Brian M. Sobel’s book “The Fighting Pattons” isn’t about the Patton family as much as it is a biography of George S. Patton III, son of the famous World War II general. As such, it fills an important role in examining this overlooked Patton.

Five valuable lessons on leadership from the writings of Alfred Thayer Mahan – strategist, mentor, teacher and author of the book “The Influence of Sea Power on History, 1660 – 1783″ that influenced naval doctrine of every major maritime power of the early 20th century.

Armchair General received the following media release from the General George Patton Museum and Center of Leadership, located at Fort Knox, Kentucky. ACG ran an article at the beginning of the museum’s transformation in 2011; click here to read that …

“Fox’s Gambit” is a low-complexity board game of the Battle of Gazala, May-June 1942, that can be played in about three hours.

“Those Angry Days – Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America’s Fight Over World War II, 1939-1941″ examines an interesting, if overlooked, era of American history; more significantly, it explores questions America may face in the near future.

The latest installment of the continuing series Tactics 101 examines the principles of war – what they are and how they evolved.

Not a simple repackaging of commonly known facts and Eurocentric military biographies, R.G. Grant’s “Commanders – History’s Greatest Military Leaders” is a cornucopia of information on military leaders from across the span of recorded history.

Three of the last four surviving members of the famed Doolittle Raiders will assemble for one last reunion in Ft. Walton Beach, April 17 – 21, 2013.

“Elihu Washburne: The Diary and Letters of America’s Minister to France During the Siege and Commune of Paris” provides a personal account of the inner workings of American diplomacy under under extremely difficult circumstances.

In honor of its 25th anniversary, MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History, has published a special issue, “Great American Fighters.”

The Military Quotation Book; Revised for the 21st Century. Book review. Edited by James Charlton. Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Press. 176 pages. $17.99

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As history, the movie “Emperor” is inconsistent. It gets a number of details wrong – often at the expense of Gen. Douglas MacArthur – but overall it succeeds in its attempt to make audiences realize and appreciate the impact of two disparate cultures on a horrific war.

Author and historian Carlo D’Este offers part II of his examination of the relationship between Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s and his World War II chauffeur, Kay Summersby.

In the wake of the Gen. David Petraeus and Paula Broadwell scandal, author and historian Carlo D’Este examines Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s relationship with his World War II chauffeur, Kay Summersby.

DNA confirms a skeleton found buried in Leicester, central England, is that of King Richard III.

Retired journalist Joe Galloway, co-author of “We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young,” pays tribute to one of the men whose exploits at the battle of Ia Drang were described in the book, the late Command Sergeant Major Basil L. Plumley.