Our next endorsement comes from Brooks Lyles, Lt. Colonel, U.S. Army, retired. Brooks served in the Army for twenty-two years, with deployments in Somalia, Albania, Bosnia, Germany, Egypt, and Israel. He served in the Sinai on the Lebanese Israeli border as a UN observer, and taught tactics and Digital Planning Systems at the Command and General Staff College and SAMS for a combined seven years. Brooks is also Chair for the Education Committee, sits on the Museum Board, and is the Historian General for the National Society, Sons of the American Revolution. Of The Enemy Harassed Brooks writes:
“This is a very well researched, deep dive into a little-known period of the American Revolution, sometimes referred to as the New Jersey Forage Wars, during the long winter of 1777. Jim Stempel’s book addresses that shortfall in a highly readable book that brings to light many recently (re)discovered primary source diaries and journals. He weaves these new sources and heretofore unknown stories together with information from some of the period’s better known ‘Bloggers’ like Jaeger Captain Johann Ewald and British Army Officer Archibald Robertson, to provide a complete and well-rounded history of a critical period in our war for independence. This is a must read for both the serious historian and the casual history reader, and I’m sure you will enjoy it as much as I have.” –Brooks Lyles
