To keep our readers informed about the latest national defense literature of professional interest, Air & Space Power Journal (ASPJ) publishes book reviews. When publishers send the ASPJ staff copies of new books, we send them to people who have agreed to write reviews of them. Reviewers who successfully complete reviews may keep these books for free.

Reviewer:  Please use the following instructions in drafting your review.

Complete your review within 60 days of receipt of the book. Due to the dynamic nature of article length and a fixed overall page limitation for each ASPJ edition, we are unable to provide a commitment to publish your review in a particular issue. Nevertheless, reviews are normally online within two months of receipt at airchronicles/bookmain.html.

CONTENT OF THE REVIEW : Reviewers should write reviews with spirit - we want to inform our readers in an enlightened and interesting way. As a reviewer, you are asked to draft a review of 400 to 1,000 words - the more concise, the better, but use as much space (within a 1,000-word limit) as you need to give the book a fair and honest review. Please cite page numbers in parenthesis when quoting from the book. Do not use citations from other books. Include in the review heading the title, author, publisher (online link to the publisher, if known), the publisher's address, ISBN, number of pages, the price of the book, and if it has a hard cover or soft cover. A sample heading follows:

The Battle of Ap Bac Vietnam: They Did Everything But Learn from It, by David M. Toczek, Naval Institute Press (www.usni.org), 291 Wood Rd., Annapolis, MD, 21402, ISBN 978-1-59114-853-1, 212 pages (softcover).

ITEMS TO ADDRESS:

• Type/genre of book (biography, anthology, history, monograph, novel, etc.)
• Brief description of what book says 
• Level of authority/credibility of book
• Special attractions, strengths and weaknesses. If it has flaws, point them out candidly
• Whether book is relevant and worthwhile to the Air Force community and if not, why not

Following the text of the review, please include your name, where you work (if serving on active military duty) or where you live. A sample closing follows:

Maj Gen Charles J. Dunlap Jr., USAF

Washington, DC

ADVERSE REVIEWS: We insist on printing quality reviews, but that does not mean we print only laudatory ones. We have an obligation to warn readers about books that stir high expectations but promise more than they deliver. If you're not impressed with the book, an adverse review requires specifics. If you challenge the style, content, authority, or objectivity of a book, back it up with examples and facts.

To request a book: Consult the link on this web site labeled "list of books." If a book there interests you, send an e-mail to aspj@maxwell.af.mil to check availability of the book and request it.

Submitting your review:Transmit completed reviews electronically, as an attached Word File, to: aspj@maxwell.af.mil

Please note:The ASPJ reserves the right to edit and abridge reviews.