Book Review: The War Makes Everyone Lonely

Many in our (relatively) small veteran community may be wondering at the sudden upsurge of poetry in our midst. Great names familiar to us tour the country reading their works, names like David Ros...

Book Review - Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead

Full disclosure: I couldn’t wait for this book to come out. I bought the hard copy on pre-order, and on Audible the second I could. I’ve already highlighted quotes and thoughtful or useful passag...

Book Review - A Time to Betray

The strained relationship between America and Iran would have been a surprise to citizens of both nations a short few decades ago. Our former premiere ally in the Middle East has been under scrutin...

Book Review - A Splendid Savage: The Restless Life of Frederick Russell Burnham

I am a complete history nut.  My undergraduate degree was in history, and I spend a significant amount of my free time reading history books and watching documentaries.  To me, history reads like f...

"TRIBE" BOOK REVIEW

Full disclosure, I'm a Sebastian Junger fan. I enjoyed "Perfect Storm", "War", "Restrepo" and "Korengal." If you're reading this then chances are you may have read one of his articles, books or s...

The Things They Carried

I have a complicated relationship with Tim O’Brien’s third book, The Things They Carried,When I left the service, I found myself first in an undergraduate program, followed by a graduate program to...

End of Summer Read – Greetings From Afghanistan Send More Ammo

It’s the end of summer, and I’m done with theory and university life. College degree…check. As I pack my belongings to move out of school accommodations I start flipping through Greetings From Af...