2025 Member Books

Find links to publications from MOAA members below. Note: MOAA is an Amazon Associate and earns money from qualifying purchases, with the revenue supporting The MOAA Foundation.

 

[MORE BOOKS: MOAA's Military Professional Reading List (Updated Quarterly)]

 

January 2025  

Fiction 

Works by former Capt. Jerry Bryan McKinney Jr., USMC. Published by Huginn's Gambit Press, LLC.

 

Nonfiction 

Create Your Own World. By Lt. Col. Charles Nelson Toftoy, USA (Ret). Published independently.

 

What Hangs in the Balance: The Case for Principled, Ethical, Competent, and Courageously Selfless Leadership. By Lt. Col. Philippe Johnson, USAF (Ret). Published by Resolve Editions (Forefront Books).

 

February 2025  

Nonfiction 

Bataan Survivor: A POW's Account of Japanese Captivity in World War II (American Military Experience) (Volume 1). By Col. David L. Hardee, USAF (Ret). Published by University of Missouri

 

International Relations Theory. By Col. Paul R. Viotti, USAF (Ret). Published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

 

Kenneth Waltz: An Intellectual Biography. By Col. Paul R. Viotti, USAF (Ret). Published by Columbia University Press.

 

Never Home: Remembering the Military Heroes Who Never Returned. By former Lt. Richard Sherman, USNR. Published by Blue Ink Review.  

 

March 2025  

Fiction 

Death Writes Itself. By Col. Constance H. Davis, USAF (Ret). Published by Blue Bear Books.

 

Legacy of Evil: A John Moore Mystery. By former Capt. Edward John Marohn, USA. Published by BookBaby.

 

Legacy of Lies: A John Moore Mystery. By former Capt. Edward John Marohn, USA. Published by BookBaby.

 

Legacy of War. By former Capt. Edward John Marohn, USA. Published by BookBaby.

 

The Hostages: A Max Walters Novel. By Lt. Col. Rand C. Lewis, USA (Ret). Published by Prime Publishing USA.

 

The Patriot Pitcher. By Lt. Col. Robert Chappell Jr., USAR (Ret). Published by Gatekeeper Press.

 

Nonfiction 

Fisher Ames: Christian Founding Father and Federalist. By Lt. Col. Harold M. Knudsen, USA (Ret). Published by Liberty Hill Publishing.

 

Hill 119, Defending a Reconnaissance Marines’ OP, Vietnam, 1969-1970. By Col. Michael O. Fallon, USMC (Ret). Published by Casemate Publishers.

 

In the Service of Your Country? How To Challenge the Military System and Win! By Lt. Col. Paul L. Kirn, USA (Ret). Published by Koehler
Books.

 

Longshots: Stories of Unexpected People, Places, and Adventures. By Col. Dennis D. Behrens, USAF (Ret). Independently published.

 

Reporting for Duty: I Loved Every Minute. By Lt. Col. Byrne N. Sherwood, USA (Ret). Published by Deeds Publishing.

 

Twilight in the ’Nam: With the 196th Light Infantry Brigade. By Lt. Col. Byrne N. Sherwood, USA (Ret). Published by Deeds Publishing.

 

April 2025

Fiction

Brothers Under Two Flags. By Capt. Tony R. Gilligan, USAF (Ret). Independently published.

 

Cloudland and Darkland Exposed. By Lt. Col. Charles Hill, USAF (Ret). Independently published.

 

Hawthorne: A Warrior Seeks A New Life. By Lt. Col. Joe E Harris Jr., USA (Ret). Published by JWC.

 

Jocular Jokes and Puckish Puns. By Lt. Cmdr. Jim Ertner, USN (Ret). Published by Austin Macauley Publishers

 

Nonfiction

Corps Competency?: III Marine Amphibious Force Headquarters in Vietnam (Modern War Studies). By Col. Michael Morris, USMC. Published by University Press of Kansas.

 

Marine Corps Medals, Badges, and Insignia of the Vietnam War. By Col. Frank C. Foster, USA (Ret). Published by Medals of America Press.

 

Surviving the United Nations: The Unexpected Challenge. By Lt. Col. Robert B Adolph Jr., USA (Ret). Published by New Academia Publishing.

                                                                                                              

Winning Without Fighting: Irregular Warfare and Strategic Competition in the 21st Century (Rapid Communications in Conflict and Security Series). By Lt. Col. Rebecca D Patterson, Ph.D., USA (Ret). Published by Cambria Press.

 

May 2025

Fiction

Toxic Pulpit. By Col. Don Helin, USA (Ret). Published by Headline Books.

 

Nonfiction

B-29 'Double Trouble' Is 'Mister Bee': Radar Photography of and Bombing Japan During World War II — My North Carolinian Father In The Crew Of The Longest Nonstop Combat Mission Of World War II (Volumes I and II). By Col. Charles A. Jones, USMCR (Ret). Published by Xlibris Corp.

Medals, Badges, Insignia: U.S. Army Vietnam. By Col. Frank C. Foster, USA (Ret). Published by Medals of America Press.

 

June 2025

Fiction

The Aliens Step In (Defenders in Time Book Three). By Col. Gene P. Abel, USA (Ret). Indigo River Publishing.

 

Cold Is the Deep. By Cmdr. George A. Wallace, USN (Ret). Published by Severn River Publishing.

 

The Gibraltar Affair. By Don Keith and Cmdr. George A. Wallace, USN (Ret). Published by Severn River Publishing.

 

Grunts, Gramps, and Tanks: A Soldier's Tales. By Lt. Col. Raymond G. Bogdan, USA (Ret). Published by BookBaby.

 

'Lost and Found' on Planet Dani. By Capt. Andrew L. Corwin, USN (Ret). Published by Troubador Publishing Ltd.

 

My Brother's Keeper. By Col. John R. Dabrowski, USA (Ret). Published by Winged Hussar Publishing.

 

Uncommon Cargo. By Lt. Col. Jason Nulton, USAF (Ret), and Eva Nguyen Whitfield. Published by Deeds Publishing.

 

Nonfiction

Are They Out There? Diving for Answers in a Sea of Cover-Ups. By Col. Gene P. Abel, USA (Ret). Indigo River Publishing.

 

Certamus Volare. By Col. Phil Heseltine, USAF (Ret). Independently published.

 

Circumstances for Prayer. By Lt. Col. Eugene H. Kobes, USA (Ret). Published by Spines.

 

Hill 119: Defending a Reconnaissance Marines' OP, Vietnam, 1969-70. By Col. Michael O. Fallon, USMC (Ret). Published by Casemate.

 

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