![Drone Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/apr-2017/drone-cvr.jpg) |
Remote Control Warfare
Hugh Gusterson, MIT Press, 2016, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 216 pages
Book Review written by: James Cricks, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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April 7, 2017 |
![China's Cyber Power Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/apr-2017/chinas-cyber-power-cvr.jpg) |
Nigel Inkster, Routledge, London, 2016, 156 pages
Book Review written by: Timothy L. Thomas, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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April 7, 2017 |
![Preventative Force Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/apr-2017/preventative-force-cvr.jpg) |
Drones, Targeted Killing, and the Transformation of Contemporary Warfare
Edited by Kerstin Fisk and Jennifer M. Ramos, New York University Press, New York, 2016, 368 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. George Hodge, U.S. Army, Retired, Lansing, Kansas
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April 7, 2017 |
![The Fourth Marine Brigade in World War I Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/apr-2017/fourth-marine-brigade-in-wwi-cvr.jpg) |
Battalion Histories Based on Official Documents
George B. Clark, McFarland, Jefferson, North Carolina, 2015, 296 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Michael Jones, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
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April 7, 2017 |
![Life and Death in Captivity Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/apr-2017/life-and-death-in-captivity-cvr.jpg) |
The Abuse of Prisoners during War
Geoffrey P. R. Wallace, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York, 2015, 296 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Roger J. Linder, U.S. Army, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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April 7, 2017 |
![Potsdam Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/apr-2017/potsdam-cvr.jpg) |
The End of World War II and the Remaking of Europe
Michael Neiberg, Basic Books, New York, 2015, 336 pages
Book Review written by: Scott Stephenson, PhD, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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April 7, 2017 |
![Israel’s Way of War Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/apr-2017/israels-way-of-war-cvr.jpg) |
A Strategic and Operational Analysis, 1948-2014
Ehud Eilam, McFarland, Jefferson, North Carolina, 2016, 208 pages
Book Review written by: Capt. Colin Marcum, U.S. Army, Fort Bliss, Texas
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April 7, 2017 |
![The Terrible Indian Wars of the West Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/apr-2017/terrible-indian-wars-of-the-west-cvr.jpg) |
A History from the Whitman Massacre to Wounded Knee, 1846-1890
Jerry Keenan, McFarland, Jefferson, North Carolina, 2016, 504 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Terrance M. Portman, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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April 7, 2017 |
![Bill O’Reilly’s Legends and Lies Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/apr-2017/legends-and-lies-cvr.jpg) |
The Patriots
David Fisher, Henry Holt, New York, 2016, 320 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Peter Campbell, U.S. Army, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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April 7, 2017 |
![Bosworth 1485 Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/apr-2017/bosworth-1485-cvr.jpg) |
The Battle that Transformed England
Michael K. Jones, Pegasus Books, New York, 2015, 256 pages
Book Review written by: Col. Thomas S. Bundt, U.S. Army, PhD, Fort Detrick, Maryland
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April 7, 2017 |
![Hunters and Killers Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/apr-2017/hunters-and-killers-vol1-cvr.jpg) |
Anti-Submarine Warfare from 1776-1943
Norman Polmar and Edward Whitman, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 2015, 224 pages
Book Review written by: Maj. Matthew Prescott, U.S. Army, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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April 14, 2017 |
![Nested Security Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/apr-2017/nested-security-cvr.jpg) |
Lessons in Conflict Management from the League of Nations and the European Union
Erin K. Jenne, Cornell University Press, Sage House, Ithaca, New York, 2015, 264 pages
Book Review written by: David A. Anderson, PhD, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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April 14, 2017 |
![The Soul of Armies Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/apr-2017/the-soul-of-armies-cvr.jpg) |
Counterinsurgency Doctrine and Military Culture in the US and UK
Austin Long, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York, 2016, 288 pages
Book Review written by: Maj. Darrell E. Fawley III, U.S. Army, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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April 14, 2017 |
![Margin of Victory Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/apr-2017/margin-of-victory-cvr.jpg) |
Five Battles that Changed the Face of Modern War
Douglas Macgregor, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 2016, 288 pages
Book Review written by: Frederick A. Baillergeon, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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April 14, 2017 |
![Johnson’s Island Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/apr-2017/johnsons-island-cvr.jpg) |
A Prison for Confederate Officers
Roger Pickenpaugh, Kent State University Press, Kent, Ohio, 2016, 123 pages
Book Review written by: Maj. Vincent P. Particini, U.S. Army, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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April 14, 2017 |
![Morale and the Italian Army during the First World War Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/apr-2017/morale-and-the-italian-army-cvr.jpg) |
Vanda Wilcox, Cambridge University Press, New York, 2016, 235 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Richard S. Faulkner, PhD, U.S. Army, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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April 14, 2017 |
![No Better Friend Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/apr-2017/no-better-friend-cvr.jpg) |
One Man, One Dog, and Their Extraordinary Story of Courage and Survival in WWII
Robert Weintraub, Little, Brown and Company, Hachette Book Group, New York, 386 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Kevin Lee Watson, U.S. Army, Retired, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
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April 14, 2017 |
![Choosing Courage Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/apr-2017/choosing-courage-cvr.jpg) |
Inspiring Stories of What It Means to Be a Hero
Peter Collier, Artisan, Muskogee, Oklahoma, 2015, 240 pages
Book Review written by: Col. Michael R. Martinez, U.S. Army, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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April 14, 2017 |
![Company of Heroes Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/apr-2017/company-of-heroes-cvr.jpg) |
A Forgotten Medal of Honor and Bravo Company’s War in Vietnam
Eric Poole, Osprey Publishing, Oxford, United Kingdom, 2015, 320 pages
Book Review written by: Col. James L. Davis, U.S. Army, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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April 14, 2017 |
![War in the Shallows Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/apr-2017/war-in-the-shallows-cvr.jpg) |
U.S. Navy Coastal and Riverine Warfare in Vietnam, 1965–1968
John Darrell Sherwood, Naval History and Heritage Command, Washington, D.C., 2015, 448 pages
Book Review written by: Col. Eric M. Walters, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired, Fort Lee, Virginia
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April 14, 2017 |
![Strategy Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/apr-2017/strategy-cvr.jpg) |
A History
Lawrence Freedman, Oxford University Press, New York 2013, 768 pages
Book Review written by: John G. Breen, PhD, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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April 21, 2017 |
![Strategic Advising in Foreign Assistance Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/apr-2017/strategic-advising-cvr.jpg) |
A Practical Guide
Nadia Gerspacher, Kumarian Press, Sterling, Virginia, 2016, 171 pages
Book Review written by: Capt. Colin Marcum, U.S. Army, Fort Bliss, Texas
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April 21, 2017 |
![War, States, and Contention Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/apr-2017/war-states-and-contention-cvr.jpg) |
A Comparative Historical Study
Sidney Tarrow, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York, 2015, 328 pages
Book Review written by: David A. Anderson, PhD, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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April 21, 2017 |
![The Chosen Few Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/apr-2017/the-chosen-few-cvr.jpg) |
A Company of Paratroopers and Its Heroic Struggle to Survive in the Mountains of Afghanistan
Gregg Zoroya, Da Capo Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2017, 400 pages
Book Review written by: Steve Leonard, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
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April 21, 2017 |
![Consequence Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/apr-2017/consequence-cvr.jpg) |
A Memoir
Eric Fair, Henry Holt and Company, New York, 2016, 256 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. John T. Miller, U.S. Army, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
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April 21, 2017 |
![The American South and the Vietnam War Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/apr-2017/the-american-south-and-the-vietnam-war-cvr.jpg) |
Belligerence, Protest, and Agony in Dixie
Joseph A. Fry, University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 2015, 456 pages
Book Review written by: John H. Barnhill, PhD, Houston
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April 21, 2017 |
![Bigger Bombs for a Brighter Tomorrow Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/apr-2017/bigger-bombs-cvr.jpg) |
The Strategic Air Command and American War Plans at the Dawn of the Atomic Age, 1945-1950
John M. Curatola, McFarland & Company, Jefferson, North Carolina, 2015, 236 pages
Book Review written by: Thomas E. Ward II, PhD, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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April 21, 2017 |
![The General and the Genius Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/apr-2017/the-general-and-the-genius-cvr.jpg) |
Groves and Oppenheimer—the Unlikely Partnership That Built the Atom Bomb
James Kunetka, Regnery Publishing, Washington, D.C., 2015, 480 pages
Book Review written by: Maj. Leroy L. Cisneros, U.S. Army, Los Alamitos, California
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April 21, 2017 |
![Among the Headhunters Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/apr-2017/among-the-headhunters-cvr.jpg) |
An Extraordinary World War II Story of Survival in the Burmese Jungle
Robert Lyman, Da Capo Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2016, 288 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Joe M. Schotzko, U.S. Army, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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April 21, 2017 |
![The West Point History of World War II Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/apr-2017/west-point-history-of-world-war-ii-cvr.jpg) |
United States Military Academy, eds. Clifford J. Rogers, Ty Seidule, and Steve R. Waddell, Simon & Schuster, New York, 2016, 352 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Jonathan P. Klug, U.S. Army, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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April 21, 2017 |
![Grunts Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/apr-2017/grunts-cvr.jpg) |
Inside the American Infantry Combat Experience, World War II through Iraq
John C. McManus, Caliber, New York, 2011, 544 pages
Book Review written by: Maj. Lisa Argo, U.S. Army, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas
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April 28, 2017 |
![Douglas MacArthur Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/apr-2017/douglas-macarthur-cvr.jpg) |
American Warrior
Arthur Herman, Random House, New York, 2016, 960 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Robert Salvatorelli, U.S. Army, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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April 28, 2017 |
![The Road to Concord Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/apr-2017/the-road-to-concord-cvr.jpg) |
How Four Stolen Cannon Ignited the Revolutionary War
J. L. Bell, Westholme Publishing, Yardley, Pennsylvania, 2016, 234 pages
Book Review written by: David P. Haught, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
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April 28, 2017 |
![Health of the Seventh Cavalry Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/apr-2017/health-of-the-seventh-cavalry-cvr.jpg) |
A Medical History
Edited by P. Willey and Douglas D. Scott, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, 2015, 480 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Edwin Kennedy Jr., U.S. Army, Retired, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama
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April 28, 2017 |
![William Tecumseh Sherman Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/apr-2017/william-tecumseh-sherman-cvr.jpg) |
In the Service of My Country: A Life
James Lee McDonough, W. W. Norton, New York, 2016, 832 pages
Book Review written by: Gary Ryman, Scott Township, Pennsylvania
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April 28, 2017 |
![The Lincoln Assassination Riddle Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/apr-2017/lincoln-assassination-riddle-cvr.jpg) |
Revisiting the Crime of the Nineteenth Century
Edited by Frank J. Williams and Michael Burkhimer, Kent State University Press, Kent, Ohio, 2016, 224 pages
Book Review written by: Col. James L. Davis, U.S. Army, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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April 28, 2017 |
![Blitzkrieg Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/apr-2017/blitzkrieg-cvr.jpg) |
Myth, Reality, and Hitler’s Lightning War: France 1940
Lloyd Clark, Atlantic Monthly Press, New York, 2016, 480 pages
Book Review written by: Jesse McIntyre III, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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April 28, 2017 |
![A Dusty Boot Soldier Remembers Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/apr-2017/dusty-boot-soldier-remembers-cvr.jpg) |
Twenty-Four Years of Improbable but True Tales of Service with Uncle Sam’s Army
Larry A. Redmond, Hellgate Press, Ashland, Oregon, 2015, 574 pages
Book Review written by: Frederick A. Baillergeon, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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April 28, 2017 |
![Pumpkinflowers Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/apr-2017/pumpkinflowers-cvr.jpg) |
A Soldier’s Story
Matti Friedman, Algonquin Books, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 2016, 256 pages
Book Review written by: John G. Breen, PhD, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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April 28, 2017 |
![Choosing War Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/apr-2017/choosing-war-cvr.jpg) |
Presidential Decisions in the Maine, Lusitania, and Panay Incidents
Douglas Carl Peifer, Oxford University Press, New York, 2016, 344 pages
Book Review written by: Robert M. Brown, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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April 28, 2017 |