![Forging the Sword Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/forging-the-sword-cvr.jpg) |
Doctrinal Change in the U.S. Army
Benjamin M. Jensen, Stanford University Press, Stanford, California, 2016, 216 pages
Book Review written by: Col. James S. Powell, PhD, U.S. Army, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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June 2, 2017 |
![American Power and Liberal Order Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/american-power-liberal-order-cvr.jpg) |
A Conservative Internationalist Grand Strategy
Paul D. Miller, Georgetown University Press, Washington, D.C., 2016, 336 pages
Book Review written by: Staff Sgt. Brian Darling, New Jersey Army National Guard, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey
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June 2, 2017 |
![Charlie Mike Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/charlie-mike-cvr.jpg) |
A True Story of Heroes Who Brought Their Mission Home
Joe Klein, Simon & Schuster, New York, New York, 2015, 320 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Jacob A. Mong, U.S. Army, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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June 2, 2017 |
![My War in Italy Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/my-war-in-italy-cvr.jpg) |
On the Ground and in Flight with the 15th Air Force
Keith W. Mason, University of Missouri Press, Columbia, Missouri, 2016, 216 pages
Book Review written by: Maj. Robert Nelson, U.S. Air Force, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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June 2, 2017 |
![The Origins of the Grand Alliance Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/origins-of-grand-alliance-cvr.jpg) |
Anglo-American Military Collaboration from the Panay Incident to Pearl Harbor
William T. Johnsen, University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 2016, 438 pages
Book Review written by: Mark Montesclaros, Fort Gordon, Georgia
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June 2, 2017 |
![The Drive on Moscow, 1941 Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/the-drive-on-moscow-cvr.jpg) |
Operation Taifun and Germany’s First Great Crisis in World War II
Niklas Zetterling and Anders Frankson, Casemate, Philadelphia, 2012, 336 pages
Book Review written by: Robert R. Phillipson, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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June 2, 2017 |
![The Triumph of Empire Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/triumph-of-empire-cvr.jpg) |
The Roman World from Hadrian to Constantine
Michael Kulikowski, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2016, 400 pages
Book Review written by: Jesse McIntyre III, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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June 2, 2017 |
![Born to Battle Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/born-to-battle-cvr.jpg) |
Grant and Forrest: Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Chattanooga: The Campaigns that Doomed the Confederacy
Jack Hurst, Basic Books, New York, 2012, 512 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Paul Berg, PhD, U.S. Army, Fort Rucker, Alabama
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June 2, 2017 |
![30 Years After Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/30-years-after-cvr.jpg) |
Issues and Representations of the Falklands War
Edited by Carine Berbéri and Monia O’Brien Castro, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma, 2015, 214 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Chris Heatherly, U.S. Army, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
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June 2, 2017 |
![3WW4 Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/ww4-cvr.jpg) |
Douglas Cohn, Lyons Press, Guilford, Connecticut, 2016, 264 pages
Book Review written by: Frederick A. Baillergeon, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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June 2, 2017 |
![The Leader’s Bookshelf Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/leaders-bookshelf-cvr.jpg) |
Adm. James Stavridis and R. Manning Ancell, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 2017, 288 pages
Book Review written by: Robert J. Rielly, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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June 9, 2017 |
![Counter Jihad Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/counter-jihad-cvr.jpg) |
America’s Military Experience in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria
Brian Glyn Williams, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 2016, 400 pages
Book Review written by: David D. Haught, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
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June 9, 2017 |
![Eyewitness to Chaos Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/eyewitness-to-chaos-cvr.jpg) |
Personal Accounts of the Intervention in Haiti, 1994
Walter E. Kretchik, Potomac Books, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2016, 240 pages
Book Review written by: Frederick A. Baillergeon, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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June 9, 2017 |
![Tragedy at Chu Lai Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/tragedy-at-chu-lai-cvr.jpg) |
Reconstructing a Deadly Grenade Accident in a US Army Classroom in Vietnam, July 10, 1969
David Venditta, McFarland, Jefferson, North Carolina, 2016, 212 pages
Book Review written by: Col. James L. Davis, U.S. Army, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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June 9, 2017 |
![Dawn of Infamy Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/dawn-of-infamy-cvr.jpg) |
A Sunken Ship, a Vanished Crew, and the Final Mystery of Pearl Harbor
Stephen Harding, Da Capo Press, Boston, 2016, 280 pages
Book Review written by: Jesse McIntyre III, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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June 9, 2017 |
![The Royal Air Force in American Skies Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/royal-air-force-american-skies-cvr.jpg) |
The Seven British Flight Schools in the United States during World War II
Tom Killebrew, University of North Texas Press, Denton, Texas, 2015, 464 pages
Book Review written by: Jeffrey Copeland, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado
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June 9, 2017 |
![The Prometheus Bomb Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/prometheus-bomb-cvr.jpg) |
The Manhattan Project and Government in the Dark
Neil J. Sullivan, Potomac Books, Lincoln, Nebrska, 2016, 296 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Russell D. Meyer, U.S. Army, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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June 9, 2017 |
![Such Troops as These Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/such-troops-as-these-cvr.jpg) |
The Genius and Leadership of Confederate General Stonewall Jackson
Bevin Alexander, Penguin Group, New York, 2014, 336 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Paul Berg, PhD, U.S. Army, Fort Rucker, Alabama
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June 9, 2017 |
![Washington’s Crossing Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/washingtons-crossing-cvr.jpg) |
David Hackett Fischer, Oxford University Press, New York, 2004; 564 pages
Book Review written by: Maj. Jonathan D. Kingsley, U.S. Army, Naval Postgraduate School
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June 9, 2017 |
![Battle Royal Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/battle-royal-cvr.jpg) |
The Wars of Lancaster and York: 1450–1462
Hugh Bicheno, Pegasus Books, New York, 2016, 416 pages
Book Review written by: Col. Thomas S. Bundt, PhD, U.S. Army, Fort Detrick, Maryland
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June 9, 2017 |
![The American Miracle Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/american-miracle-cvr.jpg) |
Divine Providence in the Rise of the Republic
Michael Medved, Crown Forum, New York, 2016, 416 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Ross Pollack, U.S. Army, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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June 16, 2017 |
![How NATO Adapts Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/how-nato-adapts-cvr.jpg) |
Strategy and Organization in the Atlantic Alliance since 1950
Seth A. Johnston, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2016, 272 pages
Book Review written by: Capt. Drew Shepler, U.S. Army, Belgrade, Serbia
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June 16, 2017 |
![Able Archer 83 Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/able-archer-83-cvr.jpg) |
The Secret History of the NATO Exercise That Almost Triggered Nuclear War
Edited by Nate Jones, The New Press, New York, 2016, 320 pages
Book Review written by: Mark Wilcox, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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June 16, 2017 |
![Hunters and Killers: Volume 2 Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/hunters-and-killers-v2-cvr.jpg) |
Anti-Submarine Warfare since 1943
Norman Polmar and Edward Whitman, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 2016, 272 pages
Book Review written by: Harold A. Laurence, PhD, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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June 16, 2017 |
![The Applied Ethics of Emerging Military and Security Technologies Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/applied-ethics-cvr.jpg) |
Edited by Braden R. Allenby, Routledge, New York, 2015, 530 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. James W. Welch, U.S. Army, Fort Benning, Georgia
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June 16, 2017 |
![The Chosen Few Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-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, Boston, 2017, 400 pages
Book Review written by: Stephen P. Wuensche, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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June 16, 2017 |
![A Field Guide to Antietam Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/field-guide-to-antietam-cvr.jpg) |
Experiencing the Battlefield through Its History, Places, and People
Carol Reardon and Tom Vossler, University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 2016, 360 pages
Book Review written by: Col. Thomas S. Bundt, PhD, U.S. Army, Fort Detrick, Maryland
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June 16, 2017 |
![Albert C. Ellithorpe, the First Indian Home Guards and the Civil War on the Trans-Mississippi Frontier Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/albert-ellithorpe-cvr.jpg) |
Edited by M. Jane Johansson, Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, 2016, 280 pages
Book Review written by: Christopher M. Rein, PhD, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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June 16, 2017 |
![An Iron Wind Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/an-iron-wind-cvr.jpg) |
Europe Under Hitler
Peter Fritzsche, Basic Books, New York, 2016, 376 pages
Book Review written by: Jesse McIntyre III, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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June 16, 2017 |
![Man of Destiny Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/man-of-destiny-cvr.jpg) |
FDR and the Making of the American Century
Alonzo L. Hamby, Basic Books, New York, New York, 2015, 512 pages
Book Review written by: Lindsay H. Gudridge, Fort Gordon, Georgia
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June 16, 2017 |
![Sea Power Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/sea-power-cvr.jpg) |
The History and Geopolitics of the World’s Oceans
Admiral James Stavridis, Penguin Press, New York, 2017, 384 pages
Book Review written by: James Cricks, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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June 23, 2017 |
![Drawdown Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/drawdown-cvr.jpg) |
The American Way of Postwar
Edited by Jason W. Warren, NYU Press, New York, 2016, 336 pages
Book Review written by: Capt. Drew Shepler, U.S. Army, Belgrade, Serbia
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June 23, 2017 |
![The Life and Work of General Andrew J. Goodpaster Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/andrew-goodpaster-cvr.jpg) |
Best Practices in National Security Affairs
C. Richard Nelson, Rowman and Littlefield, Lanham, Maryland, 2016, 300 pages
Book Review written by: Gary Ryman, Scott Township, Pennsylvania
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June 23, 2017 |
![21st Century Knox Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/21st-century-knox-cvr.jpg) |
Influence, Sea Power, and History for the Modern Era
Edited by David Kohnen, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 2016, 176 pages
Book Review written by: Cdr. John T. Kuehn, U.S. Navy, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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June 23, 2017 |
![Douglas MacArthur Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/douglas-macarthur-cvr.jpg) |
American Warrior
Arthur Herman, Random House, New York, 2016, 960 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Jonathan P. Klug, U.S. Army, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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June 23, 2017 |
![The Great War and the Middle East Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/great-war-and-middle-east-cvr.jpg) |
A Strategic Study
Rob Johnson, Oxford University Press, New York, 2016, 400 pages
Book Review written by: Scott Stephenson, PhD, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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June 23, 2017 |
![The World Remade Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/the-world-remade-cvr.jpg) |
America in World War I
G. J. Meyer, Bantam Books, New York, 2017, 672 pages
Book Review written by: Jesse McIntyre III, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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June 23, 2017 |
![Blood and Fears Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/blood-and-fears-cvr.jpg) |
How America’s Bomber Boys of the 8th Air Force Saved World War II
Kevin Wilson, Pegasus Books, New York, 2017, 560 pages
Book Review written by: Robert J. Rielly, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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June 23, 2017 |
![Elvis’s Army Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/elvis-army-cvr.jpg) |
Cold War GIs and the Atomic Battlefield
Brian McAllister Linn, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2016, 464 pages
Book Review written by: Lt Col. Richard S. Faulkner, PhD, U.S. Army, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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June 23, 2017 |
![Battle Studies Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/battle-studies-cvr.jpg) |
Ardant Du Picq, translated, edited, and introduced by Roger J. Spiller, University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 2017, 240 pages
Book Review written by: Frederick A. Baillergeon, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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June 23, 2017 |
![Civil Wars Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/civil-wars-cvr.jpg) |
A History in Ideas
David Armitage, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2017, 368 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Troy Lewis, U.S. Army, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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June 30, 2017 |
![A History of Iran Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/history-of-iran-cvr.jpg) |
Empire of the Mind
Michael Axworthy, Basic Books, 2016, 384 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Michael Jones, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
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June 30, 2017 |
![Europe Since 1989 Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/europe-since-1989-cvr.jpg) |
A History
Philipp Ther, Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 2016, 440 pages
Book Review written by: David A. Anderson, PhD, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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June 30, 2017 |
![Oppose Any Foe Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/oppose-any-foe-cvr.jpg) |
The Rise of America’s Special Operations Forces
Mark Moyar, Basic Books, New York, 2016, 432 pages
Book Review written by: Jesse McIntyre III, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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June 30, 2017 |
![Pennsylvania Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/pennsylvania-cvr.jpg) |
A Military History
William A. Pencak, Christian B. Keller, and Barbara A. Gannon, Westholme Publishing, Yardley, Pennsylvania, 2016, 303 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Tony R. Mullis, PhD, U.S. Air Force, Retired, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama
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June 30, 2017 |
![Alias “Paine” Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/alias-paine-cvr.jpg) |
Lewis Thornton Powell, the Mystery Man of the Lincoln Conspiracy
Betty J. Ownsbey, McFarland, Jefferson, North Carolina, 2015, 220 pages
Book Review written by: James D. Sharpe, Fort Gordon, Georgia
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June 30, 2017 |
![Pershing’s Crusaders Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/pershings-crusaders-cvr.jpg) |
The American Soldier in World War I
Richard S. Faulkner, University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 2017, 784 pages
Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Edwin L. Kennedy Jr., U.S. Army, Retired, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama
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June 30, 2017 |
![American Journalists in the Great War Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/american-journalists-in-the-great war-cvr.jpg) |
Rewriting the Rules of Reporting
Chris Dubbs, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2017, 312 pages
Book Review written by: Staff Sgt. Lindsay N. Tramel, U.S. Army, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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June 30, 2017 |
![At the Edge of the World Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/at-the-edge-of-the-world-cvr.jpg) |
The Heroic Century of the French Foreign Legion
Jean-Vincent Blanchard, Bloomsbury Press New York, 2017, 272 pages
Book Review written by: Robert J. Rielly, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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June 30, 2017 |
![Last to Die Cover](/portals/7/military-review/book-reviews/june-2017/last-to-die-cvr.jpg) |
A Defeated Empire, a Forgotten Mission, and the Last American Killed in World War II
Stephen Harding, Da Capo Press, Boston, 2015, 288 pages
Book Review written by: Hiram Morales, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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June 30, 2017 |