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January-February 2017 Book Review Archives

Cover	Book Review	Date Published
	Zero Footprint The True Story of a Private Military Contractor’s Covert Assignments in Syria, Libya, and the World’s Most Dangerous Places Simon Chase and Ralph Pezzullo, Mulholland Books, New York, 2016, 320 pages Book Review written by: Eric McGraw, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas	January 3, 2017
	The New Nuclear Disorder Challenges to Deterrence and Strategy Stephen J. Cimbala, Ashgate Publishing Company, New York, 2015, 254 pages Book Review written by: Harold A. Laurence, PhD, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas	January 3, 2017
	The U.S. Naval Institute on Command Edited by Thomas J. Cutler, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 2015, 194 pages Book Review written by: Robert J. Reilly, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas	January 6, 2017
	Storming the City U.S. Military Performance in Urban Warfare from World War II to Vietnam Alec Wahlman, University of North Texas Press, Denton, Texas, 2015, 368 pages Book Review written by: Col. Eric M. Walters, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired, Fort Lee, Virginia	January 6, 2017
	Transforming Military Power since the Cold War Britain, France, and the United States, 1991-2012 Theo Farrell, Sten Rynning, and Terry Terriff, Cambridge University Press, New York, 2013, 303 pages Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Stephen Harvey, U.S. Army, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas	January 9, 2017
	Reckless The Racehorse Who Became a Marine Corps Hero Tom Clavin, New American Library Caliber, New York, 2014, 308 pages Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Chris Heatherly, U.S. Army, Pullman, Washington	January 9, 2017
	Americans in Occupied Belgium, 1914-1918 Accounts of the War from Journalists, Tourists, Troops and Medical Staff Ed Klekowski and Libby Klekowski, McFarland and Company, Inc., Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina, 2014, 296 pages Book Review written by: Col. Dean A. Nowowiejski, PhD, U.S. Army, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas	January 12, 2017
	The End of Tsarist Russia The March to World War I and Revolution Dominic Lieven, Viking, New York, 2015, 428 pages Book Review written by: Maj. Roland Minez, U.S. Army Reserve, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas	January 12, 2017
	Gallipoli The Dardanelles Disaster in Soldiers’ Words and Photographs Richard Van Emden and Stephen Chambers, Bloomsbury USA, New York, 2015, 344 pages Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Terrance M. Portman, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas	January 17, 2017
	Forgotten Heroes of World War II Personal Accounts of Ordinary Soldiers—Land, Sea, and Air Thomas E. Simmons, Taylor Trade, New York, 2014, 326 pages Book Review written by: Col. Michael R. Martinez, U.S. Army, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas	January 17, 2017
	Wendell Fertig and His Guerrilla Forces in the Phillippines Fighting the Japanese Occupation, 1942-1945 Kent Holmes, McFarland, Jefferson, North Carolina, 2015, 244 pages Book Review written by: Maj. Thomas R. Nypaver, Texas Army National Guard, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas	January 19, 2017
	The Jew Who Defeated Hitler Henry Morgenthau Jr., FDR, and How We Won the War Peter Moreira, Prometheus Books, Amherst, New York, 2014, 296 pages Book Review written by: Maj. Matthew Prescott, U.S. Army, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas	January 19, 2017
	Church of Spies The Pope’s Secret War Against Hitler Mark Riebling, Basic Books, New York, 2015, 384 pages Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Joe Schotzko, U.S. Army, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas	January 19, 2017
	Eisenhower's Armies The American-British Alliance During World War II Niall Barr, Pegasus Books, New York, 2015, 544 pages Book Review written by: Maj. Carla Gleason, U.S. Air Force, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas	January 19, 2017
	Buddies Heartwarming Photos of GIs and Their Dogs in World War II L. Douglas Keeney, Zenith Press, New York, 2015, 176 pages Book Review written by: Boyd Plessl, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas	January 23, 2017
	Courage, Compassion, Marine The Unique Story of Jimmie Dyess Perry Smith, iUniverse, Bloomington, Indiana, 2015, 220 pages Book Review written by: James D. Sharpe Jr., Fort Gordon, Georgia	January 23, 2017
	The Spearheaders A Personal History of Darby’s Rangers James J. Altieri, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 2014, 318 pages Book Review written by: Adam J. Carson, Fort Gordon, Georgia	February 1, 2017
	The Revolution's Last Men The Soldiers Behind the Photographs Don N. Hagist, Westholme Publishing, Yardly, Pennsylvania, 2015, 256 pages Book Review written by: Brook Allen, Fort Gordon, Georgia	February 9, 2017
	All Canada in the Hands of the British General Jeffrey Amherst and the 1760 Campaign to Conquer New France Douglas R. Cubbison, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma, 2014, 283 pages Book Review written by: Joseph Miller, Orono, Maine	February 16, 2017
	Conquerors How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire Roger Crowley, Random House, New York, 2015, 400 pages Book Review written by: Lewis Bernstein, PhD, Woodbridge, Virginia	February 22, 2017