LATEST BOOK REVIEWS
Find your next great read or dive further into your newest favorite topic.
LATEST BOOK REVIEWS
Find your next great read or dive further into your newest favorite topic.
The Gas and Flame Men: Baseball and the Chemical Warfare Service During World War I Review
“[Leeke’s] smooth-flowing narrative touches on various aspects of the World War I era that probably are not generally known either to baseball fans or to casual readers of history.”
Real Soldiering: The US Army in the Aftermath of War, 1815-1980 Review
“Linn presents a timely and masterful study focused on the challenges the Army faced in the decade following each major conflict from the War of 1812 to Vietnam.”
Patton’s Prayer: A True Story of Courage, Faith, and Victory in World War II Review
“Alex Kershaw’s Pattons’s Prayer expertly weaves the military leadership and successes of Patton with his deep faith.”
An Army Afire: How the US Army Confronted Its Racial Crisis in the Vietnam Era Review
“Beth Bailey has provided her readers with an exemplary analysis of the U.S. Army’s attempts to address the racial crisis that challenged its very capacity to effectively fight a major war.”
Every Weapon I Had: A Vietnam Vet’s Long Road to the Medal of Honor Review
“Colonel Paris Davis’s account of his life is much more than the story of the Medal of Honor alone.”
The Soldier’s Truth: Ernie Pyle and the Story of World War II Review
“The soldier’s truth, as Chrisinger explains in closing, is that war is hell. Yet, the hell Pyle witnessed was also the salve he needed to exist and to treat his own demons, a drug without which he could not survive, and one that eventually killed him.”
Urban Battlefields: Lessons Learned from World War II to the Modern Era Review
“Urban Battlefields serves as a timely reminder that war is by nature a human endeavor where technology, no matter how sophisticated, serves as the means, rather than as the panacea to solving complex military problems.”
Super Slick: Life and Death in a Huey Helicopter in Vietnam Review
“Authors Tom Feigel and Larry Weill do a commendable job of documenting the lives of the aircrews of the Huey helicopter, the workhorse of the Vietnam war.”
The Gunner and the Grunt: Two Boston Boys in Vietnam with the First Cavalry Division Airmobile Review
“The Gunner and the Grunt is easy to read and difficult to put down. As a Vietnam veteran, this reviewer found their accounts accurate in describing the challenges and dangers of combat, as well as life as a field soldier.”
Patton’s Tactician: The War Diary of Lieutenant General Geoffrey Keyes Review
“In the end, except by Patton, Keyes was often overlooked and sidelined. He felt—and wrote about—being passed over keenly. Holsinger remarkable editorial work helps bring those critical contributions to greater light and life.”
The Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943 Review
“The Savage Storm will interest readers who wish to read about the key battles of the Italian Campaign. The book is not for the faint-hearted. Nevertheless, Holland should be commended for this chronicle of war.”
Under the Double Eagle: Citizen Employees of the U.S. Army on the Texas Frontier, 1846-1899 Review
“Under the Double Eagle is a historical study that provides a great amount of data, and there is no doubt it was a monumental research effort. It is not fare for recreational readers.”
The Gas and Flame Men: Baseball and the Chemical Warfare Service During World War I Review
“[Leeke’s] smooth-flowing narrative touches on various aspects of the World War I era that probably are not generally known either to baseball fans or to casual readers of history.”
Real Soldiering: The US Army in the Aftermath of War, 1815-1980 Review
“Linn presents a timely and masterful study focused on the challenges the Army faced in the decade following each major conflict from the War of 1812 to Vietnam.”
Patton’s Prayer: A True Story of Courage, Faith, and Victory in World War II Review
“Alex Kershaw’s Pattons’s Prayer expertly weaves the military leadership and successes of Patton with his deep faith.”
An Army Afire: How the US Army Confronted Its Racial Crisis in the Vietnam Era Review
“Beth Bailey has provided her readers with an exemplary analysis of the U.S. Army’s attempts to address the racial crisis that challenged its very capacity to effectively fight a major war.”
Every Weapon I Had: A Vietnam Vet’s Long Road to the Medal of Honor Review
“Colonel Paris Davis’s account of his life is much more than the story of the Medal of Honor alone.”
The Soldier’s Truth: Ernie Pyle and the Story of World War II Review
“The soldier’s truth, as Chrisinger explains in closing, is that war is hell. Yet, the hell Pyle witnessed was also the salve he needed to exist and to treat his own demons, a drug without which he could not survive, and one that eventually killed him.”
Urban Battlefields: Lessons Learned from World War II to the Modern Era Review
“Urban Battlefields serves as a timely reminder that war is by nature a human endeavor where technology, no matter how sophisticated, serves as the means, rather than as the panacea to solving complex military problems.”
Super Slick: Life and Death in a Huey Helicopter in Vietnam Review
“Authors Tom Feigel and Larry Weill do a commendable job of documenting the lives of the aircrews of the Huey helicopter, the workhorse of the Vietnam war.”
The Gunner and the Grunt: Two Boston Boys in Vietnam with the First Cavalry Division Airmobile Review
“The Gunner and the Grunt is easy to read and difficult to put down. As a Vietnam veteran, this reviewer found their accounts accurate in describing the challenges and dangers of combat, as well as life as a field soldier.”
Patton’s Tactician: The War Diary of Lieutenant General Geoffrey Keyes Review
“In the end, except by Patton, Keyes was often overlooked and sidelined. He felt—and wrote about—being passed over keenly. Holsinger remarkable editorial work helps bring those critical contributions to greater light and life.”
The Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943 Review
“The Savage Storm will interest readers who wish to read about the key battles of the Italian Campaign. The book is not for the faint-hearted. Nevertheless, Holland should be commended for this chronicle of war.”
Under the Double Eagle: Citizen Employees of the U.S. Army on the Texas Frontier, 1846-1899 Review
“Under the Double Eagle is a historical study that provides a great amount of data, and there is no doubt it was a monumental research effort. It is not fare for recreational readers.”
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Suicide Jockeys: The Making of the WWII Combat Glider Pilot Review
“[For] anyone who wants to learn more about the young men who fly their gliders into great danger on silent wings, this book tells their story very well indeed, and certainly deserves a place in the records of American airborne operations in World War II.”
Approach to Final Victory: America’s Rainbow Division in the Saint Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne Offensives Review
“[Thompson] brings us a history of the [42d Division’s] contributions during the final two major battles of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF).”
At First Light: A True World War II Story of a Hero, His Bravery, and an Amazing Horse Review
“An extremely compelling and very readable history of his father’s heroic World War II service fighting in the oft overlooked southern European theater, slogging through Italy and northward through France and into Germany during 1944-45.”
Arming America through the Centuries: War, Business, and Building the National Security State Review
“Dr. Benjamin Franklin Cooling, a retired professor from the Eisenhower School at the National Defense University, has written an authoritative academic work on the complicated history of the U.S. military and the civilian business sector that provides the support necessary for both war and security beginning before the American Revolution to present.”
Military Architecture at Fort Clark: A Guide to the Texas Historic Landmark Review
Fort Clark, Texas, is a little-known outpost crucial to the defense of the west Texas border as well as a staging and training area for troops deploying to the two World Wars. First established in 1852, the fort became the home of some of the finest military architecture preserved in the United States.
Smashing Hitler’s Gun’s: The Rangers at Pointe-Du-Hoc, D-Day, 1944 Review
One of the biggest threats to Allied forces landing in Normandy on D-Day, 6 June 1944, was the German gun emplacements on the strategic bluffs named Pointe-du-Hoc.
The Delaware Bay at War! The Coastal Defenses of the Delaware Bay during World War Two Review
Coastal defense has always been important to the security of the United States, and by the 1940s and the advent of World War II, coastal security became vital.
Death and Life in the Big Red One: A Soldier’s World War II Journey from North Africa to Germany Review
As part of Operation TORCH in November 1942, the division shares one of the longest journeys of any Army combat unit in that war.
Mother of the Company: SGT. Percy M. Smith’s World War II Reflections Review
Mother of the Company reflects a son’s desire to share his first sergeant father’s war experiences in the European Theater with a modern audience eighty years removed from World War II.
Lincoln Comes to Gettysburg: The Creation of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery and Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address Review
Lincoln Comes to Gettysburg seeks “to tell the story of the interface between the battle, the death and burial of so many young men, the Soldiers Cemetery creation, and Lincoln’s immortal visit.”
Man of Fire: William Tecumseh Sherman in the Civil War Review
“This is for readers who may be familiar with Sherman, and interested in either him or the Civil War, but only in broad strokes.”
Searching for Irvin McDowell: The Civil War’s Forgotten General Review
How could such a pivotal figure fall into such obscurity?
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