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  Book Review: The Strategic Use of Force in Counterinsurgency: Find, Fix, Fight

  José de Arimatéia da Cruz

  Author: Miles Kitts

  Reviewed by Dr. José de Arimatéia da Cruz, professor of international relations and comparative politics, Georgia Southern University, and visiting professor, Center for Strategic Leadership, US Army War College

  Focusing on the use of force and insurgency, the reviewer assesses the author’s question, “Does either neoclassicism or revisionism adequately address how to evaluate the utility of force in counterinsurgency and the prescriptions which should come from it?”

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  Book Review: John J. Pershing and the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, 1917–1919: April 7-September 30, Volume 1

  Nathan K. Finney

  Editor: John T. Greenwood

  Reviewed by Dr. Nathan K. Finney, lieutenant colonel, US Army, Indo-Pacific Command, founder of The Strategy Bridge and the Military Writers Guild

  Thoroughly researched and cited, this first volume in an anticipated eight-book series covers the first five months of World War I. The book includes maps, photographs, and is indexed for ease of use.

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  Book Review: The Panzer Killers: The Untold Story of a Fighting General and His Spearhead Tank Division’s Charge into the Third Reich

  Wylie W. Johnson

  Author: Daniel P. Bolger

  Reviewed by Rev. Dr. Wylie W. Johnson, US Army War College class of 2010

  The Panzer Killers follows the story of World War II Major General Maurice Rose, chronicling his humble beginnings through his rise to being a decorated and accomplished Army commander who led by example.

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  Book Review: Fighting for Time: Rhodesia’s Military and Zimbabwe’s Independence

  Charles G. Thomas

  Author: Charles D. Melson

  Reviewed by Charles G. Thomas, associate professor of comparative studies, Air University Global College

  The struggle for Rhodesia, otherwise known as the Bush War, centered on the decolonization of Rhodesia and involved ugly racial dynamics. The reviewer sees this work as “as comprehensive and critical as a single volume may be about Rhodesia’s military during the Bush War.”