Book Reviews – Strategy – MCA

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 AND translated by J. H. Huang AND 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 AND Triumph in the Philippines by Robert R. Smith

A Tentative Manual for Countering Irregular Threats AND 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