Nathaniel L. Moir

http://www.nps.edu/Programs/CCS

Nathaniel L. Moir is a Ph.D. Graduate Student in the Department of History at the State University of New York at Albany, where he is interested in Global, Comparative, and Intellectual History. 

His areas of academic focus include International and U.S. Foreign Relations and the French-Indochina and Vietnam Wars. Additional interests include Counterinsurgency Theory, Security Studies, and Intelligence History of Southeast Asia and Europe.

He is also a Military Intelligence and Psychological Operations-qualified Captain in the United States Army Reserve. Commissioned through Officer Candidate School, he deployed to Afghanistan as a Psychological Operations Detachment Officer-in-Charge in 2010–2011 and subsequently worked from 2011–2013 as Senior Research Analyst in the Program for Culture and Conflict Studies at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California. In addition to his work with New York Journal of Books, he has published widely in academic and military journals such as the U.S. Naval Institute’s Proceedings, Military Review, Army History, Michigan War Studies Review, and the Journal of Intelligence History, among others.

Book Reviews by Nathaniel L. Moir

Image of Napoleon: A Concise Biography
Author(s):
David A. Bell
Genre(s):
Historical, French

Napoleon: A Concise Biography

December 5, 2015
Reviewed by: 
Nathaniel L. Moir

Prior to David A. Bell’s new work, detailed investigations of the “life and times of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821)” did not evoke notions of a short, slim volume.

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Image of Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia
Genre(s):
Government, Nonfiction

Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible

December 2, 2014
Reviewed by: 
Nathaniel L. Moir

“readers will find Nothing is True and Everything Is Possible not only unsettling but also difficult to put down.”

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Image of D-Day Through French Eyes: Normandy 1944
Author(s):
Mary Louise Roberts
Genre(s):
World War II

D-Day Through French Eyes: Normandy 1944

August 27, 2014
Reviewed by: 
Nathaniel L. Moir

“Dr.

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Image of Diary of the Dark Years, 1940-1944: Collaboration, Resistance, and Daily Life in Occupied Paris
Author(s):
Jean Guéhenno
Translator(s):
David Ball
Genre(s):
Nonfiction

Diary of the Dark Years, 1940–1944: Collaboration, Resistance, and Daily Life in Occupied Paris

July 22, 2014
Reviewed by: 
Nathaniel L. Moir

“Guehenno’s diary is important because it bears witness to war.

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Image of Out of the Mountains: The Coming Age of the Urban Guerrilla
Author(s):
David Kilcullen
Genre(s):
Global, Current/Public Affairs & Events

Out of the Mountains: The Coming Age of the Urban Guerrilla

October 2, 2013
Reviewed by: 
Nathaniel L. Moir

“[Dr. Kilcullen] should be regarded as the foremost thinker of his generation on the topic of warfare.”

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Image of The Secret War in Afghanistan: The Soviet Union, China and Anglo-American Intelligence in the Afghan War (Library of Middle East History)
Author(s):
Panagiotis Dimitrakis
Genre(s):
History

The Secret War in Afghanistan: The Soviet Union, China and Anglo-American Intelligence in the Afghan War (Library of Middle East History)

August 27, 2013
Reviewed by: 
Nathaniel L. Moir

“. . . definitely a positive contribution and step in our ongoing attempt to understand this difficult and fascinating country.”

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Image of Into the Fire: A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle in the Afghan War
Author(s):
Dakota Meyer, Bing West
Genre(s):
War/Military, War/Military, War/Military

Into the Fire: A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle in the Afghan War

June 19, 2013
Reviewed by: 
Nathaniel L. Moir

“. . . straightforward and personal . . . inspiring . . . worth remembering.”

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Image of Marching to the Drums: A History of Military Drums and Drummers
Author(s):
John Norris
Genre(s):
History, History, History

Marching to the Drums: A History of Military Drums and Drummers

June 6, 2013
Reviewed by: 
Nathaniel L. Moir

“. . . a welcome and interesting work that adds depth and perspective to not only the history of the drum, but military history as well.”

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Image of War Comes to Garmser: Thirty Years of Conflict on the Afghan Frontier
Author(s):
Carter Malkasian
Genre(s):
War/Military, War/Military, War/Military

War Comes to Garmser: Thirty Years of Conflict on the Afghan Frontier

May 15, 2013
Reviewed by: 
Nathaniel L. Moir

Now that the United States and its NATO partners have shifted to the end game in Afghanistan, there is little doubt that in the years and decades to come a significant body of published work will c

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