Book Review: First Platoon
Annie Jacobsen’s offers a cautionary tale about military reliance on biometric data and surveillance
Book Review: Empires of the Sky
Alexander Rose touches on the WWI zeppelin raids and how manned flight became a big business in the early 20th century
Book Review: Britain at Bay
Alan Allport delves into personalities, politics and economics to recast British WWII history in a book that may raise hackles
Book Review: Master of Deception
Alan Ogden chronicles the wartime intelligence exploits of Peter Fleming, brother of Ian Fleming of James Bond fame
Book Review: Ian Fleming’s Inspiration
Edward Smith relates the wartime naval intelligence work of Ian Fleming, British author of the James Bond series of spy novels
Book Review: Pershing’s Lieutenants
Douglas Mastriano recounts the key officers who helped Black Jack Pershing lead the U.S. Army to victory in WWI
Book Review: Airmen of Arnhem
Martin W. Bowman relates the hazards airmen faced during Operation Market Garden, the ill-fated Allied attempt to shorten World War II
Book Review: The Secret History of Soldiers
Tim Cook assesses the performance and staying power of the Canadian Corps during World War I
Book Review: The War for the Seas
Evan Mawdsley examines maritime warfare across all combat theaters of World War II
Book Review: Crusaders
Dan Jones relates the 11th- through 13th-century wars between Christian and Muslim armies for control of the Holy Land
Book Review: Dorwart’s History of the ONI
Jeffrey Dorwart's in-depth history of the Office of Naval Intelligence draws on archival material, memoirs and gripping interviews
Book Review: Fagen
Michael Morey looks at the Philippine-American War through the lens of David Fagen, a black U.S. soldier who switched sides
Book Review: Battle for Skyline Ridge
Vietnam veteran and former agency operative James Parker examines the CIA’s leading role in the fight in northern Laos
Book Review: The Battle of Guilford Courthouse
Historian John R. Maass relates the 1781 North Carolina clash that started the British down the road to defeat
Book Review: The Imperial Russian Army
Roger Reese examines how the imperial army's failures contributed to Russia's post–World War I collapse into chaos and communism
Book Review: The War Queens
Father-daughter authors Jonathan W. and Emily Anne Jordan profile 13 of history's most prominent female war leaders
