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Waldo Drake and the Navy’s Censored War in the Pacific
Hamilton Bean, Naval Institute Press, 2024, 288 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Darin J. Fox, US Marine Corps, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Date Published: August 27, 2026
Dewey Plankers and the 394th in the Ardennes, December 1944
D. A. Plankers, Casemate, 2026, 224 pages
Book Review written by: Joseph Curtis, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Ron Chernow, Penguin Press, 2017, 1104 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Dr. John H. Modinger, PhD, US Air Force, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Values, Clarity, and Judgment in Uncertain Times
Milford H. Beagle Jr., Alexander Publishers, 2026, 126 pages
Book Review written by: Col. William Phillips, US Army, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
The Ten Habits of Good Citizens
Richard Haass, Penguin Press, 2023, 240 pages
Book Review written by: Nathaniel Stevenson Jr., Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
A History of the 82nd Airborne Division
Martin King and Steve Mrozek, Casemate, 2026, 264 pages
Book Review written by: Robert F. Williams, PhD, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
The Italian Assassins, Spies, and Couriers Who Fought the Nazis
Suzanne Cope, Dutton, 2025, 480 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Edward D. Jennings, US Army, Retired
The Traits and Skills of Successful Battalion Commanders in Combat
Jeffrey R. Sanderson, Casemate Publishers, 2026, 246 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col Rick Baillergeon, US Army, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Date Published: July 31, 2026
Creating the National WWII Museum
Gordon H. “Nick” Mueller, Louisiana State University Press, 2025, 400 pages
Book Review written by: Dr. (Lt. Col.) John H. Modinger, US Air Force, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
The Life and Times of K. L. Berry
Dana Berry Frazee, Texas A&M University Press, 2025, 352 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Travis M. King, US Marine Corps, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Profiles in Leadership
Steven D. Smith and Kevin Dougherty, Casemate Publishers, 2025, 230 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Edward D. Jennings, US Army, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Land Warfare in the Twenty-First Century
Amos Fox, Bloomsbury Academic, 2026, 264 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Nathan Jennings, US Army, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
A Nurse’s Journey
Sung C. Yoo, McFarland, 2025, 184 pages
Book Review written by: Eric Hong, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Darby’s Rangers and Their Most Consequential Battle in World War II
David Lyle Williams, Louisiana Sate University Press, 2025, 400 pages
Book Review written by: Lt Col. Rick Baillergeon, U.S. Army, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
The Search for the Lost Tuskegee Airmen
Cheryl W. Thompson, Dafina, 2026, 326 pages
Book Review written by: Barry M. Stentiford, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Date Published: June 18, 2026
Hans Tofte, Intelligence Officer for SOE, OSS, and CIA
David A. Foy, Casemate Publishers, 2025, 224 pages
Book Review written by: Jacob A. Mong, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
How Hitler’s Chief of Intelligence Betrayed the Nazis
David Alan Johnson, Prometheus Books, 2024, 270 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. John H. Modinger, US Air Force, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Doctrine, Failure, and the Enduring Lessons of a Complicated War
Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr., John Hopkins University Press, 1988, 344 pages
Book Review written by: Mo Tasrif Khan, US Coast Guard Auxiliary, Florida
The Real Story of Robert Capa’s D-Day
Charles R. Herrick, Casemate, 2024, 334 pages
Book Review written by: Brian D. Allen, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
An Extraordinary World War II Story of Survival, Faith, and Brotherhood
Nina Willner, Dutton, 2025, 384 pages
Book Review written by: Rick Baillergeon, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
The Complete Service Histories
Simon D. Beck, McFarland, 2025, 445 pages
Book Review written by: Dirk C. Blackdeer, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Theory, Practice and Memoir
Edited by Brian Orend, Broadview Press, 2025, 528 pages
Book Review written by: James L. Kennedy, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
From Hollywood to High Finance: Inside North Korea’s Global Cyber War
Geoff White, Audible, 2022, 8 hours 28 min.
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Stephen G. Redmon, US Army, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Date Published: April 28, 2026
The History of US Air Force Forward Air Controllers from the Meuse-Argonne to Mosul
Matt Dietz, University of North Texas Press, 2023, 368 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Jacob A. Mong, US Army, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
South Carolina’s Bloody Epicenter in the War of Independence
Derek Smith, McFarland, 2024, 300 pages
Antietam’s Bloody Turning Point
David A.Welker, Casemate, 2020, 384 pages
Book Review written by: Dr. Steve Harvey, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Date Published: April 23, 2026
The US Army’s House of Magic
Melissa Ziobro, Brookline Books, 2024, 240 pages
From Munich to Mogadishu: The Birth of Germany’s Counterterrorism Force
Martin Herzog, Casemate, 2025, 328 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Michael G. Reber, US Army, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
World War I to the Vietnam War
Kathryn Roe Coker and Jason Wetzel, Casemate, 2024, 224 pages
Book Review written by: Maj. Prabhat Mishra, Indian Army, Fort Leavenworth, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Susan Tate Ankeny, Citadel, 2024, 274 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Arjean Smith, US Army, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Date Published: April 21, 2026
The Story of America’s Most Daring Naval Rescue, and of the Men it Left Behind
Rudy Tomedi, Casemate, 2025, 256 pages
Book Review written by: Col. Laura L. Keenan, US Army National Guard, Washington, DC
The Pursuit of Battlefield Dominance in the 21st Century
Edited by Amos C. Fox and Franz-Stefan Gady, Howgate Publishing, 2025, 338 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Nathan A. Jennings, US Army, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
January 1–March 20, 1918, Volume 3
Edited by John T. Greenwood, University Press of Kentucky, 2023, 580 pages
Book Review written by: Cmdr. Alexander Buschor, US Navy, Ventura, California
Facing a Common Enemy in the Civil War’s Deadliest Battle
Barbara Franco, Stackpole Books, 2025, 376 pages
Book Review written by: Maj. Andre R. Burrell, US Army, MEd, EdD, GRCP-A, Fort Hood, Texas
Rethinking Military Service for a Changing World
Lanny L. Snodgrass Casemate, 2024, 288 pages
Defeat, Triumph, and the American Way of War
James Ellman, Stackpole Books, 2025, 336 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Rick Baillergeon, US Army, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas