Media
Battle recaps, game scenarios, trailers, press assets, and annotated battle maps.
Video Games
Play the battles from the books. Scenarios are hosted on Steam Workshop — subscribe to download them into your game. For updates when new content is added, join the mailing list.
Command: Modern Operations
Playable scenarios straight from the pages of Soviet Endgame and Monroe Doctrine. Subscribe on Steam Workshop to download.
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Steel Panthers Main Battle
Coming SoonTactical scenarios used to wargame battles from the books. Additional SPMB files are being migrated to Steam Workshop.
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Arma 3
Mission files and scenarios for immersive first-person battle recreations from the series.
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Armored Brigade
Coming SoonCold War tactical scenarios — fight the battles you read about at regiment/brigade level.
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Combat Mission Shock Force 2
Coming SoonTactical battle files for modern combined-arms engagements from the Monroe Doctrine and Soviet Endgame series.
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Command: Modern Operations Scenarios
All scenarios below are free on Steam Workshop.
Caribbean Sucker Punch!
From Advance to Contact: 1980 — lead a Soviet/Cuban/Nicaraguan flotilla against US amphibious ships in the Caribbean. Can you give the US a bloody nose?
Golden Jaguars
After the Caribbean Sucker Punch, USAF A-7 Corsair IIs from Panama strike Nicaraguan port facilities — tactical and symbolic retribution.
Battle of the Sea of Japan
The Soviet Pacific Fleet runs at the USS Coral Sea battle group while the US prepares a massive amphibious assault on North Korea.
Seize Giebelstadt
From Fire and Maneuver: 1981 — Soviet airborne forces conduct a combat drop to seize Giebelstadt Air Base deep in West Germany.
Recon by Fire
MiG-21 recon over Luxembourg — dare NATO to light up their radars and vector fighters to intercept. A probing mission straight from the books.
Don't Mess with Texas
USS Texas and three Orca UUVs hunt a transiting Chinese task force crossing the Clipperton–Galápagos line. Based on Monroe Doctrine: Volume I.
Amphibious Assault Tutorial
A tutorial scenario covering amphibious assault mechanics in Command: Modern Operations — useful before tackling the Soviet Endgame scenarios.
Arma 3 Scenarios
All scenarios below are free on Steam Workshop.
Eagle Claw, Mission 1: Seize Manzariah Airbase
Straight from the pages of Advance to Contact: 1980 — the first mission from Operation Eagle Claw. A co-op infantry scenario to seize Manzariah Airbase on the Nogova map.
Videos
A random selection from the Alex Aaronson YouTube channel — battle recaps, commentary, and more. Refresh the page or shuffle for a different lineup.
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Battle Maps
Annotated maps for readers who want to follow every maneuver. Full of spoilers — you've been warned.
Monroe Doctrine Maps
Annotated battle maps from the Monroe Doctrine series. Full of spoilers — you've been warned!
View MapsSoviet Endgame Maps
The single biggest request I get for my books is for maps. When I write a battle scene, I need to look at the map to see how I would fight it. It follows that the reader should have the same access.
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Press Kit
Alex Aaronson is a military thriller author and U.S. Navy veteran. He co-authors the Monroe Doctrine and Soviet Endgame alternate history series.