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Rally the Rimlands

Breaking The Axis

Rally the Rimlands

Book Review Breaking the New Axis: A Grand Strategy for EurasiaBy Seth Cropsey and Harry Halem/ Naval Institute PressReviewed by: Michael J. ArdThe [...] More

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Five Traitors, One Last Book Please

Stalin's Apostles

Five Traitors, One Last Book Please

BOOK REVIEW: Stalin’s Apostles: The Cambridge Five and the Making of the Soviet EmpireBy Antonia Senior/ Public AffairsReviewed by: Nick FishwickThe [...] More

War, Climate, and AI Collide in "2084"

2084 (A Novel of Future War)

War, Climate, and AI Collide in "2084"

BOOK REVIEW: 2084: A Novel of the Climate WarBy Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis, USN / Penguin PressREVIEWED BY: Joe ZacksTHE REVIEWER: [...] More

Guns Don’t Kill People…And Neither Do Robots (Yet).

Project Maven

Guns Don’t Kill People…And Neither Do Robots (Yet).

By Katrina Manson / W.W.Norton & CompanyReviewed by: Neal A. Pollard The Reviewer – Neal A. Pollard is a partner at Control Risks Group and was the [...] More

The Admiral Behind Chinese Naval Modernization

China's Mahan

The Admiral Behind Chinese Naval Modernization

Book Review: China’s Mahan: Admiral Liu Huaqing and the Rise of the Modern Chinese Navy by Xiaobing Li (Naval Institute Press, 2026).The Reviewer [...] More

Pope Leo XIV: A Citizen of the World

Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV: A Citizen of the World

BOOK REVIEW: Pope Leo XIV: The BiographyBy Elise Ann Allen/Penguin Random House Christian/ImageReviewed by: Kenneth DeklevaThe Reviewer — Dr. Kenneth [...] More

Bill Rapp’s Prague Spring: Cold War Redux

The Prague Spring

Bill Rapp’s Prague Spring: Cold War Redux

Book Review: The Prague SpringBy Bill Rapp/Coffeetown PressReviewed by Kenneth DeklevaThe Reviewer — Dr. Kenneth Dekleva served as a Regional Medical [...] More

From Kabul to the French Quarter

The Fourth Option

From Kabul to the French Quarter

BOOK REVIEW: THE FOURTH OPTIONBy JACK CARR AND M.P. WOODWARD / ATRIA/EMILY BESTLER BOOKSReviewed by: Susan GorgioskiThe Reviewer — Susan Gorgioski is [...] More

From Apex Political Predator to Symbolic War Criminal

Tojo: The Rise and Fall

From Apex Political Predator to Symbolic War Criminal

BOOK REVIEW: Tojo: The Rise and Fall of Japan’s Most Controversial World War II GeneralPeter Mauch / Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University [...] More

Allies In War, Partners In Peace

Ike and Winston

Allies In War, Partners In Peace

BOOK REVIEW: Ike and Winston: World War, Cold War, and an Extraordinary FriendshipBy: Jonathan W. Jordan/ Dutton (publishing May 12, 2026)Reviewed [...] More

Putin's Dangerous, Corrupt, and Often Incompetent Spies

Tradecraft, Tactics, and Dirty Tricks

Putin's Dangerous, Corrupt, and Often Incompetent Spies

BOOK REVIEW Tradecraft, Tactics, and Dirty Tricks: Russian Intelligence and Putin’s Secret WarBy Sean M. Wiswesser / Naval Institute Press,Reviewed [...] More

Finally, a Taiwan Strategy That Goes Beyond "Do Something"

Defending Taiwan

Finally, a Taiwan Strategy That Goes Beyond "Do Something"

BOOK REVIEW: Defending Taiwan A Strategy To Prevent War With ChinaBy Eyck Preymann / Oxford University PressReviewed by: Martin PetersenThe Reviewer: [...] More

Beyond The Bureau: The Real DGSE

The DGSE

Beyond The Bureau: The Real DGSE

BOOK REVIEW: The DGSE: A Concise History of France’s Foreign Intelligence ServiceBy Damien Van Puyvelde / Georgetown University PressReviewed by: [...] More