The book is fairly up-to-date on detail, and its operational focus on strategy will please many readers. Others might prefer a military history for the modern strategist. This review originally ...

Hundreds of U.S. service members and veterans responded to our informal survey with their (sometimes very strong) opinions. Their choices emphatically highlighted the books that not only shaped ...

With that in mind, here's a look at some of the best military books that look ahead to coming conflicts -- with a hope that, perhaps, they won't unfold the way they've been envisioned. 1.

As the world sunk deeper into a deadly global conflagration in 1941, Princeton University professor Edward Meade Earle gathered a group of eminent scholars to discuss the history and practice of ...

The evolution of military strategy has often mirrored advancements in technology. As we navigate through the 21st century, the profound ...

The most important book I read as a student at West Point was a weighty tome titled “Makers of Modern Strategy.” It covered the evolution of strategic thinking from Machiavelli to the nuclear ...

The idea for a book relating modern military with “Star Wars” came to Matt Cavanaugh when he was stationed in South Korea in 2016. ... “Strategy Strikes Back,” a collection of essays, ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to journalist Thomas Ricks about his book on a military history of the civil rights movement: Waging a Good War: A Military History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968.

This interesting, thoughtful, and well-written work follows the pattern of all-too-many books today in not actually matching its title. Military History for the Modern Strategist? Definitely not. Much ...