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  Book Review: War of Supply

  John A. Bonin

  Author: David D. Dworak

  Reviewed by Dr. John A. Bonin, consultant, US Army War College

  The reviewer notes, “While there are thousands of books about World War II, there are relatively few on the war in the Mediterranean and fewer on its logistics.” Dworak provides just that, with a chronological account of Operation Torch in North Africa; Operations Husky, Avalanche, and Shingle in Sicily and Italy; and Operation Dragoon in southern France.

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  Book Review: Blood and Ruins: The Last Imperial War, 1931–1945

  Jonathan Klug

  Author: Richard Overy

  Reviewed by Jonathan Klug, colonel, US Army, and assistant professor, Department of Military Strategy, Planning, and Operations, US Army War College

  Many track the start of World War II to Poland in 1939.In Blood and Ruins, Richard Overy contends the 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria was the start of an Asian war that later merged into the 1939 war in Europe when Japan attacked America. The book addresses policy and strategy as well as operational, technical, and tactical issues.

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  Book Review: The Origins of Victory: How Disruptive Military Innovation Determines the Fates of Great Powers

  Zachery Tyson Brown

  Author: Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr.

  Reviewed by Zachery Tyson Brown, defense analyst, Office of the Secretary of Defense

  Andrew F. Krepinevich has questions for policymakers when it comes to emerging technologies and warfare. In The Origins of Victory: How Disruptive Military Innovation Determines the Fates of Great Powers, Krepinevich asks: How do states gain advantages in military competition during periods of disruptive change? How are developmental technologies best incorporated into legacy military structures? Or are entirely new structures necessary?

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  Book Review: Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

  Robert J. Bunker

  Author: Paul Scharre

  Reviewed by Dr. Robert J. Bunker, director of research and analysis, managing partner, C/O Futures, LLC

  Award-winning author Paul Scharre’s latest work, Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, envisions artificial intelligence as ushering in a “new industrial revolution” with big military, economic, and political implications. The reviewer sees this “readable, tightly structured” book as “fascinating and important work from a US national security studies perspective” and “after-hours supplemental reading for US military and policy professionals who want to understand the political-military importance of AI and its strategic (in fact, civilizational) implications for the future.”