July 2022 Book Review Archives

Cover Book Review Date Published
Island Infernos Cover

Island Infernos

The US Army’s Pacific War Odyssey, 1944

John C. McManus, Dutton Caliber, New York, 2021, 656 pages

Book Review written by: Mark Montesclaros, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

July 1, 2022
Ritchie Boy Secrets Cover

Ritchie Boy Secrets

How a Force of Immigrants and Refugees Helped Win World War II

Beverly Driver Eddy, Stackpole Books, Guilford, Connecticut, 2021, 440 pages

Book Review written by: Lt. Col. George Hodge, U.S. Army, Retired, Olathe, Kansas

July 8, 2022
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Pacifist to Padre

The World War II Memoir of Chaplain Roland B. Gittelsohn, December 1941–January 1946

Edited by Donald M. Bishop, Marine Corps University Press, Quantico, Virginia, 2021, 376 pages

Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Mark F. Kormos, U.S. Army, Retired, Fort Belvoir, Virginia

July 15, 2022
Military Statecraft and the Rise of Shaping in World Politics Cover

Military Statecraft and the Rise of Shaping in World Politics

Kyle J. Wolfley, Rowman & Littlefield, New York, 2021, 203 pages

Book Review written by: Lt. Col. David C. McCaughrin, U.S. Army, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

July 22, 2022
The Good American Cover

The Good American

The Epic Life of Bob Gersony, the U.S. Government’s Greatest Humanitarian

Robert Kaplan, Random House, New York, 2021, 544 pages

Book Review written by: Lt. Col. Aric J. Raus, U.S. Army, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

July 29, 2022