Truppenführung, the 1933 German Army command manual that guided that army’s leaders throughout World War II, has been called the most influential doctrinal manual ever written. This review praises the new English translation, The German Art of War.
Read MoreA review of The Accidental Guerrilla, a book by David Kilcullen, acknowledges Kilcullen's expertise in counterinsurgency and guerrilla warfare operations and finds his treatment of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan extremely valuable and unique.
Read MoreTriumvirate is the story of Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Madison, and their achievement of collaborating on The Federalist Papers, the most famous series of essays on the need for adopting the U.S. Constitution.
Read MoreThe History Channel adapts The Art of War, the classic work by Sun Tzu, for television. Armchair General magazine's editor in chief Col. Jerry Morelock reports.
Read MoreAn interview with Leon Cooper, a WW II veteran who created The Military Channel documentary Return to Tarawa, the Leon Cooper Story, to expose what he calls an American disgrace, forgotten remains and the continuing desecration of Tarawa's Red Beach.
Read MoreThis review of Nathanael Greene: A Biography of the American Revolution finds the book by Gerald M. Carbone successfully illuminates the vital elements of the personal and professional life of Greene, George Washington's indispensable general.
Read MoreWould Alexander the Great have been so great had Phillip II not ruled before him? A new book, Philip II of Macedonia, explores that question. This review on ArmchairGeneral.com examines its conclusions.
Read MoreIn Decision at Strasbourg, military historian David P. Colley shows Supreme Commander Gen. Dwight Eisenhower at his worst, blindly rejecting a brilliant plan to stick with the "broad front."
Read MorePATTON 360 using cutting-edge animation, archival footage, and interviews with veterans of Patton’s Army to immerse viewers into the battles of World War II. Now appearing on HISTORY.
Read MoreThe Red Baron, a new film about Manfred von Richthofen, had its U.S. premier at the Reel Stuff Film Festival of Aviation in Dayton, Ohio, in March 2009. This preview praises the movie for its authentic-looking aircraft mockups and CGI.
Read MoreThe Red Baron, a new film about Manfred von Richthofen by Nikolai Muellerschoen, was a labor of love. Rick Martin interviews the writer - director - co-producer for ArmchairGeneral.com.
Read MoreARMCHAIR GENERAL's Editor-in-Chief Jerry D. Morelock reviews Circle the Wagons!, a book aiming to set straight the historical record of skirmishes between Indians and pioneer wagon trains.
Read MorePoetry and war may seem to be at opposite extremes but in truth are very closely related, as shown in Survivors' Songs, a book of World War One poetry and prose. An ArmchairGeneral.com review.
Read MoreHBO Films' Taking Chance is neither a John Wayne flag-waver nor an Oliver Stone question-authority film. In many ways, it is best compared to an Andrew Wyeth painting: powerful because of its nuances of strength, beauty and sadness.
Read MoreTwenty-first century technology is increasing at a rapid place, especially on today's battlefields. P.W. Singer's book Wired for War explains the hows and whys of the robotics revolution in warfare. An Armchair General review.
Read MoreThis review of the movie Defiance from director Edward Zwick and Paramount Vantage focuses on the moral conflicts depicted in this film about a little-known but effective resistance movement by a group of Polish Jews in World War II.
Read MoreA review of the book Castles, Battles & Bombs: How Economics Explains Military History finds it to be an interesting first look at applying economic theory to military history.
Read MoreThis review of Dying for Saint Lo: Hedgerow Hell, July 1944, says the book breaks two weeks of fighting into day-by-day accounts, relying heavily on first-person accounts, unit reports and historical records.
Read MoreTom Cruise stars as Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg in this new film about the July 20, 1944 plot to kill Adolph Hitler. Armchair General reviews Valkyrie.
Read MoreA Christmas shopping list of recommended military history books and DVDs for your armchair general.
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