, Philadelphia, 2023, 288 pages
Book Review written by: Paul J. Narowski II, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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November 24, 2023 |
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The Opium-Addicted Pistol Toting Preacher Who Raised the First Federal African American Union Troops
Donna Burtch and William Burtch, Sunbury Press, Pennsylvania, 2022, 117 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Steve Harvey, U.S. Army, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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November 17, 2023 |
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The True Story of America’s Most Dangerous Female Spy—and the Sister She Betrayed
Jim Popkin, Hanover Square Press, Toronto, 2023, 352 pages
Book Review written by: Richard A. McConnell, DM, Leavenworth, Kansas
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November 10, 2023 |
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Reclaiming Global Leadership through Soft Power
Daniel F. Runde, Bombardier Books, New York, 2023, 280 pages
Book Review written by: Col. Todd A. Schmidt, PhD, U.S. Army, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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November 10, 2023 |
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The Incredible Story of America’s First Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient
J. North Conway, Lyons Press, Guilford, Connecticut, 2021, 272 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Mark F. Kormos, U.S. Army, Retired, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
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October 27, 2023 |
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H. John Poole, Posterity Press, Emerald Isle, North Carolina, 2022, 362 pages
Book Review written by: Frederick A. Baillergeon, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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October 20, 2023 |
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An Analysis of American and Japanese Submarine Operations at the Battle of Midway, May–June 1942
Mark W. Allen, Casemate, Philadelphia, 2023, 240 pages
Book Review written by: Col. Robert Sherrill, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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October 13, 2023 |
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Top Secret Missions in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, 1968–1969
Joe Parnar and Robert Dumont, Casemate, Philadelphia, 2022, 304 pages
Book Review written by: Col. Robert Sherrill, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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October 6, 2023 |
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A Naval History of the Delaware River and Bay, Cradle of the United States Navy
Kennard R. Wiggins Jr., McFarland, Jefferson, North Carolina, 2019, 296 pages
Book Review written by: Dirk C. Blackdeer, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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September 29, 2023 |
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Leading in Peace and War
R. D. Hooker Jr., Casemate, Philadelphia, 2023, 192 pages
Book Review written by: Rick Baillergeon, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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September 22, 2023 |
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Warrior Six: Combat Leader in World War II and Korea
Richard D. Camp, Casemate, Havertown, Pennsylvania, 2023, 240 pages
Book Review written by: Robert J. Rielly, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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September 19, 2023 |
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Elliot Ackerman, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2018, 144 pages
Book Review written by: Kathy Kim Strand, MEd, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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September 8, 2023 |
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Lamar Underwood, Lyons Press, Guilford, Connecticut, 2022, 332 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Robert B. Haines, U.S. Army, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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September 1, 2023 |
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The Story of Lieutenant General Richard E. Carey United States Marine Corps (Ret)
Alan Mesches, Casemate, Havertown, Pennsylvania, 2023, 240 pages
Book Review written by: Frederick A. Baillergeon, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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August 25, 2023 |
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The Story of How Paris Evolved from a Fishing Village into the World's Most Beautiful City
Russell Kelley, Lyons Press, Lanham, Maryland, 2021, 320 pages
Book Review written by: Kathy Kim Strand, MEd, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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August 25, 2023 |
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The Most Significant Commando Raid of WWII
Vincent dePaul Lupiano, Lyons Press, Essex, Connecticut, 2022, 256 pages
Book Review written by: Robert J. Rielly, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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August 25, 2023 |
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The Genius, the Particle Beam Weapon, and the Pursuit of Power
Marc J. Seifer, Citadel Press, New York, 2022, 384 pages
Book Review written by: Kathy Kim Strand, MEd, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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August 4, 2023 |
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A Warrior Who Fought Custer
Wooden Leg, interpreted by Thomas B. Marquis, CreateSpace, 1962/2016, 384 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Peter Campbell, U.S. Army, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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July 28, 2023 |
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Memoir of a Tour in Vietnam with the 9th Infantry Division, 1969
Robert F. Fischer, McFarland, Jefferson, North Carolina, 2016, 256 pages
Book Review written by: Thomas E. Ward II, PhD, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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July 21, 2023 |
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German Flak Rockets and the Onset of the Cold War
James Mills, Casemate, Philadelphia, 2022, 240 pages
Book Review written by: Col. James Kennedy, U.S. Army, Retired, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
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July 14, 2023 |
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The Life of a Nuclear Special Weapons Storage Site
Charles E. Cabler, Skyhorse Publishing, New York, 2019, 324 pages
Book Review written by: Dr. Paul Sanders, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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July 7, 2023 |
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Don Troiani’s Paintings of the Revolutionary War
Don Troiani and the Museum of the American Revolution, Stackpole Books, Guilford, Connecticut, 2021, 144 pages
Book Review written by: Thomas E. Ward II, PhD, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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June 30, 2023 |
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A History of the United States Naval Academy’s Greatest Tradition
James R. McNeal and Scott Tomasheski, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 2020, 228 pages (Kindle edition)
Book Review written by: Rodney S. Morris, EdD, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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June 23, 2023 |
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The World War II Diary of Lieutenant General James M. Gavin
Edited and annotated by Lewis Sorley, Casemate, Philadelphia, 2022, 240 pages
Book Review written by: Paul J. Narowski II, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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June 16, 2023 |
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A Lost Story of the American Revolution
Benjamin L. Carp, Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut, 2023, 360 pages
Book Review written by: Barry M. Stentiford, PhD, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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June 9, 2023 |
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The Epic Survival Tale of a Vietnam POW and the Secret Code that Changed Everything
Carlyle “Smitty” Harris and Sarah W. Berry, Zondervan, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2019, 256 pages
Book Review written by: Rodney S. Morris, EdD, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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May 26, 2023 |
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Connecting the Ends and Means of US Security
Edited by Susan Bryant and Mark Troutman, Cambria Press, New York, 2022, 302 pages
Book Review written by: James Kennedy, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
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June 2, 2023 |
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Political Polarization and U.S. Civil-Military Relations
Michael A. Robinson, Oxford University Press, New York, 2022, 310 pages
Book Review written by: Col. Todd A. Schmidt, PhD, U.S. Army, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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May 19, 2023 |
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The US Army and the Downfall of Japan, 1945
John C. McManus, Dutton Caliber, New York, 2023, 448 pages
Book Review written by: Mark Montesclaros, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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May 12, 2023 |
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A Biography of Lieutenant General John Wilson “Iron Mike” O’Daniel, Commander, 3rd Infantry Division in World War II
Timothy R. Stoy, Casemate, Philadelphia, 2022, 320 pages
Book Review written by: Rick Baillergeon, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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May 5, 2023 |
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The Campaigns that Transformed the British Way of War
Huw J. Davies, Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut, 2022, 384 pages
Book Review written by: Richard S. Faulkner, PhD, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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April 28, 2023 |
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A Riverine Operation of the French and Indian War
Ian Macpherson McCulloch, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 2022, 254 pages
Book Review written by: Col. Ken Turner, U.S Army, Retired, Fort Leavenworth Kansas
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April 21, 2023 |
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The African Union Peacekeeping Mission in Darfur (AMIS) from the Perspective of a Hungarian Military Advisor
János Besenyő, L’Harmattan, Paris, 2021, 230 pages
Book Review written by: L. A. Szabo, Budapest, Hungary
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April 14, 2023 |
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The Ditching of Flying Tiger 923 and the Desperate Struggle for Survival
Eric Linder, Lyons Press, Guilford, Connecticut, 2021, 360 pages
Book Review written by: Thomas E. Ward II, PhD, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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April 7, 2023 |
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G. Kurt Piehler, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 2021, 416 pages
Book Review written by: John McGrady, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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March 31, 2023 |
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The Fight for Charlie Hill in Vietnam
William Reeder Jr., Lyons Press, Guilford, Connecticut, 2022, 296 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. James H. Willbanks, PhD, U.S. Army, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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March 24, 2023 |
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December 1942 and a World at War
Peter Harmsen, Casemate, Philadelphia, 2022, 240 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Rick Baillergeon, U.S. Army, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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March 17, 2023 |
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Tales of a CIA Case Officer
Barry Michael Broman, Casemate, Philadelphia, 312 pages, 2020
Book Review written by: Brian D. Allen, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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March 10, 2023 |
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A U.S. Army Lieutenant with MACV Advisory Team 73 in the Mekong Delta, 1969-1970
John S. Raschke, McFarland, Jefferson, North Carolina, 2022, 346 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Jerry “JD” Diamond, U.S. Army, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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March 3, 2023 |
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Lincoln and His Cabinet and the Financing of the Civil War
Roger Lowenstein, Penguin Press, New York, 2022, 448 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Stephen S. Harvey, U.S. Army, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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February 24, 2023 |
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Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War
Paul Scharre, W. W. Norton, New York, 2018, 448 pages
Book Review written by: Maj. Travis S. Johnson, U.S. Army, Wiesbaden, Germany
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February 17, 2023 |
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A Soldier’s Journey from Berlin to Bosnia
George Joulwan with David Chanoff, University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, 2021, 296 pages
Book Review written by: Thomas E. Ward II, PhD, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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February 10, 2023 |
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The Relocation, Internment and Repatriation of German, Italian, and Japanese Americans During the Second World War
John E. Schmitz, University of Lincoln Press, Nebraska, 2021, 430 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Carl P. (Pete) Johnson, U.S. Army, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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February 3, 2023 |
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A Personal Memoir of America at War
R. D. Hooker Jr., Casemate, Philadelphia, 2022, 298 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Rick Baillergeon, U.S. Army, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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January 27, 2023 |
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Society, Military Power, and War
Jahara Matisek and Buddhika Jayamaha, Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder, Colorado, 2022, 197 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Carl (Pete) Johnson, U.S. Army, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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January 20, 2023 |
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The Extraordinary Story of the Downed American Airmen Who Escaped to Safety in World War II
Michael Lee Lanning, Stackpole Books, Guilford, Connecticut, 2021, 368 pages
Book Review written by: George R. K. Acree, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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January 13, 2023 |
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The Untold Story of the Royal Navy Task Force Group off Libya in 2011
Rear Adm. John Kingwell CBE, Casemate, Havertown, Pennsylvania, 2022, 240 pages
Book Review written by: Thomas A. Duncan II, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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January 6, 2023 |