No Guts, No Glory by Jim Bolen is a fascinating book. I am ex-Army and found Jim’s portrayal of the people and lifestyle in this kind of life, very accurate. In many ways, it was like reading an after-action military report, but with emotional overtones...

I have a sneaking suspicion that if Marvin “Knife” Sotelo places Satanic Combat Sciences on Amazon, it will reach number one just based on the title alone. This isn't necessarily a bad thing because there is a lot of sound combat advice in here that...

I am one of the soldiers that Bob Kern is talking about in his great book, We Were Soldiers Too. I appreciate him taking the time to write this. The Korean War is often referred to as 'the forgotten war.' If they forgot the war,...

Wounded Warrior, Wounded Wife: Not Just Surviving But Thriving is written by Barbara K. McNally. Meet twenty brave women. “Strong, patient, giving women are the unsung heroes, standing on the sidelines after the medals have been awarded, the parades have ended, and our soldiers finally...

Advising Chiang's Army: An American Soldier's World War II Experience in China by Stephen L. Wilson gives us a different view of World War II and China at that time. We all know what happened to China and the innocent people living there, but we...

As Listening to Ghosts by Bob Stockton quickly reminds the reader, a good memoir is as much about the quality of voice as it is about the story. Listening to Mr. Stockton talk about his early family years is so akin to sitting down with...

When I was a boy, World War II and the Korean war seemed closer. They were something that had just happened and it wasn't that difficult to find someone who had served in them, though getting them to talk about it was sometimes a bit...

Ridiculosity: A Deployment to Afghanistan by Todd Campau is an irreverent look at an overseas deployment to Afghanistan written by a U.S. soldier. Ridiculosity is not a typical military or deployment memoir, in the sense that it is less about the technicality of war zone...

Not A Soldier, But A Scoundrel - The Lives and Deaths of George W. Graham by Heidi M. Crabtree is a significant, well researched book, enough to be memorable amongst the plethora of novels and histories I read concurrently. The chief protagonist of this history...

Unaccounted by Michael McDonald-Low is set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War and is the true story of an American infantryman gone missing and the mission to find him forty-four years later. The author gives a first-hand account of the soldiers in the Que...