![Zero Footprint Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/jan-feb-2017/zero-footprint-cvr.jpg) |
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
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January 3, 2017 |
![The New Nuclear Disorder Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/jan-feb-2017/the-new-nuclear-disorder-cvr.jpg) |
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
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January 3, 2017 |
![The US Naval Institute Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/jan-feb-2017/the-us-naval-institute-cvr.jpg) |
Edited by Thomas J. Cutler, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 2015, 194 pages
Book Review written by: Robert J. Reilly, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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January 6, 2017 |
![Storming the City Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/jan-feb-2017/storming-the-city-cvr.jpg) |
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
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January 6, 2017 |
![Transforming Military Power since the Cold War Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/jan-feb-2017/transforming-military-power-cvr.jpg) |
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
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January 9, 2017 |
![Reckless Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/jan-feb-2017/reckless-the-racehorse-cvr.jpg) |
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
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January 9, 2017 |
![Americans in Occupied Belgium Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/jan-feb-2017/americans-in-occupied-belgium.jpg) |
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
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January 12, 2017 |
![The End of Tsarist Russia Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/jan-feb-2017/the-end-of-tsarist-russia-cvr.jpg) |
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
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January 12, 2017 |
![Gallipoli Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/jan-feb-2017/gallipoli-cvr.jpg) |
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
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January 17, 2017 |
![Forgotten Heroes of World War II Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/jan-feb-2017/forgotton-heroes-cvr.jpg) |
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
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January 17, 2017 |
![Wendell Fertig and His Guerrilla Forces in the Phillippines Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/jan-feb-2017/wendell-fertig-cvr.jpg) |
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
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January 19, 2017 |
![The Jew Who Defeated Hitler Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/jan-feb-2017/the-jew-who-defeated-hitler-cvr.jpg) |
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
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January 19, 2017 |
![Church of Spies Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/jan-feb-2017/church-of-spies-cvr.jpg) |
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
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January 19, 2017 |
![Eisenhower's Armies Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/jan-feb-2017/eisenhowers-armies-cvr.jpg) |
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
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January 19, 2017 |
![Buddies Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/jan-feb-2017/buddies-cvr.jpg) |
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
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January 23, 2017 |
![Courage, Compassion, Marine Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/jan-feb-2017/courage-compassion-marine-cvr.jpg) |
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
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January 23, 2017 |
![The Spearheaders Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/jan-feb-2017/the-spearheaders-cvr.jpg) |
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
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February 1, 2017 |
![The Revolution's Last Men Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/jan-feb-2017/the-revolutions-last-men-cvr.jpg) |
The Soldiers Behind the Photographs
Don N. Hagist, Westholme Publishing, Yardly, Pennsylvania, 2015, 256 pages
Book Review written by: Brook Allen, Fort Gordon, Georgia
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February 9, 2017 |
![All Canada in the Hands of the British Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/jan-feb-2017/all-canada-in-the-hands-cvr.jpg) |
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
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February 16, 2017 |
![Conquerors Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/jan-feb-2017/conquerors-cvr.jpg) |
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
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February 22, 2017 |