Recent Scholarship
Military
Eliassen, Meredith, “A Soldier’s Dilemma: Francis R. Shunk’s Account for the Battle of Baltimore, 1814,” Maryland Historian, 31 (Fall 2007), 66–80.
Guglielmo, Mark, “The Contribution of Economists to Military Intelligence during World War II,” Journal of Economic History, 68 (March 2008), 109–50.
Jelsma, Sherry K., “The Making of Imperishable Honor: Charles S. Todd in the War of 1812,” Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, 105 (Spring 2007), 195–227. Heavily illustrated.
Kuzmarov, Jeremy, “The Myth of the ‘Addicted Army’: Drug Use in Vietnam in Historical Perspective,” War & Society (Dunrooten), 26 (Oct. 2007), 121–41.
Markel, Wade, “The Limits of American Generalship: The jcs’s Strategic Advice in Early Cold War Crises,” Parameters, 38 (Spring 2008), 16–29.
Casserly, Brian Gerard, “Securing the Sound: The Evolution of Civilian-Military Relations in the Puget Sound Area, 1891–1984” (University of Washington, 2007). Order No. DA3265308.
Cousineau, Stephanie, “Ruthless War: A Comparative Analysis of German and American ‘Unrestricted’ Submarine Warfare in the Second World War” (University of Calgary, Canada, 2007). Order No. DANR33792.
Deaile, Melvin G., “The sac Mentality: The Origins of Organizational Culture in Strategic Air Command, 1946–1962” (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2007). Order No. DA3272762.
Fajardo, Margaret A., “Comparing War Stories: Literature by Vietnamese Americans, U.S.-Guatemalans, and Filipino Americans” (University of California, San Diego, 2007). Order No. DA3277200.
Kinder, John Matthew, “Encountering Injury: Modern War and the Problem of the Wounded Soldier” (University of Minnesota, 2007). Order No. DA3263109.
Marshall, Tabitha, “The Health of the British Soldier in America, 1775–1781” (McMaster University, Canada, 2006). Order No. DANR28244.
Matheny, Michael R., “Origins of Modern American Operational Art” (Temple University, 2007). Order No. DA3268174.
Schultz, Timothy Paul, “Redefining Flight: How the Predecessors of the Modern United States Air Force Transformed the Relationship between Airmen and Aircraft” (Duke University, 2007). Order No. DA3271007.
Seiken, Jeffrey J., “American Naval Policy in an Age of Atlantic Warfare: A Consensus Broken and Reforged, 1783–1816” (Ohio State University, 2007). Order No. DA3268904.
Watkins, Eugene D., “Cousin Jonathan: The Common United States Soldier in the War of 1812” (University of Toledo, 2007). Order No. DA3264491.
Armstrong, Marion V., Jr., Unfurl Those Colors! McClellan, Sumner, and the Second Army Corps in the Antietam Campaign. (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2008. xii, 384 pp. $39.95, isbn 978-0-8173-1600-6.)
Axelrod, Alan, The Real History of World War II: A New Look at the Past. (New York: Sterling, 2008. xiv, 385 pp. $24.95, isbn 978-1-4027-4090-9.)
Bourque, Stephen A., Post–Cold War. (Westport: Greenwood, 2008. xxii, 191 pp. $65.00, isbn 978-0-313-33290-6.)
Cimbala, Paul A., The Civil War. (Westport: Greenwood, 2008. xxii, 264 pp. $65.00, isbn 978-0-313-33182-4.) Heavily illustrated.
Connole, Dennis A., A “Yankee” in the “Texas Army.” (Lanham: Hamilton, 2008. xxii, 362 pp. Cloth, $59.95, isbn 978-0-7618-3982-8. Paper, $39.95, isbn 978-0-7618-3983-5.)
Crager, Kelly E., Hell under the Rising Sun: Texan pows and the Building of the Burma-Thailand Death Railway. (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2008. xvi, 196 pp. $29.95, isbn 978-1-58544-635-3.)
DeBlanc, Jefferson J., The Guadalcanal Air War: Col. Jefferson DeBlanc’s Story. (Gretna: Pelican, 2008. 240 pp. $24.95, isbn 978-1-58980-587-3.)
Ecelbarger, Gary, Three Days in the Shenandoah: Stonewall Jackson at Front Royal and Winchester. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2008. xviii, 273 pp. $29.95, isbn 978-0-8061-3886-2.)
Fremont-Barnes, Gregory, American Bomber Crewman, 1941–45. (Oxford, Eng.: Osprey, 2008. 64 pp. Paper, $18.95, isbn 978-1-84603-125-0.) Heavily illustrated.
Gilbert, Ed, Native American Code Talker in World War II. (Oxford, Eng.: Osprey, 2008. 64 pp. Paper, $18.95, isbn 978-1-84603-269-1.)
Greene, A. Wilson, The Final Battles of the Petersburg Campaign: Breaking the Backbone of the Rebellion. (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2008. xviii, 573 pp. $49.95, isbn 978-1-57233-610-0.) Second edition.
Griffith, Paddy, World War II Desert Tactics. (Oxford, Eng.: Osprey, 2008. 64 pp. Paper, $18.95, isbn 978-1-84603-290-5.) Heavily illustrated.
Hess, Gary R., Vietnam: Explaining America’s Lost War. (Oxford, Eng.: Blackwell, 2008. xii, 218 pp. Cloth, $84.95, isbn 978-1-4051-2527-7. Paper, $35.00, isbn 978-1-4051-2528-4.)
Hurst, James W., Pancho Villa and Black Jack Pershing: The Punitive Expedition in Mexico. (Westport: Praeger, 2008. xxii, 198 pp. $39.95, isbn 978-0-313-35004-7.)
Jeffers, H. Paul, Command of Honor: General Lucian Truscott’s Path to Victory in World War II. (New York: New American Library, 2008. x, 326 pp. $24.95, isbn 978-0-451-22402-6.)
Korkuc, Bob, Finding a Fallen Hero: The Death of a Ball Turret Gunner. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2008. xvi, 256 pp. $24.95, isbn 978-0-8061-3892-3.)
Miracle, Rocky R., Mrs. Cordie’s Soldier Son: A World War II Saga. (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2008. xviii, 174 pp. $24.95, isbn 978-1-60344-029-5.)
Nester, William R., The Epic Battles for Ticonderoga, 1758. (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2008. xii, 264 pp. Cloth, $65.50, isbn 978-0-7914-7321-4. Paper, $21.95, isbn 978-0-7914-7322-1.)
Nosworthy, Brent, Roll Call to Destiny: The Soldier’s Eye View of Civil War Battles. (New York: Carroll & Graf, 2008. viii, 342 pp. $27.95, isbn 978-0-7867-1747-7.)
Rickman, Sarah Byrn, Nancy Love and the wasp Ferry Pilots of World War II. (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2008. xx, 332 pp. $24.95, isbn 978-1-57441-241-3.)
Rottman, Gordon L., The U.S. Army in the Vietnam War, 1965–73. (Oxford, Eng.: Osprey, 2008. 96 pp. Paper, $25.95, isbn 978-1-84603-239-4.) Heavily illustrated.
Sewell, Kenneth, and Jerome Preisler, All Hands Down: The True Story of the Soviet Attack on the uss Scorpion. (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2008. 277 pp. $26.00, isbn 978-0-7432-9798-1.)
Sorley, Lewis, Thunderbolt: General Creighton Abrams and the Army of His Times. (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2008. 429 pp. Paper, $19.95, isbn 978-0-253-22002-8.) Originally published in 1992.
Stout, Jay A., Slaughter at Goliad: The Mexican Massacre of 400 Texas Volunteers. (Annapolis: Naval Institute, 2008. xvi, 242 pp. $29.95, isbn 978-1-59114-843-2.)
Venzon, Anne Cipriano, Leaders of Men: Ten Marines Who Changed the Corps. (Lanham: Scarecrow, 2008. xii, 243 pp. Paper, $45.00, isbn 978-0-8108-6081-0.)
Virden, Jenel, Americans and the Wars of the Twentieth Century. (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. xvi, 203 pp. Cloth, $89.95, isbn 978-0-333-72660-0. Paper, $31.95, isbn 978-0-333-72661-7.)
Wilson, Kevin, Men of Air: The Doomed Youth of Bomber Command, 1944. (London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2007. xii, 435 pp. $29.95, isbn 978-0-297-85321-3.)
Yerxa, Donald A., ed., Recent Themes in Military History: Historians in Conversation. (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2008. x, 141 pp. Cloth, $39.95, isbn 978-1-57003-738-2. Paper, $18.95, isbn 978-1-57003-739-9.)
Yockelson, Mitchell A., Borrowed Soldiers: Americans under British Command, 1918. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2008. xx, 308 pp. $29.95, isbn 978-0-8061-3919-7.)
Allison, William Thomas, The Tet Offensive: A Brief History with Documents. (New York: Routledge, 2008. xviii, 266 pp. Cloth, $95.00, isbn 978-0-415-95680-2. Paper, $24.95, isbn 978-0-415-95681-9.)
Hoffenaar, Jan, and Christopher Findlay, eds., Military Planning for European Theatre Conflict during the Cold War: An Oral History Roundtable, Stockholm, 24–25 April 2006. (Zurich: eth Zurich, 2007. 227 pp. Paper, $29.95, isbn 3-905696-17-7.)
Jenkins, Charles Robert, and Jim Frederick, The Reluctant Communist: My Desertion, Court-Martial, and Forty-Year Imprisonment in North Korea. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008. xxxvi, 192 pp. $24.95, isbn 978-0-520-25333-9.)
MacKinnon, William P., ed., At Sword’s Point, Part 1: A Documentary History of the Utah War to 1858. (Norman: Arthur H. Clark, 2008. 546 pp. $45.00, isbn 978-0-87062-353-0.)
Pisanos, Steve N., The Flying Greek: An Immigrant Fighter Ace’s wwii Odyssey with the raf, usaaf, and French Resistance. (Dulles: Potomac, 2008. xiv, 349 pp. $34.95, isbn 978-1-59797-078-5.)
Shenk, Robert, ed., Playships of the World: The Naval Diaries of Admiral Dan Gallery, 1920–1924. (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2008. xxii, 308 pp. $34.95, isbn 978-1-57003-722-1.)
United States Army, Instructions for American Servicemen in France during World War II. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008. xiv, 72 pp. $12.00, isbn 978-0-226-84172-4.) Originally published in 1944.
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