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Dr. Brian D. Laslie is Deputy Command Historian, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM).

A historian of air power and space studies, Dr. Laslie received his Bachelor’s degree in history from The Citadel: The Military College of South Carolina in 2001, his Master’s from Auburn University Montgomery in 2006 and his Doctorate in history from Kansas State University in 2013. His dissertation focused on the realistic training and technology revolution that took place in the USAF after Vietnam and the impact of training exercises on Desert Storm and Allied Force. His first book The Air Force Way of War: U.S. Tactics and Training after Vietnam (University Press of Kentucky) was published in ...more

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	The Air Force Way of War: U.S. Tactics and Training after Vietnam 3.90 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 2015 — 6 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
	Air Power's Lost Cause: The American Air Wars of Vietnam 4.05 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Architect of Air Power: General Laurence S. Kuter and the Birth of the US Air Force really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Fighting from Above: A Combat History of the US Air Force it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2024 — 7 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 Sundowners, Pegasus, and Little Butch: Carrier Air Group 11 and the War in the Pacific, 1943-1945 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2025 — 4 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
	Operation Allied Force 1999: NATO's Airpower Victory in Kosovo (Osprey Air Campaign #45) 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2024 — 2 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
	Combat in the Sky: Airpower and the Defense of North Vietnam, 1965-1973 by Dong Sy Hung, Brian D. Laslie (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2023 — 2 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
	D-Day to Disney World: The Remarkable Life of Major General William E. “Joe” Potter 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — expected publication 2027 — 2 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
	Failure to Launch: The United States Air Force and Human Flight in the Early Space Age by Brian D. Laslie (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Michael Hankins (Editor), F. Robert Van Der Linden (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — expected publication 2027 — 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
	Vietnam War: Un análisis histórico militar by David Odalric de Caixal i Mata, Guy C. Swan III, Arthur W. Gullachsen 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2023	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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Hello out there. I've been pretty quite for the past couple of...years, but I have been hard at work on several new projects. While I cannot announce anything official yet, stay tuned here (and I hope very soon) for details on my next book...which WILL be released next year.

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