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Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2017, ISBN: 978-1-316-62369-5, 344 pp Written By : Brian N Hall Reviewed By : Chris Roberts The thrust of Communications and British Operations on the Western Front, 1914-1918 is that communication systems are at the heart of command and control, and those employed by the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) at each stage of the war had a profound effect on the ability of British commanders to control operations. In addressing this matter, Brian N. Hall seeks to …
Penguin Books, 2015, New York, ISBN: 9780143107446, 519 pp RRP: $37.99 (softcover) Author: Jean Lartéguy Reviewed By: Anastasia Easton First published in 1960, Jean Lartéguy’s The Centurions chronicles the experiences of a group of French paratroopers who survive imprisonment in Indochina during the First Indochina War and return to France before later deploying to Algeria in military operations against the National Liberation Front. Having himself served in North Africa and Korea with the French Free …
Essays in Honor of Colin S Gray Air University Press , 2022, 233 pp ISBN: 9781585663217 Written By : Donovan C Chau Reviewed By : Gabrielle Taylor There is one name more synonymous with the modern study of strategy – Colin Gray. Indeed, he was one of his generation's most influential strategic thinkers who profoundly affected how scholars and practitioners understand war, strategy, and military education. Strategy Matters: Essays in Honor of Colin S Gray , edited by Donovan C Chau, is both a tribute …
Jutland and British Naval Command Penguin , 2015, 720 pp ISBN: 9780141980331 Author: Andrew Gordon Reviewer: James Davis Note from the Director, Australian Army Research Centre: With the release of the 2025 Chief of Professional Army Study Guide, now is an opportune time for Defence’s senior leaders to reflect on the books within that Guide which have had the greatest impact upon their development as military professionals. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to BRIG James Davis for …
Lieutenant-General A.G.L. McNaughton and the Canadian Army, 1939-1943 University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 2011, 416 pp 2021 Paperback Reprint ISBN: 1487541023 Author : John Nelson Rickard Reviewed By : Jordan Beavis Few figures within Canadian military history are as divisive as Lieutenant-General Andrew ‘Andy’ McNaughton. Differing interpretations of his personality, career, and abilities abound. [1] Yet a wide breath of historians are able to agree on one fact – that his replacement as Commander of …
History, Politics and International Relations London, Routledge, 2023, pp 234 ISBN: 9781032117171 Editors : Bridget Brooklyn, Benjamin T. Jones, and Rebecca Strating Reviewed By : Pearl Nunn Comprehensive yet accessible, challenging and probing; Australia on the World Stage is the ideal introduction to Australian foreign relations from before colonisation to the twenty-first century. The three co-editors include: Bridget Brooklyn, lecturer in Australian history at Western Sydney University and …
Megacities and the Changing Character of Urban Operations Marine Corps University Press , Quantico VA, 2019, 400 pp ISBN 978016095344 Editors : Benjamin M. Jenson, Henrik Breitenbauch, and Brandon Valeriano, Reviewed By : Shaun Cameron The Gray Scholars Program [1] was developed by the Marine Corps University as a student-led initiative to explore the future of war and encourage debate within the professional military education community. The second cohort of students participating in the program …
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 …
