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Book Reviews – Strategy
Below are critical evaluations of books relevant to Marine Corps strategy, history, and leadership.
Airpower in Small Wars
by James S. Corum & Wray R. Johnson — Reviewed by Maj Charles D. Melson, USMC(Ret)
Amphibious Assault Falklands
by Michael Clapp & Ewen Southby-Tailyour — Reviewed by LtCol Leonard A. Blasiol
The Arab-Israeli Wars
by Chaim Herzog — Reviewed by Eric M. Hammel
The Art of War
by Sun Tzu translated by Ralph D. Sawyer
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translated by J. H. Huang
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The Seven Classics of Ancient China
translated by Ralph D. Sawyer — Reviewed by Col Bruce M. Mac Laren, USMC(Ret)
At the Water’s Edge
by Theodore L. Gatchel — Reviewed by LtCol Kenneth W. Estes, USMC(Ret)
The Campaigns of Napoleon
by David Chandler
Command in War
by Martin Van Creveld — Reviewed by LtGen B. E. Trainor, USMC(Ret)
Commander of the Faithful
by John W. Kiser — Reviewed by Jim Gant
Counterinsurgency Warfare
by David Galula
Counterinsurgency Warfare
by David Galula — Reviewed by LCDR Joseph D. Haines, MC, USN
Counterinsurgency Warfare
by David Galula — Reviewed by Col Thomas X. Hammes, USMC(Ret)
Decoding Clausewitz
by Jon Tetsuro Sumida — Reviewed by LtCol J. Alex Vohr
Diplomacy
by Henry Kissinger — Reviewed by Maj F. G. Hoffman, USMCR
Ender’s Game
by Orson Scott Card — Released through DivPA
Ender’s Game
by Orson Scott Card — Reviewed by Maj Jonathan Burgess
Ender’s Game
by Orson Scott Card — Reviewed by 1stLt Jordan A. Blashek & Cpl John S. Galloup
Guardians of Empire
by Brian M. Linn — Reviewed by Leo J. Daughterty III
Joint Publication 3-13, Joint Doctrine for Information Operations
– USMC — Reviewed by Maj James E. McGinley
Learning to Eat Soup With a Knife
by John A. Nagl — Reviewed by Capt Scott A. Cuomo
Marine Corps Operating Concepts for a Changing Security Environment
– USMC — Reviewed by Maj Pierre G. Hollis
Marine Corps Planning Process
– USMC — Reviewed by LtCol Mark W. Elfers
Masters of Chaos
by Linda Robinson — Reviewed by LtCol Charles L. Armstrong, USMC(Ret)
Military Innovation in the Interwar Period
edited by Williamson Murray & Allan R. Millett — Reviewed by LtCol F. G. Hoffman, USMCR
Military Misfortunes
by Eliot A. Cohen & John Gooch — Reviewed by Maj E. Gray Payne, USMCR
On War
by Carl von Clausewitz — Reviewed by Maj Scott Helminski
A Question of Command
by Mark Moyar — Reviewed by Robert A. Hall
The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China
translated by Ralph D. Sawyer with Mei-chun Sawyer — Reviewed by Matthew T. Robinson
Strategic Planning for Coalition Warfare
by Maurice Matloff & Edwin M. Snell — Reviewed by Col S. R. Shaw
Strategy
by B. H. Liddell Hart — Reviewed by LtCol Brooke Nihart
Strategy
by B. H. Liddell Hart — Reviewed by Col H. D. Pratt
Strategy and Command
by Louis Morton
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Triumph in the Philippines
by Robert R. Smith
A Tentative Manual for Countering Irregular Threat
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Small Unit Leader’s Guide to Counterinsurgency
– USMC — Reviewed by Concepts and Plans Division, MCWL
Thinking in Time
by Richard E. Neustadt & Ernest R. May — Reviewed by Robert D. Steele
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