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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
The Forgotten Story of How America Forged a Powerful Army Before Pearl Harbor by Paul Dickson Grove Atlantic, 2020, 416 pp Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8021-5869-7 Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-8021-4767-7 E-Book ISBN: 978-0-8021-4768-4 Reviewed by: McLeod Wood Paul Dickson has been a freelance writer since 1968 and has written historical works on American interwar slang ( War Slang: American Fighting Words and Phrases Since the Civil War ) and the Cold War ( Sputnik: The Shock of the Century ), to list a few. His …
Unsung Hero of the Pacific War by Kevin C Holzimmer University Press of Kansas , 2007 (paperback reprint 2022), 330 pages Paperback ISBN: 978070064040 Reviewed By: Dayton McCarthy, CSC Hailing from the University Press of Kansas – a long-standing publisher of high-quality military history – Kevin C Holzimmer’s book on General Walter Krueger book joins a growing body of work that (re)examines the role of the United States Army in the Southwest Pacific Area (SWPA) during the Second World War. These …
