The Military Shelf Special Operations Forces in Afghanistan Leigh Neville Osprey Publishing 443 Park Avenue South, New York NY 10016 9781846033100, $18.95 www.ospreypublishing.com Military libraries strong in modern operations need Special Operations Forces in Afghanistan: it's a survey of the Western response to terrorist attacks on the U.S. and describes the results achieved by specific units operating in Afghanistan. From successes to failures, chapters cover strategy, include many rare private photos and use the author's SOF contacts for unusual embellishment. Thinking Like a Terrorist Mike German Potomac Books 22841 Quicksilver Drive, Dulles, VA 20166-2012 9781597970266, $17.95 www.potomacbooks.com THINKING LIKE A TERRORIST: INSIGHTS OF A FORMER FBI UNDERCOVER AGENT comes from a former FBI counterterrorism agent who contends the main problem is a failure to understand terrorism and what they will do to achieve their goals. When policies are built on fallacies, they become brittle and don't work. Modern terrorists have a blueprint for action – and it's published and available for all to read. THINKING LIKE A TERRORIST surveys these plans and is essential reading for any interested in terrorism issues, and for libraries catering to them whether at the high school, college or public lending library level. Military Spouse's Complete Guide to Career Success Janet I. Farley Impact Publications 9104 Manassas Drive Suite N, Manassas Park, VA 20111 1570232695, $17.95 www.impactpublications.com Military spouses often sacrifice personal career goals by accepting low paying, limited jobs to fit in with their spouse's career, so it's refreshing to see a guide geared to military spouse career _object_ives and special concerns. From creating a great, changing network to using military resource programs effectively, Military Spouse's Complete Guide to Career Success is a fine guide any military spouse will find very useful. Osprey Publishing 443 Park Avenue South, New York NY 10016 9781846033100, $18.95 www.ospreypublishing.com Leonid Krylov and Yuriy Tepsurkaev's SOVIET MIG-15 ACES OF THE KOREAN WAR (9781846032998, $22.95) joins others in Osprey's 'Aircraft of the Aces' series, providing a comprehensive survey of how the USSR's top planes performed and made a big difference in Korea, surveying the first generation of jet fighters in Korea. Pilot exploits are covered in black and white and color, here. Gregory Fremont-Barnes' VICTORY VS. REDOUTABLE: SHIPS OF THE LINE AT TRAFALGAR 1805 (9781846031342, $17.95) covers the combined British, French and Spanish fleets who clashed off Cape Trafalgar on the Spanish coast in a duel of bravery. The action at Trafalgar comes to life in a series of studies of ships, crews, and naval warfare. Rene Chartrand's THE FORTS OF NEW FRANCE IN NORTHEAST AMERICAN 1600-1763 (9781846032554, $18.95) is for any library strong in early military technology. It covers the area ruled by France in North America from the 16th to the 18th centuries, discussing fort design, technology and defensive strategies and providing full-color illustrations: maps, charts, and photos. Ken Ford's GAZALA 1942: ROMMEL'S GREATEST VICTORY (9781846032640, $19.95) provides an in-depth, technical survey of the Rommel military campaign and battle experiences, studying him at the height of his powers and survey his strategy. Color maps and vintage black and white photos throughout enhance a moving account. The War Chronicles Joseph Cummins Fair Winds 400 First Avenue North, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55401 9781592332960, $29.95, www.fairwindspress.com War has always been an evil that mankind has visited upon itself. The War Chronicles: From Chariots to Flintlocks covers more than two thousand two hundred years of history in the subject of warfare. Such subject as Persia's campaigns in Greece, the invasion of England in 1066, European campaigns in the New World, to its final chapter on America's rebellion against their British masters. The War Chronicles is a must for anyone fascinated with this aspect of human nature, be they scornful of what has come to pass, or glorify the heroes that each conflict spawns. Battle Exhortation Keith Yellin The University of South Carolina Press 1600 Hampton Street, 5th Floor, Columbia, SC 29208 9781570037351, $39.95, www.sc.edu/scpress Morale plays a huge roll in how well a soldier fights. Battle Exhortation: The Rhetoric of Combat Leadership is a look at the encouragement battle leaders so often offer to their men. With a glance at its long history of orators rallying their troops, it also looks forward about how today's leaders are honoring tradition while giving their men the inspiration they need to be the best fighters they can. Battle Exhortation is a scholarly look at how one's mind set and the mind set of his allies can mean the difference between life and death in the field of battle. Utmost Savagery: The Three Days of Tarawa Col. Joseph H. Alexander, USMC (Ret.) Naval Institute Press 291 Wood Road, Annapolis, MD 21402 9781591140030, $19.95 www.navalinstitute.org 1-800-233-8764 An award-winning historical account written by marine combat veteran and award-winning military historian Joseph H. Alexander, Utmost Savagery: The Three Days of Tarawa is a close look at one of the deadliest battles of the Pacific Theater during World War II. First published in 1995, and now available in a new paperback edition, Utmost Savagery: The Three Days of Tarawa tells of America's struggling amphibious assault on a seemingly invulnerable Japanese island fortress of scarcely three hundred acres. Six thousand men died, yet lessons were learned from their sacrifice; Alexander puts forth a persuasive argument that without the hard-won strategic wisdom garnered at Tarawa, the larger amphibious victories that followed at Saipan, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa might never have happened. Utmost Savagery remains an indispensable addition to World War II military history shelves. World War I The African Front Edward Paice Pegasus Books 45 Wall Street, Suite 1021, New York, NY 10005 9781933648903, $35.00 www.pegasusbooks.com 1-800-272-0945 It was called a 'World War' because it seemed that for the first time in recorded human history, the battlefield extended to every corner of the globe. Written by former Cambridge history scholar Edward Paice, World War I The African Front: An Imperial War on the African Continent is an in-depth historical chronicle of the East African front of World War I. Though British troops quickly overwhelmed the threat of German naval _base_s in Africa, the land war would prove to be much more deadly to troops and civilians alike. The in-depth discussion of the horrors of war provides not only an meticulously _object_ive de_script_ion of the battlefront, but also a visceral understanding of why veterans of the war in France claimed to prefer life in the trenches to serving in East Africa. A handful of black-and- white photographs enhance this worthy addition to World War I history shelves. Especially recommended for public and college library collections. EDITOR'S NOTE: The Midwest Book Review is an organization of volunteers committed to promoting literacy, library usage, and small press publishing. 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