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Here are links to several reviews that I have
written on these books - and they are at the links (blue dot) in my web site I
added 4 boks on strategy and plan to write reviews -
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Raines, Edgar, Eyes of Artillery - Review by John Sloan -
Detailed description of the origin of US Army Aviation during WWII as it began
with aerial target identification for long range artiller. Shows bureaucrating
at its 'finest' and role of the Air Force promoters
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Raines, Edgar, The Rucksack War: U. S. Army Operational Logistics in
Grenada, 1983
- Review by John Sloan Detailed study of the US operation in Grenada with
empahsis on the massive logistic requirement for even such a limited force -
also some inerservice issues
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Marathon - Battle, by
Professor Billows - review of book by John Sloan
Attached are links to other accounts and references on this much discribed but
misunderstood battle.
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Lawrence, Christopher, America's Modern Wars - Understanding
Iraq, Afghanitsan and Vietnam - review by John Sloan
A model of the application of math and modeling to study of warfare - It is
focused on various types of 'insurgency' and includes analytic categories of
types of these. Includes conclusions on such issues as required force ratios.
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Kaplan, Robert D. The Revenge of Geography - review by John Sloan
Another Kaplan venture into geopolitics with focus on crisis areas. The author
has written many books relating geography to history and strategy throughout
history. This one describes current areas of political crisis.
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Jones, Dan - The Plantagenets - review by John Sloan
A fine narration with analysis of the role of this family dynasty in the making
of England. Full of examples of 'contingency' in historical changes and also
role of so called 'great men' in history
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Cannae, The Ghosts of
Cannae by Robert L. O'Connell - review by John Sloan
I much critize this book - it is really not so much about the battle itself,
for which the analysis is faullty, but on the 'ghostes' that is the survivors
and their psychology resulting from their treatment by the Roman Senate.
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Boot, Max -
Invisible Armies - review
by John Sloan
A history of various types of 'small wars'
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Bobbitt, Philip - Terror and Consent - summary and comment on
this important book by John Sloan
This I have been preachingabout for years - it is predictive as well as
historical in its analysis of the role of terrorism throughout history
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Andrade, Tonio - The Gunpowder Age - China, Military
Innovation, and the Rise of the West in World history - review by John Sloan
This dispels many 'myths' about the interaction of China and Western power.
Very relevant to today
The author dispells some myths about the military history of China as well
as the origins and development of gunpowder. An important revision of much
accepted ideas about both Chinese and European military history
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Tsouras, Peter -
Warlords of Ancient Mexico -
review by John Sloan
An unusual narration ,biography, and analysis from the Aztec point of view of
the Spanish conquest - much interesting description of the inner political
working of Aztec society
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Tsouras, Peter - Over the Top - review by John Sloan
Interesting discussions of particular events, battles, during World War One
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Lawrence, Christopher,
Kursk
A massive - and I mean massive - study of this famous battle - with archival
material from both sides. Many misunderstandings and 'myths' are corrected.
This is limited to the southern flank of the larger battle but does include
full detail of the air war part not found in other accounts. Much analysis on
the basis of daily situation reports on strengths and losses to both sides. It
is a model for excellent historiographical research and writing.
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Milevski, Lukas - The Evolution of Modern
Grand Strategic Thought - Oxford Univ Press, Oxford, 2016, 175 pgs., index,
bibliography, footnotes
The story begins in 1805 with maratime strategy and continues through World
War II. The second section discusses strategic theories since World War II.
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Mondschein, Ken, editor - The Art of War
& Other Classics of Eastern Philosophy Canterbury Classics, San Diego 2016,
563 pgs.
The military philosophy and theories of Sun Tzu, Confucius, Mencius and
other Chinese authors
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Heuser, Beatrice - The Evolution of Strategy:
Thinking War from Antiquity to the Present - Cambridge Univ Press, Cambridge U.
K., 2010, 578 pgs. , index, bibliography, paperback
The subtitle is Thinking War from Antiquity to the Present. However, the
ancient and medieval eras comprise less than 100 pages. Most of the book is
about strategy since Napoleon
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Freedman, Lawrence - Strategy - Oxford Univ.
Press, U.K., 2013, 751 pgs., index, extensive end notes
Very comprehensive content from ancient times - Bible - to strategy used in
government and civilian enterprises today
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