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Author: Rona Simmons

Military Book Reviews 

The Wright Brothers

December 15, 2022December 15, 2022 Rona Simmons 0 Comments Flight, History, US Air Force

The Wright Brothers (Simon & Schuster, May 2015, 336 pages) David McCullough was smitten with the Wright Brothers as any

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Military Book Reviews 

Cyberspace in Peace and War

June 29, 2022July 13, 2022 Rona Simmons 0 Comments Cyberspace, Warfare

Cyberspace in Peace and War by Martin C. Libicki (Naval Institute Press, 2nd Edition, 2021, 512 pages) Martin Libicki has

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Military Book Reviews 

Because Our Fathers Lied

June 23, 2022June 23, 2022 Rona Simmons 0 Comments Military, Vietnam War

Because Our Fathers Lied by Craig McNamara, Little Brown & Co. 2022, 288 pages “It’s impossible not to be my

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Military Book Reviews 

Matterhorn

June 16, 2022June 16, 2022 Rona Simmons 0 Comments Battle Experience, History, Vietnam War

Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War by Karl Marlantes, Grove Press, May 2011, 640 pp) Of the fifty-three books

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Ordering of Time
Military Book Reviews 

The Ordering of Time

April 30, 2022May 1, 2022 Rona Simmons 0 Comments History, Philosophy

 The Ordering of Time: Meditations on the History of Philosophy by George Lucas (Edinburgh University Press, 2020, 180 pages) From the

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Book Review, Five Dysfunctions
Military Book Reviews 

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

April 30, 2022July 22, 2022 Rona Simmons 0 Comments Dysfunction, Leadership

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable by Patrick Lencioni, (Jossey-Bass, April 11, 2002, 229 pages) Captivating and well

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Military Book Reviews 

Featured Review Q1 2022

April 15, 2022April 26, 2022 Rona Simmons 0 Comments Leadership

Read the complete review here: https://www.dodreads.com/breaking-ice-breaking-glass/

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Military Book Reviews 

Churchill’s Band of Brothers

March 27, 2022March 27, 2022 Rona Simmons 0 Comments Leadership, World War II

Churchill’s Band of Brothers – WWII’s Most Daring D-Day Mission and the Hunt to Take Down Hitler’s Fugitive War Criminals,

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Military Book Reviews 

Neptune’s Inferno

January 22, 2022January 22, 2022 Rona Simmons 0 Comments Naval warfare, World War II

Neptune’s Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal, by James D. Hornfischer (Bantam Books, 2012, 512 pages) A Masterclass in Naval

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Military Book Reviews 

The Aeneid

December 23, 2021December 23, 2021 Rona Simmons 0 Comments Leadership, Strategy

The Aeneid, by Vergil, translation by Shadi Bartsch (Random House, 2021, 400 pages) “My song is of war and a man.”

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Reading Lists 

China: Its History, Its People and Culture, and its Designs for the Future

October 17, 2021October 17, 2021 Rona Simmons 0 Comments China, History, International Relations
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Military Book Reviews 

Leaders

October 15, 2021October 15, 2021 Rona Simmons 0 Comments Leadership, Memoir, Richard Nixon

Leaders: Profiles and Reminiscences of Men Who Have Shaped the Modern World, by Richard Nixon (Warner Books, 1982, 416 pages)

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Military Book Reviews 

Your Leadership Legacy

September 25, 2021September 25, 2021 Rona Simmons 0 Comments Leadership

Your Leadership Legacy: Becoming the Leader You Were Meant to Be by Oakland McCulloch (Skrive Publications, Feb. 2021, 183 pp.)

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Military Book Reviews 

Eyewitness to the Alamo

September 20, 2021September 20, 2021 Rona Simmons 0 Comments History, Military HistoryAlamo, Reading, The Alamo

Eyewitness to the Alamo by Bill Groneman (Lone Star Publications, June 1, 2001, 288 pages) Biography or Autobiography? Which of

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Military Book Reviews 

“We Were Soldiers” and Wielded Pens

August 30, 2021August 30, 2021 Rona Simmons 0 Comments

Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore and journalist Joe Galloway, who once accompanied Moore into the field, wrote the acclaimed book We

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