January 2023 Book Review Archives


Maritime Strike Review

Maritime Strike

The Untold Story of the Royal Navy Task Force Group off Libya in 2011

Rear Adm. John Kingwell CBE, Casemate, Havertown, Pennsylvania, 2022, 240 pages

Book Review written by: Thomas A. Duncan II, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

Date Published: January 6, 2023


The Blister Club Review

The Blister Club

The Extraordinary Story of the Downed American Airmen Who Escaped to Safety in World War II

Michael Lee Lanning, Stackpole Books, Guilford, Connecticut, 2021, 368 pagess

Book Review written by: George R. K. Acree, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

Date Published: January 13, 2023


Old and New Battlespaces Review

Old and New Battlespaces

Society, Military Power, and War

Jahara Matisek and Buddhika Jayamaha, Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder, Colorado, 2022, 197 pages

Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Carl (Pete) Johnson, U.S. Army, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

Date Published: January 20, 2023


The Good Captain Review

The Good Captain

A Personal Memoir of America at War

R. D. Hooker Jr., Casemate, Philadelphia, 2022, 298 pages

Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Rick Baillergeon, U.S. Army, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

Date Published: January 27, 2023