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Book Review: Without Flyers, No Tannenberg: Aviation on the Eastern Front of 1914—Evolution of a Critical Role for Modern Warfare
September 21, 2023 — 76th Birthday of Air Force | Authors: Terrence J. Finnegan, Helmut Jäger, and Carl J. Bobrow | Reviewed by Greg Pickell, US Army lieutenant colonel (retired) | Providing valuable historical context, Without Flyers, No Tannenberg offers a wealth of previously unavailable information and provided needed context to the German triumph over the... MORE

Book Review by Greg Pickell:
Without Flyers, No Tannenberg: Aviation on the Eastern Front of 1914—Evolution of a Critical Role for Modern Warfare

Authors: Terrence J. Finnegan, Helmut Jäger, and Carl J. Bobrow

Reviewed by Greg Pickell, US Army lieutenant colonel (retired)

Providing valuable historical context, Without Flyers, No Tannenberg “offers a wealth of previously unavailable information and provided needed context to the German triumph over the Russian 2nd Army in the opening weeks of the First World War.” The book describes how aviation developed in Germany and Russia and offers detailed maps and graphics. The latter part of the book covers events following the defeat of Russian General Samsonov’s 2nd Army, to include the Battle of the Masurian Lakes and the campaign that followed.

Book Review: Strategia: A Primer on Theory and Strategy for Students of War
August 29, 2023 — Strategy | Author: Charles S. Oliviero | Reviewed by Phillip Dolitsky, master’s student at the School of International Service, American University | Strategia: A Primer on Theory and Strategy for Students of War poses the question “What is the true nature of war?” According to the author, even after studying war for 2,000 years, it is still... MORE

Book Review by Phillip Dolitsky: Strategia: A Primer on Theory and Strategy for Students of War

Book Review: Cyber Intelligence: Actors, Policies, and Practices
August 29, 2023 — From intelligence cycles and processes to intelligence agencies, security challenges, and more, Cyber Intelligence: Actors, Policies, and Practices is a solid work that “covers a lot of ground at a reasonable price.” The reviewer sees it as “a practical tool in our understanding of the cyber intelligence and conflict discipline.” ... MORE

Book Review by Robert J. Bunker: How Civil Wars Start and How to Stop Them

Book Review: How Civil Wars Start and How to Stop Them
August 29, 2023 — How Civil Wars Start and How to Stop Them was written to acquaint readers with “the conditions that give rise to, and define, modern civil war” to “[understand how] close modern America is to erupting into conflict” (xviii). The reviewer notes, “American military officers, sworn government agents, and officials will find the work troubling” and praises its “nonpartisan exploration and objective analysis” in tackling a difficult topic... MORE

Book Review: Team America: Patton, MacArthur, Marshall, Eisenhower, and the World They Forged
August 29, 2023 — Although early twentieth-century America’s Army was small, meagerly funded, short on equipment, and rife with other struggles, it saw the rise of great leaders.Team America: Patton, MacArthur, Marshall, Eisenhower, and the World They Forged focuses on four of them. They came from different backgrounds, yet “Together they accounted for 19 stars; together they brought about victory in their generation. Two became Chief of Staff of the Army. One rose to become the US Commander in Chief.”... MORE

Book Review by Wylie W. Johnson: Team America: Patton, MacArthur, Marshall, Eisenhower, and the World They Forged

Book Review: The Good Captain: A Personal Memoir of America at War
July 21, 2023 — Strategic Leadership | Author: R. D. Hooker Jr. | Reviewed by Joseph J. Collins, PhD, retired US Army colonel | Retired Army colonel Rich Hooker’s The Good Captain is a memoir spanning the Cold War through the Global War on Terror. Hooker’s deployments take up the bulk of the book and include Grenada with the 82nd Airborne Division, Somalia to work... MORE

Book Review: Corruption in the Americas
July 21, 2023 — Regional Studies | Editors: Jonathan D. Rosen and Hanna S. Kassab | Reviewed by Dr. José de Arimatéia da Cruz, professor of international relations and comparative politics, Georgia Southern University, and visiting professor, Center for Strategic Leadership, US Army War College | Jonathan D. Rosen and Hanna S. Kassab argue in Corruption in the... MORE

Book Review: Bloodlands: Europe between Hitler and Stalin
July 21, 2023 — Military History | Author: Timothy Snyder | Reviewed by Rev. Dr. Wylie W. Johnson, US Army War College class of 2010 | Covering the rules of Hitler and Stalin between 1933 and 1945, Bloodlands: Europe between Hitler and Stalin, explores three periods of genocide in which “two great ideological powers that worked out their Darwinian fantasies at the... MORE

Book Review: Bloodlands: Europe between Hitler and Stalin
Author: Timothy Snyder

Book Review: The Military and the Market
July 21, 2023 — Armed Forces and Society | Editors: Jennifer Mittelstadt and Mark R. Wilson | Reviewed by Major Ryan Orsini, Infantry officer, US Army | The Military and the Market is filled with historical and political science case studies to help US policymakers and practitioners navigate the interrelationships between the Department of Defense and the... MORE

Book Review: The Weaponisation of Everything: A Field Guide to the New Way of War
June 21, 2023 — Technology and War | Author: Mark Galeottii | Reviewed by Dr. Robert J. Bunker, director of research and analysis, managing partner, C/O Futures LLC | In this field guide, Galeotti departs from his customary focus on Russia and covers a broad area of new ways—or emerging twenty-first-century means—of warfare. His expertise and penchant for... MORE

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