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David E. Grogan is an award-winning author who served on active duty in the U.S. Navy for over 26 years as a Navy judge advocate. During the course of his Navy career, he prosecuted and defended court-martial cases; negotiated agreements in capitals around the world; lived abroad in Japan, Cuba and Bahrain; deployed to the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf onboard the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise; and actively contributed to the fight against piracy and international terrorism. His experiences abroad and during the course of his career influence every aspect of his writing. His fourth book, Learning to Live from Those Willing to Die, was released in September 2025. He has also published three novels comprising the St ...more

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	Sapphire Pavilion (Steve Stilwell, #2) 4.46 avg rating — 50 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Siegel Dispositions (Steve Stilwell #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hidden Key (Steve Stilwell #3) 4.43 avg rating — 30 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Learning to Live from Those Willing to Die: Life Lessons from the Hero Next Door it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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David Grogan has read A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters by Andrew H. Knoll	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
After reading The Planets by Professor Brian Cox and Andrew Cohen, I was excited to delve more deeply into the history of the Earth itself. I wanted, though, to start with something I was pretty sure I could understand and that read more like a narra ...more
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David Grogan rated a book it was amazing Huế 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam by Mark Bowden	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Recently, a Navy officer I looked up to when I was a junior officer recommended I read two books about the Vietnam War. The first was one of the most intense war novels I have ever read—Fields of Fire by James Webb. I would place it in the same categ ...more
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David Grogan rated a book it was amazing The Vatican Deal (Marty Schott and Bo Bishop, #2) by Michael Balter (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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David Grogan rated a book it was amazing Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Since I had never read a biography about one of our founding fathers, I thought the impending 250th birthday of our country made it an ideal time to give one a try. The one I selected was Washington by Ron Chernow. In addition to learning more about ...more
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David Grogan rated a book it was amazing Sirens in the Loop: A History of the City News Bureau of Chicago by Paul Zimbrakos	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I am always looking for new and different books to read. This month, I found Sirens in the Loop—A History of the City News Bureau of Chicago, by Paul Zimbrakos and James Elsener. The book was released on February 15, 2026, so in more ways than one it ...more
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I thought reading this classic would be more meaningful after touring the D-Day battlefields in May of last year. While that turned out to be true, especially since I can still picture places like Pont du Hoc, Arromanches, and the fortified cuts lead ...more
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