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Media War: The Media-Enabled Insurgency in Iraq – Book Review

Peter Suciu | Published: January 19, 2011 at 11:32 am

Armchair General reviews Lieutenant Colonel Pat Proctor’s latest book Media War: The Media-Enabled Insurgency in Iraq.

The Officers’ Club – Book Review

Jerry D. Morelock | Published: January 18, 2011 at 11:20 am

Armchair General reviews Ralph Peters’ latest novel, The Officers’ Club.

Beetle: The Life of General Walter Bedell Smith – Book Review

Jonathan Jordan | Published: December 08, 2010 at 1:39 pm

Jonathan Jordan review Beetle: The Life of General Walter Bedell Smith by D.K.R. Crosswell.

U.S. Army Order of Battle, 1919 – 1941 – Book Review

Jerry D. Morelock | Published: December 06, 2010 at 2:27 pm

U.S. Army Order of Battle, 1919–1941 is the impressive result of many years of effort, painstaking research, superb scholarship and intensive labor. Two of the planned four volumes have been released.

Tooth and Nail – Book Review

Brian King | Published: November 29, 2010 at 4:48 pm

Real-world military tactics, a pandemic in the midst of the War on Terror, and Zombies – ‘Tooth and Nail’ is a book with everything!

One Second After – Book Review

Brian King | Published: November 11, 2010 at 6:53 pm

A nuclear blast above the United States sends our technologically advanced society back to a Middle Ages–level existence in the book ‘One Second After.’

The Deceivers: Allied Deception in 2nd World War – Book Review

Rick Baillergeon | Published: November 04, 2010 at 2:35 pm

The Deceivers: Allied Military Deception in the Second World War displays an amazing depth of research and is an engaging, informative read despite its length.

Naked in Da Nang – Book Review

Steve Schultz | Published: October 26, 2010 at 6:04 pm

Naked in Da Nang tells the story of a Forward Air Controller or FAC in Vietnam from 1971 to 1972. Now in its third printing, the latest edition contains a new afterword.

The Vikings – Book Review

Braden Hall | Published: October 14, 2010 at 2:36 pm

The Vikings: A History. Ferguson, Robert. Penguin Books. 451 pages, including 38 pages of notes, 12 illustrations, 14 maps. Paperback. $32.95.

At first glance, Robert Ferguson’s The Vikings appears to be a novel about Vikings that once raided Europe. In …

Little Known Wars of Great and Lasting Impact – Book Review

Rick Baillergeon | Published: October 07, 2010 at 5:53 pm

This review examines Alan Axelrod’s Little Known Wars of Great and Lasting Impact, and finds the book highly informative both in terms of what happened in these wars and how their effects ripple through history to affect the modern world.

American Guerrilla: Forgotten Heroics of Russell W. Volckmann – Book Review

Robert Helmsing | Published: September 08, 2010 at 11:18 am

A book review of American Guerrilla: The Forgotten Heroics of Russell W. Volckmann, the American officer who raised a guerrilla army of over 22,000 men in the Philippines during WWII, calls it “one of the finest military biographies I have read.”

The Most Dangerous Enemy – Book Review

Steve Schultz | Published: August 27, 2010 at 3:32 pm

This review of The Most Dangerous Enemy: An Illustrated History of the Battle of Britain says this outstanding book, illustrated with over 150 photos, maps and more, is likely to become the definitive account of the Battle of Britain.

The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire – Book Review

Richard Tada | Published: August 12, 2010 at 5:37 pm

A review of Edward N. Luttwak’s book The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire finds the work “interesting but flawed.”

Iron Arm: The Mechanization of Mussolini’s Army – Book Review

Alexander Wilson | Published: August 03, 2010 at 9:31 am

A review of the book Iron Arm; The Mechanization of Mussolini’s Army, 1920–1940, praises its in-depth look at a usually ignored topic, the development of Italian mechanized units and doctrine in the years between the World Wars.

Outnumbered – Book Review

Neal West | Published: June 15, 2010 at 4:19 pm

A review of Cormac O’Brien’s book Outnumbered: Incredible Stories of History’s Most Surprising Battlefield Upsets praises the author’s analyses and the panache of his writing.

TV ALERT – ACG Authors on C-SPAN Booknotes, June 13

Jerry D. Morelock | Published: June 07, 2010 at 2:15 pm

TV Alert – Two of Armchair General’s featured authors are scheduled to be interviewed on C-Span’s Booknotes program on Sunday, June 13

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