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Oxford University Press , 2023, 467pp Paperback ISBN: 9780192884084 Editor : Richard Overy Reviewed By : Martin Crotty The publishing market is already saturated with books covering World War II. Library shelves, both public and private, groan under the weight of bulky and learned works from the likes of Basil Liddell Hart, Peter Calvocoressi and Guy Wint, as well as Victor Davis Hansen, and in a more popular vein, authors such as Max Hastings and Anthony Beevor. Throw in the thousands of more …
Designing Military Decision-Making Anew Columbia Air University Press , 2023, 364 pp Paperback ISBN: 9781585663286 Author : Ben Zweibelson Reviewed by: Alice Paton Our military strives to be the best, not just for the satisfaction of a job done well, but to protect our national interests, our society and our mates. We work hard to gain and keep a competitive edge, but what if these efforts are ineffective? In this book Ben Zweibelson, a retired US Army infantry officer with experience in Afghanistan …
The Allied Invasion of Europe and the D-Day Landings Cambridge Oxford University Press , New York USA, 2014 (First Edition), 422 pp Hardcover ISBN: 9780199986118 Written By : Craig L Symonds Reviewed By : Felicity Petrie Ten years since it was first published, Neptune - The Allied Invasion of Europe and the D-Day Landings remains fresh and relevant. It reviews the D-Day landings and the events leading up to the Allied invasion of Europe in the final stages of the Second World War that is both …
Penguin 2024, 480 pp $45.00 Hardback ISBN: 9781761342882 Author: Mike Carlton Reviewed By: John Nash Mike Carlton has now written five books on Australian naval history, focused on the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in both the World Wars. His latest work is Dive! Australian Submariners at War , which starts by looking at the history of Australian submarines and submariners in the World Wars, and then branches out into more modern history. It is a topical work given submarines are a regular news item with …
Title of Book: Hybrid Warfare: Fighting Complex Opponents from the Ancient World to the Present Cambridge University Press , Cambridge. 321 pp Paperback ISBN 9781107643338 Editors : Williamson Murray and Peter R. Mansoor Reviewed By : Chris Roberts With the advent of the atomic bomb, pundits predicted that war had changed forever. The intervening years have proven them wrong. Since the United States became embroiled in Iraq and Afghanistan in the first decade of the 21st Century, analysts posited the …
A Very Short Introduction Oxford University Press , 2010 Online ISBN: 9780191777592 Print ISBN: 9780199569915 Author : Keith Grint Reviewed By : Anne Goyne Books on leadership generally fall into three camps: the promotion of a ‘new’ way of theorising about leadership; a deep dive into great, but generally flawed leaders/leadership (which is what makes the narrative interesting); or a compendium of the current leadership literature. Professor Keith Grint’s Leadership: A Very Short Introduction falls into …
A History of Intelligence Penguin Press, New York, 2018, 948 pp Paperback ISBN: 9780140285321 eBook ISBN: 9780241305225 Author : Christopher Andrew Reviewed By : Dejan Mujkanovic Christopher Andrew's The Secret World: A History of Intelligence provides an overview of the evolution of intelligence tradecraft and related disciplines throughout history by examining the relevance of intelligence to decision-making from ancient to modern eras. Andrew is an Emeritus Professor of Modern and Contemporary …
Threat Strategy and Concepts The career management agency is engaged with Officers and senior non-commissioned officers (NCOs) about their placement for Career Management Cycle 2026. Some will find themselves coming to Land Capability Division within Army Headquarters for the first time. I was in the same position as you, two years ago. The aim of this series of posts on the Land Power Forum is to pass on what I have learned about the role of Land Capability Division over the last 12 months, in helping the …
Capability is a Team Sport – The Committee System Part One in this series of Land Power Forum posts introduced some capability definitions, and highlighted how deteriorating strategic circumstances have changed the strategy that guides ADF capability development. It also provided some examples of the process underway to transform the Australian Army into one focused on littoral manoeuvre capable of control of strategic land position with long-range strike capabilities. This post will discuss the …
Conflict and Cooperation in Space Columbia University Press , New York, 2014, 193 pp Hardcover ISBN: 9780231159128 Author : James Clay Moltz Reviewed By : Steven Henry James Clay Moltz’s Crowded Orbits: Conflict and Cooperation in Space is an insightful examination of the challenges and opportunities in the space domain, making it essential reading for Defence space professionals, and those seeking to understand this critical domain better. The book leverages the ‘congested, contested and competitive’ …
