CDR Salamander
National security, maritime challenges, naval issues with a flavoring of other things I find interesting.
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Books of 2026
Admiral Yamamoto
The Gripping Story of the Legendary Japanese Naval Commander Who Planned and Executed the Pearl Harbor Attack
Rise and Kill First
The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
Six Days of War
June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East
The Guns at Last Light
The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945
Alexander at the End of the World
The Forgotten Final Years of Alexander the Great – A Riveting Biography of Leadership, Ambition, and the Campaign That Forged History
Strategic Failure
How President Obama's Drone Warfare, Defense Cuts, and Military Amateurism Have Imperiled America
The Day of Battle
The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944
Nimitz at War
Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay
An Army at Dawn
The War in North Africa, 1942-1943
Sailing the Graveyard Sea
The Deathly Voyage of the Somers, the U.S. Navy's Only Mutiny, and the Trial That Gripped the Nation