I'm back after a hectic Christmas season hopefully I'll be able to do this weekly from now on. I guess we'll see. These are new releases that looked interesting I haven't had a chance to read any of them yet though.
My Share of the Task: A Memoir
by General Stanley McChrystal this is easily the sexiest new release. Mentioning it more for completeness than anything else the reviews I've seen so far aren't exactly glowing.
Fighting the Mau Mau: The British Army and Counter-Insurgency in the Kenya Emergency 
by Dr Huw Bennett often held up as a model counterinsurgency this takes a revisionist view. I looked quite a bit at this when doing my MA. Interested to see how his argument holds up.
The Insurgents: David Petraeus and the Plot to Change the American Way of War
by Fred Kaplan look at the rise and I suspect fall of the "COIN mafia". This goes straight to the top as far as a purchase list for me.
Jefferson Davis and the Civil War Era
by William J. Cooper my interest in the American civil War comes and goes but the dysfunction of the CSA particularly it's chain of command is always worth a look. Davis of course being responsible for much of it.
