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July 2017 Book Review Archives

Cover	Book Review	Date Published
	War and the Art of Governance Consolidating Combat Success into Political Victory Nadia Schadlow, Georgetown University Press, Washington, D.C. 2017, 344 pages Book Review written by: Col. Kevin C. M. Benson, PhD, U.S. Army, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas	July 7, 2017
	The Secret State A History of Intelligence and Espionage Col. John Hughes-Wilson, Pegasus Books, New York, 2017, 528 pages Book Review written by: John G. Breen, PhD, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas	July 7, 2017
	When Soldiers Fall How Americans Have Confronted Combat Losses from World War I to Afghanistan Steven Casey, Oxford University Press, New York, 2014, 320 pages Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Christopher Ellis, U.S. Army, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas	July 7, 2017
	The Politics of Mourning Death and Honor in Arlington National Cemetery Micki McElya, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2016, 416 pages Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Christopher Ellis, U.S. Army, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas	July 7, 2017
	An Untaken Road Strategy, Technology, and the Hidden History of America’s Mobile ICBMs Steven A. Pomeroy, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 2016, 304 pages Book Review written by: Harold A. Laurence, PhD, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas	July 7, 2017
	World War I and American Art Edited by Robert Cozzolino, Amy Classen Knutson, and David M. Lubin, Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 2016, 320 pages Book Review written by: Dirk C. Blackdeer, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas	July 7, 2017
	Harnessing the Sky Frederick “Trap” Trapnell, the U.S. Navy’s Aviation Pioneer, 1923-1952 Fredrick M. Trapnell and Dana Trapnell Tibbitts, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 288 pages Book Review written by: Jesse McIntyre III, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas	July 7, 2017
	Why Wilson Matters The Origin of American Liberal Internationalism and Its Crisis Today Tony Smith, Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 2017, 352 pages Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Robert D. Spessert, U.S. Army, Retired, Fort Gordon, Georgia	July 7, 2017
	Britain’s War Into Battle: 1937-1941 Daniel Todman, Oxford University Press, New York, 2016, 848 pages Book Review written by: Col. Eric M. Walters, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired, Fort Lee, Virginia	July 7, 2017
	Desperate Surgery in the Pacific War Doctors and Damage Control for American Wounded, 1941–1945 Thomas Helling, McFarland, Jefferson, North Carolina, 2017, 476 pages Book Review written by: Maj. Matthew R. Prescott, U.S. Army, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas	July 7, 2017
	Containment and Credibility The Ideology and Deception that Plunged America into the Vietnam War Pat Proctor, Carrell Books, New York, 2016, 532 pages Book Review written by: Thomas E. Hanson, PhD, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas	July 7, 2017
	The Ragged Edge A US Marine’s Account of Leading the Iraqi Army Fifth Battalion Michael Zacchea and Ted Kemp, Chicago Review Press, Chicago, 2017, 384 pages Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Jason E. Pelletier, U.S. Army, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas	July 14, 2017
	Courage in Combat Stories By and About Recipients of the Nation’s Highest Decorations Richard J. Rinaldo, Casemate, Philadelphia, 2017, 400 pages Book Review written by: David D. Haught, Fort Belvoir, Virginia	July 14, 2017
	Sting of the Bee A Day-By-Day Account of Wounded Knee and the Sioux Outbreak of 1890–1891 as Recorded in the Omaha Bee C. H. Cressey and S. L. Russell, Russell Martial Research, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 2016, 322 pages Book Review written by: Capt. Eugene M. Harding, U.S. Army National Guard, Auburn, Indiana	July 14, 2017
	The Guerrilla Hunters Irregular Conflicts during the Civil War Edited by Brian McKnight and Barton A. Myers, Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2017, 416 pages Book Review written by: Jesse McIntyre III, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas	July 14, 2017
	A Rainbow Division Lieutenant in France The World War I Diary of John H. Tabor John H. Tabor and edited by Stephen H. Tabor, McFarland, Jefferson, North Carolina, 2015, 224 pages Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Kurt W. Roberts, U.S. Army, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas	July 14, 2017
	Trail of Hope The Anders Army, an Odyssey across Three Continents Norman Davies, Osprey, New York, 2015, 600 pages Book Review written by: John E. Fahey, PhD, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York	July 14, 2017
	Hitler’s Wehrmacht, 1935-1945 Rolf-Dieter Müller, trans. by Janice Ancker, University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 2016, 248 pages Book Review written by: Scott Stephenson, PhD, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas	July 14, 2017
	Operation Agreement John Sadler, Osprey, New York, 2016, 340 pages Book Review written by: Lt. Col. W. Bryan Green, U.S. Army, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas	July 14, 2017
	Bataan Survivor A POW’s Account of Japanese Captivity in World War II David L. Hardee and edited by Frank A. Blazich Jr., University of Missouri Press, Columbia, Missouri, 2016, 320 pages Book Review written by: Frederick A. Baillergeon, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas	July 14, 2017
	Agincourt Anne Curry, Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom, 2015, 256 pages Book Review written by: Thomas E. Ward II, PhD, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas	July 14, 2017
	Conversations with Major Dick Winters Life Lessons from the Commander of the Band of Brothers Cole E. Kingseed, Dutton Caliber, New York, 2014, 304 pages Book Review written by: Lt. Col. John H. Modinger, PhD, U.S. Air Force, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas	July 21, 2017
	Instrument of War The German Army 1914-18 Dennis Showalter, Osprey Publishing, New York, 2016, 328 pages Book Review written by: Scott Stephenson, PhD, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas	July 21, 2017
	The Life and Times of General Andrew Pickens Revolutionary War Hero, American Founder Rod Andrew, University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 2017, 424 pages Book Review written by: Jesse McIntyre III, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas	July 21, 2017
	Against the Tide Rickover’s Leadership Principles and the Rise of the Nuclear Navy Rear Adm. (Ret.) Dave Oliver, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 2014, 192 pages Book Review written by: James F. Buckley, Fort Belvoir, Virginia	July 21, 2017
	Commanders and Command in the Roman Republic and Early Empire Fred K. Drogula, University of North Caroline Press, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 2015, 432 pages Book Review written by: Donald B. Connelly, PhD, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas	July 21, 2017
	The 1st Infantry Division and the US Army Transformed Road to Victory in Desert Storm, 1970–1991 Gregory Fontenot, University of Missouri Press, Columbia, Missouri, 2017, 560 pages Book Review written by: Frederick A. Baillergeon, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas	July 28, 2017
	Rebooting Clausewitz On War in the 21st Century Christopher Coker, Oxford University Press, New York, 2017, 176 pages Book Review written by: Scott Stephenson, PhD, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas	July 28, 2017
	Braxton Bragg The Most Hated Man of the Confederacy Earl J. Hess, University of North Caroline Press, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 2016, 368 pages Book Review written by: Joseph R. Bailey, PhD, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas	July 28, 2017
	Atlas of the Eastern Front 1941–45 Robert Kirchubel, Osprey Publishing, New York, 2016, 272 pages Book Review written by: Curtis S. King, PhD, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas	July 28, 2017
	Escape from Bataan Memoir of a United State Navy Ensign in the Philippines, October 1941 to May 1942 Ross E. Hofmann, edited by David L. Snead and Anne B. Craddock, McFarland, Jefferson, North Carolina, 2016, 228 pages Book Review written by: Jesse McIntyre III, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas	July 28, 2017