Reviews of books by MWSA members. Reviews appear in reverse chronological order, with the most recent review posted appearing first.
Note: Some older reviews are being reposted to this site and those will appear out of order.
Semper Fi! This is a true story of what it is like ot be a Marine.
We'll All Die As Marines: One Marine's Journey from Private to Colonel
by Jim Bathurst
Book Category: Memoir
Reviewed by: Richard Geschke
ISBN (links go to the MWSA Amazon store): 1475956924
What would you do if you were all alone in the jungle in 1972, and you ran into a Japanese soldier who's hidden there since World War II? What if you were a fifteen year old boy, and you had recently learned a Japanese soldier had raped your mother during the war?
No Surrender Soldier
by Christine Kohler
Book Category: Fiction Young Adult
Reviewed by: Bob Doerr
ISBN (links go to the MWSA Amazon store): 1440565619
The book's truth catapults the reader back into the Cold War that often feels bitterly frigid.
Render Harmless
by Marc Liebman
Book Category: Historical Fiction
Reviewed by: Ron Camarda
ISBN (links go to the MWSA Amazon store): 1611793114
Hitler indoctrinates 14 year-old Austrian boys and sends them to the front lines. True story depicts war insanity on the front lines. Escape from POW camp and survival back across Siberia in the winter!
Private Svoboda: Hope Is the Last To Die
by Steven R. Roberts & Alex von Svoboda
Book Category: Memoir
Reviewed by: Hodge Wood
Native history taught through poetry. This will open your eyes.
Twisted Tongues: Native American Historical Poetry Volume 2: The Invisible Americans
by jim greenwald
Book Category: Poetry
Reviewed by: Joyce Gilmour
ISBN (links go to the MWSA Amazon store): 1611022010