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University Press of Kansas , Lawrence, 2016, 267 pp Hardcover ISBN: 9780700622214 eBook ISBN: 9780700622221 Author : Stephen R. Taafe Reviewed By : Chris Roberts MacArthur’s Korean War Generals is a study of command under adverse conditions. Set within a narrative of the United States (US) Eighth Army’s operations during the first year of the Korean War, Stephen R. Taaffe examines the character, command styles, and performance of the twenty-one men who led that army, its three corps and seven divisions …
The British Army's Preparations for War 1902-1914 Helion , Warwick, 2018, 235pp Hardback ISBN: 9781911512851 Paperback ISBN: 9781804515686 Author : Simon Batten Reviewed By : Chris Roberts The subject of the British Army's reform and preparations prior to the Great War has received little serious study. Further, much of what has been written in general histories has been simplistic and derogatory based on shallow research, ill-founded assumptions or deliberate misinformation. Two notable exceptions …
Fifty Years of Service Edited by William A Taylor University Press of Kansas , 2023, 344 pp Hardcover ISBN 9780700635382 Paperback ISBN 9780700634811 eBook ISBN 9780700634828 Reviewed by Brian Washam 1968 was a tumultuous year for the United States as the unpopular Vietnam War reached a crescendo with North Vietnam launching the Tet Offensive. Though a military victory for American and South Vietnamese forces, the American public watched the offensive play out live on the news. They concluded that the …
Delivering Effective Partner Force Capacity Building Routledge Press , Essex, 2021, 116 pp Paperback ISBN 9780367766405 Authors : Jack Watling and Nick Reynolds Reviewed By : James Bryant Some authors just make good sense. Reflective, reasonable and rational, with no particular ideological axe to grind, and transparent in how they arrive at their conclusions. In this reviewer’s opinion, Jack Watling is quite simply one of the most lucid, clear and insightful analysts on modern war on land. An …
Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Paul Scharre W.W. Norton , 2023, 473 pp Hardcover ISBN 9780393866865 Paperback ISBN: 9781324074779 REVIEWED BY: John Nash There are few hotter topics in military and strategic studies (and economics, technology, and more) than artificial intelligence (AI). Like with all new technology, commentary runs from the hyperbolic to the scornful. Finding the true promise is often difficult, and perhaps especially so with as polarising a technology as AI, not least …
American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict by Elbridge A. Colby Yale University Press , 2021. pp 384 Hardcover ISBN: 0300256434 Paperback ISBN: 0300268025 Reviewed By : Courtney Stewart Since its 2021 release, Elbridge Colby’s The Strategy of Denial remains a critical contribution to defence strategists grappling with the evolving complexities of China’s growing assertiveness, great power competition in the Indo-Pacific and the role of allies within these dynamics. The Strategy of Denial argues …
The War Diary of Lieutenant General Geoffrey Keyes by Geoffrey Keyes, edited by James W. Holsinger Jr University Press of Kentucky , Lexington, 2024, 459 pp Hardcover ISBN: 9780813198712 Reviewed By: Chris Roberts Lieutenant General Geoffrey Keyes, a 1913 graduate of the United States Military Academy, saw active service in the Mediterranean Theatre of Operations during the Second World War, and later served in occupied Germany and occupied Austria. During the North African Campaign, from November …
The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine by David Petraeus and Andrew Roberts Harper Collins, London, 2023, 444 pp ISBN 9780008567972 Reviewed By: Adriaan van Staden Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine is an expansive analysis of the evolution of global warfare since the end of World War Two. It delves into how conflicts, both large and small, have been transformed due to political, technological, and societal shifts, moving from state-on-state battles to asymmetric and hybrid …
As the summer holidays approach, full of the promise of reading (or listening) time, it is worth looking at some of the books, articles, and other writings that have inspired members of the Australian Army Research Centre (AARC) over the last year. There are other resources out there, with no end of professional reading lists to choose from, including from the AARC: a littoral focused list from earlier this year, and the 2019 Army reading list . A new Army Reading List is being developed and will be …
Sound Military Conclusions for the Modern Era Editor : Benjamin Armstrong Naval Institute Press , Annapolis, 2013. 179 pp Reviewed By : Jennifer Parker Benjamin F. Armstrong’s 21 st Century Mahan revisits the works of Rear-Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan, an influential American maritime strategist whose ideas shaped maritime thinking in the late 19th and early 20th centuries – and arguably the 21st. Mahan is best known for the often quoted, yet impenetrably written ‘The Influence of Sea Power Upon …
