May 2023 Book Review Archives


Dangerous Instrument Review

Dangerous Instrument

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

Date Published: May 19, 2023


To the End of the Earth

To the End of the Earth

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

Date Published: May 12, 2023


Sharpen Your Bayonets Review

Sharpen Your Bayonets

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

Date Published: May 5, 2023