By Christopher Miskimon

Full Reviews

The Strategists: Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt, Mussolini and Hitler–How War Made Them and How They Made War (Phillips Payson O’Brien, Dutton Books, New York NY, 2024, 544 pp., notes, bibliography, index, $30, HC)

Destroyer Captain: The Life of Ernest E. Evans (James D. Hornfischer and David J. Hornfischer, Caliber Press, New York, NY, 2024, photographs, notes, bibliography, index, $20, SC)

Rings of Fire: How an Unlikely Team of Scientists, Ex-Cons, Women and Native Americans Helped Win World War II (Larry J. Hughes, Stackpole Books, Lanham MD, 2024, 600 pp., maps, photographs, appendices, notes, bibliography, index, $34.95, HC)

U.S. Army Divisions of the Pacific War (Stephen R. Taaffe, Casemate Books, Havertown PA, 2024, 222 pp., maps, appendices, notes, bibliography, index, $34.95, HC)

The Eagles of Bastogne: The Untold Story of the Heroic Defense of a City Under Siege (Martin King, Casemate Books, Havertown PA, 2024, 224 pp., maps, photographs, notes, bibliography, index, $34.95, HC)

Surviving Three Shermans With the 3rd Armored Division into The Battle of the Bulge (Walter Boston Stitt, Jr., Casemate Books, Havertown PA, 2024, 191 pp., photographs, bibliography, $34.95, HC)

“Invasion On!” D-Day, the Press, and the Making of an American Narrative (Stephen M. Rusiecki, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis MD, 2024, 330 pp., notes, bibliography, index, $39.95, HC)

New and Noteworthy

Clearing the Way: U.S. Army Engineers in World War II (Chris McNab, Casemate Books, 2024, $29.95, HC) Covers the vital role of miltary engineers using original manuals and field reports.

Tenth Army Commander: The World War II Diary of Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. (Edited by Christopher Kolakowski, Casemate Books, 2024, $34.95, HC) Buckner led the U.S. Tenth Army during the Battle of Okinawa and died in action on June 18, 1945.

Through Blood and Brotherhood: Comrades and Enemies in Yugoslavia (Brian R. Johnson, Casemate Books, 2024, $34.95, HC) From the diary of a young German conscript in occupied Yugoslavia, with many original photographs.

Liberation of Nazi Concentration Camps (Ian Baxter, Pen and Sword Books, 2024, $26.95, SC) From the publisher’s Images of War series, its photographs show how the camps were freed and what the Allies found when they did.

The German Way of War: A Lesson in Tactical Management (Jaap Jan Brouwer, Pen and Sword Books, 2024, $26.95, SC) The author provides examples of German military prowess, arguing they were tactically superior to Allied forces.

Making A Bridge Too Far (Simon Lewis, Goodknight Books, 2024, $29.95, HC) Delves into how the classic World War II film was made and how the cast and crew strived to make it an such an epic.

Jagdpanzer (Thomas Anderson, Osprey Publishing, 2024, $50, HC) Goes into detail on the employment, organization and history of German self-propelled antitank guns.

U.S. Army Ford M8 and M20 Armored Cars (Dider Andres, Casemate Books, 2024, $39.95, HC) These vehicles saw wide use in reconnaissance and cavalry units. Well illustrated and of interest for modelers and vehicle historians.

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