Category Campaigns & Operations
I realized something yesterday. Many news outlets and analysts liken the fighting in Ukraine since the fall of 2021 to WWI, but not many (I am especially looking at you analysis types) try to explain why that is. I have… Continue Reading →
Unless you have been living in a cave you should be aware that political correctness and the “war for social justice” is everywhere in the last 10-15 years. This book details how the social justice warriors (SJWs) have infiltrated the… Continue Reading →
[FULL DISCLOSURE: I received my copy of this book free from the author and/or publisher. I was not paid for this review and the opinion expressed is purely my own] This is a very interesting book that takes a look… Continue Reading →
[FULL DISCLOSURE: I received my copy of this book free from the author and/or publisher. I was not paid for this review and the opinion expressed is purely my own] I expected this book to be somewhat similar to the… Continue Reading →
Beneath the Killing Fields is a study and description of the subterranean remnants from WWI (tunnels, mines, etc.) that for the most part were covered up and forgotten in the post-war period. This is actually a pretty interesting book if… Continue Reading →
I just recently finished reading Panzer Commander: The Memoirs of Colonel Hans von Luck (last night), I don’t know why but for some reason I am on a war memoir kick right now and digging through my library and re-reading… Continue Reading →
In the decades since the end of World War Two military historians have published thousands of books on the campaigns, operations, and battles fought during this most global of world wars. The campaign in Northwest Europe garnered the lion’s share… Continue Reading →
In this captivating account of drug use in the Third Reich, author Norman Ohler takes us on a journey through the history of Germany and explains how, and why, it became a center of pharmaceutical research. Although the National Socialist… Continue Reading →
I have been a fan of Dr. Hanson’s work since I first read The Western Way of War: Infantry Battle in Classical Greece years ago while pursuing my undergrad degree in Military History. Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the… Continue Reading →
There is no end of speculation among policymakers and think tanks about what the future of warfare will look like and what the future US military should look like. The Future of Land Warfare is another entry in that speculation…. Continue Reading →
Intervention in Russia: 1918-1920, A Cautionary Tale, is a very well written account of a little known part of the First World War. Mr. Hudson writes in the style that I find to be the most readable and enjoyable…. Continue Reading →
All leaders in the United States military should be required to read Introduction to cyber-warfare: A multidisciplinary approach.[1] Paulo Shakarian, Jana Shakarian, and Andrew Ruef authored this book to address the need for knowledge and an understanding of the complexity… Continue Reading →
The Last Battle is the latest of the excellent histories of World War I that Peter Hart has produced. This book is an account of the last year of World War I on the Western Front with an emphasis on… Continue Reading →
An often overlooked aspect of World War II is the war as seen from the enemy side. There have been a plethora of books published about the snail’s eye view of the war from the Allied side from intimate unit… Continue Reading →
In the interwar years of the 1920s and 1930s several books about World War I came out that have become seminal works in their own right. Among these is Goodbye To All That by Robert Graves, his autobiography written and… Continue Reading →