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Below are critical evaluations of books relevant to WWI and WWII strategy, history, and leadership .

World War 1

The Dynamics of Doctrine by Capt Timothy T. Lupfer, USA — Reviewed by Prof Williamson Murray

World War 2

A Bell for Adano by John Hersey — Reviewed by Paul Turnan
A Bias for Action by Russel H. S. Stolfi — Reviewed by Capt John R. Studt
The Canadian Army and the Normandy Campaign by John A. English — Reviewed by LtCol Donald F. Bittner, USMCR(Ret)
Crusade in Europe by Dwight D. Eisenhower — Reviewed by J. A. Donovan, Jr.
Crusade in Europe by Dwight D. Eisenhower — Reviewed by RPMacG
Defeat into Victory by Field Marshal Sir William Slim — Reviewed by LtCol L. E. Hudgins, Jr.
Eagle Against the Sun by Ronald H. Spector — Reviewed by Bob Jordan
Eagle Against the Sun by Ronald H. Spector –Reviewed by Brian M. Linn
The Fall of the Philippines by Louis Morton — Reviewed by Maj G. P. Averill
In the Ruins of Empire by Ronald H. Spector — Reviewed by Robert B. Loring
The Invasion of France and Germany by Samuel Eliot Morison — Reviewed by Col R. D. Heinl, Jr.
Leyte by RADM Samuel Eliot Morison, USNR(Ret) — Reviewed by Col R. D. Heinl, Jr.
New Guinea and the Marianas by Samuel Eliot Morison — Reviewed by LtCol V. J. Croizat
Northwest Africa by George F. Howe
Okinawa by Roy E. Appleman, James M. Burns, Russell A. Gugeler & John Stevens
Pacific Blitzkrieg by Sharon Tosi Lacey — Reviewed by Dr. John W. (Bill) Gordon
The Rising Sun in the Pacific by Samuel Eliot Morison — Reviewed by RPMacG
Sicily-Salerno-Anzio by RADM S. E. Morison — Reviewed by LtCol R. D. Heinl, Jr.
The Two Ocean War by Samuel E. Morison — Reviewed by LtCol Merrill L. Bartlett, USMC(Ret)
War Plan Orange by Edward S. Miller — Reviewed by Maj Robert E. Schmidle