Col Ret: 28 books

For over thirty years, Soldier of Fortune magazine has been the go to magazine for supporting those individuals who have the courage to fight. Whether they fight for those who cannot defend themselves or they fight simply to uphold their beliefs...whomoever is in service to others and is willing to stand...

I have only two men out of my company and twenty out of some other company. We need support, but it is almost suicide to try to get it here as we are swept by machine gun fire and a constant barrage is on us. I have no one on my left and only a few on my right. I will hold. First Lt. Clifton B. Catess...

For over thirty years, Soldier of Fortune magazine has been the go to magazine for supporting those individuals who have the courage to fight. Whether they fight for those who cannot defend themselves or they fight simply to uphold their beliefs...whomoever is in service to others and is willing to stand...

The pilot of the F-16 Viper, which is the U.S. Air Force’s frontline fighter and attack aircraft, is at the pinnacle of combat aviation. Viper Force tells the story of what it takes to become an F-16 pilot and what it’s like to fly and fight the Viper in combat. Because the F-16 is a dual-purpose...

For over thirty years, Soldier of Fortune magazine has been the go to magazine for supporting those individuals who have the courage to fight. Whether they fight for those who cannot defend themselves or they fight simply to uphold their beliefs...whomoever is in service to others and is willing to stand...

As the world moves into the Information Age, globalization continues to alter the customary relationships among peoples, societies, and nations that evolved during the Industrial Age. Author Daniel Gerstein, however, maintains the United States still follows an Industrial Age framework for national security....

For over thirty years, Soldier of Fortune magazine has been the go to magazine for supporting those individuals who have the courage to fight. Whether they fight for those who cannot defend themselves or they fight simply to uphold their beliefs...whomoever is in service to others and is willing to stand...

On October 23, 1983, nearly simultaneous suicide truck bombings killed 241 U.S. peacekeepers in their barracks at the Beirut International Airport (BIA) and 58 French paratroopers at their headquarters two miles north of BIA. In this long-awaited book, the Marine Corps commander of the U.S. Multi-National...

What if, on September 11, 1814, the United States had lost the close-run battle that Winston Churchill called the “most decisive” of the War of 1812? With a victory at Plattsburgh, would the British have eventually been able to regain control of their former colonies? Only one fleeting moment on...

MacArthur's supremacy as a true conversationalist is readily documented. This work on the wisdom and sayings of MacArthur is presented as a new-classicist document in that almost every item listed came from the mouth of General MacArthur and from his writings. He wrote almost all of his own speeches...

The two-year search for General Douglas MacArthur's speeches and reports was truly a labor of love. My Administrative Assistant, Ellen Schaefer, and I culled over 1,000 sources including memories, biographies, histories, military magazines such as the Army and Air Force Journals, unit histories, commercial...

Father Deficit is an honest unpacking of the factors that shape a young mans journey toward maturity. The book capitalizes on real life experience through the depiction of three well-examined personal stories. It describes how the near extinction of generational and tribal mentorship has contributed...

Although depicted on a U.S. postage stamp and post card, Confederate Brigadier General and Cherokee Chief Stand Watie is virtually unknown to readers. The only Indian to be promoted to general on either side of the civil war, Watie was also the last Confederate general to surrender to Union forces....

For over thirty years, Soldier of Fortune magazine has been the go to magazine for supporting those individuals who have the courage to fight. Whether they fight for those who cannot defend themselves or they fight simply to uphold their beliefs...whomoever is in service to others and is willing to stand...