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Book Review: Thanks for Your Service: The Causes and Consequences of Public Confidence in the US Military
May 20, 2024
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Book Review: Limited Force and the Fight for the Just War Tradition
May 20, 2024
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Resourcing the National Security Enterprise: Connecting the Ways and Means of US National Security
April 19, 2024
Book Review: Resourcing the National Security Enterprise: Connecting the Ways and Means of US National Security
Military Culture Shift: The Impact of War, Money, and Generational Perspective on Morale, Retention, and Leadership
April 19, 2024
Book Review: Military Culture Shift: The Impact of War, Money, and Generational Perspective on Morale, Retention, and Leadership
Hybrid Warriors: Proxies, Freelancers and Moscow’s Struggle for Ukraine
March 27, 2024
Dr. Sarah Lohmann, editor of What Ukraine Taught NATO about Hybrid Warfare (US Army War College Press, 2022), calls Anna Arutunyan's latest book, Hybrid Warriors, a "must-read for senior members of the US defense community" that "encourages strategists to think beyond segmented operations to ensure Russia's broad defeat."
Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine
March 27, 2024
Dr. John A. Nagl provides readers a roadmap to navigate—and a lens with which to interpret—General David Petraeus and Andrew Roberts's best-selling book, Conflict, which Nagl considers "'[t]he closest thing to a memoir" of Petraeus and "likely . . . the best first-person account in history of [Petraeus's] efforts and results in Iraq and Afghanistan that made him the most important Army officer of his generation."
The War in Nicaragua
March 27, 2024
Colonel Joerg Stenzel (German Army), an instructor at the US Army War College, lends his expertise in strategy to this review of "the most famous and successful" filibuster featured in William Walker's 1860 work, The War in Nicaragua.
Violence in Defeat: The Wehrmacht on German Soil, 1944–1945
February 22, 2024
Book Review: Violence in Defeat: The Wehrmacht on German Soil, 1944–1945 Daniel Gipper Author: Bastiaan Willems Reviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Gipper, US Air Force, faculty development scholar, Air University
The Islamic State in Afghanistan and Pakistan: Strategic Alliances and Rivalries
February 22, 2024
Book Review: The Islamic State in Afghanistan and Pakistan: Strategic Alliances and Rivalries Authors: Amira Jadoon with Andrew Mines Reviewed by Thomas F. Lynch III, PhD, Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute of National Strategic Studies, National Defense University
Waging a Good War: How the Civil Rights Movement Won Its Battles, 1954–1968
February 22, 2024
Book Review: Waging a Good War: How the Civil Rights Movement Won Its Battles, 1954–1968 Author: Thomas E. Ricks Reviewed by Keith Nightingale, retired colonel, US Army
Small Armies, Big Cities: Rethinking Urban Warfare
February 22, 2024
Book Review: Small Armies, Big Cities: Rethinking Urban Warfare John P. Sullivan Author: Louise A. Tumchewics (editor) Reviewed by Dr. John P. Sullivan, instructor, Safe Communities Institute, University of Southern California
Forging the Anglo-American Alliance: The British and American Armies, 1917–1941
January 17, 2024
Professor and historian Dean Nowowiejski presents a thoughtful review of historian Tyler R. Bamford’s study on the “long-term impact of the interwar relationship between army officers” of the United States and Great Britain, which “endured despite tensions” and “despite the absence of guidance and in advance of the political approval that would later lead to the formal alliance.” Nowowiejski highlights Bamford’s emphasis on military exchanges, mechanization, military attachés, and intelligence sharing and notes the refreshing significance of the book’s focus on army—rather than navy or executive-level—relationships, which makes this title of particular value. Author: Tyler R. Bamford  Reviewed by Dr. Dean Nowowiejski, professor and Ike Skelton Distinguished Chair for the Art of War, US Army Command and General Staff College Read Now: https://press.armywarcollege.edu/parameters_bookshelf/34 ​ Keywords: World War I, Great Britain, interwar years, mechanization, military attachés