Recent Scholarship
Military
Andrzejewski, Marek, “Bombardowanie niemieckichmiast w latach ll wojny swiatowej przez brytyjskie l amerykanskie lotnictwo: Zarys problematyki” (British and American air raids of German towns during the Second World War: An outline), Dzieje Najnowsze (Warsaw), 39 (no. 4, 2007), 91–113. In Polish.
Biddle, Tami Davis, “Dresden, 1945: Reality, History, and Memory,” Journal of Military History, 72 (April 2008), 413–50.
Bigler, David L., “A Lion in the Path: Genesis of the Utah War, 1857–1858,” Utah Historical Quarterly, 76 (Winter 2008), 4–21.
Ciaston, Rafal, “Odwet za Pearl Harbor” (Retaliation for Pearl Harbor), Mówia Wieki (Warsaw) (no. 8, 2007), 35–39. In Polish.
Crager, Kelly E., “‘God Knows What’s Going to Happen to Us’: The Lost Battery of Texas’s ‘Lost Battalion’ during World War II,” Southwestern Historical Quarterly, 112 (July 2008), 1–32.
Derengowski, Piotr, “Wlodzimierz Krzyzanowski i Legion Polski (58 pulk piechoty z Nowego Jorku)” (Wlodzimierz Krzyzanowski and the Polish Legion (the 58th Infantry Regiment of New York)), Przeglad Historyczno-Wojskowy (Warsaw), 8 (no. 3, 2007), 5–26. In Polish.
Eldredge, John, “The Utah War: A Photographic Essay of Some of Its Important Historic Sites,” Utah Historical Quarterly, 76 (Winter 2008), 38–65. Heavily illustrated.
Klosowicz, Robert, US Marines jako narzedzie polityki zagranicznej Stanów Zjednoczonych (U.S. Marines as an instrument of United States foreign policy). (Krakow: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego, 2008. 327 pp. zl. 37.90, isbn 978-83-233-2510-9.) In Polish.
Lamarre, Jean, “Du Mexique à l’Italie, en passant par les États-Unis: Les volontaires québécois dans les conflits militaires du XIXe siècle” (From Mexico to Italy, through the United States: Quebec volunteers in military conflicts during the nineteenth century), Cap-aux-Diamants (Quebec) (no. 90, Summer 2007), 23–27. In French.
MacKinnon, William P., “And the War Came: James Buchanan, the Utah Expedition, and the Decision to Intervene,” Utah Historical Quarterly, 76 (Winter 2008), 22–37.
Niewinski, Lukasz, “Brygada Polska w Armii Konfederacji, 1861–1865” (The Polish Brigade in the Confederate army, 1860–1865), Studia i Materialy do Historii Wojskowosci, 43 (2007), 223–50. In Polish.
Trauschweizer, Ingo, “Learning with an Ally: The U.S. Army and the Bundeswehr in the Cold War,” Journal of Military History, 72 (April 2008), 477–508.
Bach, Morten, “None So Consistently Right: The American Legion’s Cold War, 1945–1950” (Ohio University, 2007). Order No. DA3282048.
Crouch, Christian Ayne, “Imperfect Reflections: New France’s Use of Indigenous Violence and the Crisis of French Empire during the Seven Years’ War, 1754–1760” (New York University, 2007). Order No. DA3284251.
El-Zoghbi, Christine J., “Airship Advocates: Innovation in the United States Navy’s Rigid Airship Program” (George Washington University, 2007). Order No. DA3289126.
Greer, David Alan, “Revolutionary—Federalist—Republican: The Early Life and Reputations of William Hull” (Texas Christian University, 2007). Order No. DA3284079.
Mikolashek, Jon, “Flawed, but Essential: Mark W. Clark and the Italian Campaign in World War II” (Florida State University, 2007). Order No. DA3282646.
Burr, Lawrence, U.S. Cruisers, 1883–1904: The Birth of the Steel Navy. (Oxford, Eng.: Osprey, 2008. 48 pp. Paper, $17.95, isbn 978-1-84603-267-7.) Heavily illustrated.
Carroll, Al, Medicine Bags and Dog Tags: American Indian Veterans from Colonial Times to the Second Iraq War. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2008. viii, 287 pp. $45.00, isbn 978-0-8032-1085-1.)
Cawthorne, Nigel, The Mammoth Book of Inside the Elite Forces: Training, Equipment, and Endeavors of British and American Elite Combat Units. (Philadelphia: Running, 2008. vi, 551 pp. Paper, $13.95, isbn 978-0-7624-3382-7.)
Cunningham, Roger D., The Black Citizen-Soldiers of Kansas, 1864–1901. (Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2008. xxii, 206 pp. $34.95, isbn 978-0-8262-1807-0.)
Dobbins, James F., After the Taliban: Nation-Building in Afghanistan. (Dulles: Potomac, 2008. viii, 179 pp. $24.95, isbn 978-1-59797-083-9.)
Fain, W. Taylor, American Ascendance and British Retreat in the Persian Gulf Region. (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. viii, 283 pp. $84.95, isbn 978-0-230-60151-2.)
Franklin, H. Bruce, War Stars: The Superweapon and the American Imagination. (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2008. xii, 280 pp. Paper, $28.95, isbn 978-1-55849-651-4.) Revised edition. Originally published in 1988.
Guinn, Gilbert S., The Arnold Scheme: British Pilots, the American South, and the Allies’ Daring Plan. (Charleston, S.C.: History Press, 2007. 559 pp. Paper, $39.99, isbn 978-1-59629-042-6.)
Holloway, David, Cultures of the War on Terror: Empire, Ideology, and the Remaking of 9/11. (Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2008. x, 197 pp. Cloth, $85.00, isbn 978-0-7735-3483-4. Paper, $24.95, isbn 978-0-7735-3484-1.)
Lawrence, Mark Atwood, The Vietnam War: A Concise International History. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. x, 214 pp. $18.95, isbn 978-0-19-531465-6.)
Lefkowitz, Arthur S., Benedict Arnold´s Army: The 1775 American Invasion of Canada during the Revolutionary War. (New York: Savas Beatie, 2008. xx, 380 pp. $32.95, isbn 978-1-932714-03-6.)
Mahnken, Thomas G., Technology and the American Way of War. (New York: Columbia University Press, 2008. xii, 244 pp. $29.50, isbn 978-0-231-12336-5.)
Mansoor, Peter R., Baghdad at Sunrise: A Brigade Commander’s War in Iraq. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008. xxx, 376 pp. $28.00, isbn 978-0-300-14069-9.)
Martin, Adrian R., and Larry W. Stephenson, Operation Plum: The Ill-Fated 27th Bombardment Group and the Fight for the Western Pacific. (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2008. xviii, 364 pp. $29.95, isbn 978-1-60344-019-6.)
Rubin, Louis D., Jr., The Summer the Archduke Died: Essays on Wars and Warriors. (Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2008. xiv, 167 pp. $24.95, isbn 978-0-8262-1810-0.)
Shay, Michael E., The Yankee Division in the First World War: In the Highest Tradition. (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2008. xvi, 294 pp. $49.95, isbn 978-1-60344-030-1.)
Sherry, Mark D., The Army Command Post and Defense Reshaping, 1987–1997. (Washington: Center of Military History, 2008. xiv, 225 pp. Paper, $24.00, isbn 978-0-1607-9935-8.)
Wieviorka, Olivier, Normandy: The Landings to the Liberation of Paris, trans. M. B. DeBevoise. (Cambridge: Belknap, 2008. xviii, 446 pp. $29.95, isbn 978-0-674-02838-8.)
Fulbright, Jim, and Albert Stehno, eds., Oklahoma Rough Rider: Billy McGinty´s Own Story. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2008. xiv, 218 pp. Cloth, $75.00, isbn 978-0-87062-356-1. Paper, $19.95, isbn 978-0-8061-3935-7.)
Henshaw, John Corey, Recollections of the War with Mexico, ed. Gary F. Kurutz. (Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2008. xiv, 253 pp. $44.95, isbn 978-0-8262-1799-8.)
Steely, Skipper, Pearl Harbor Countdown: Admiral James O. Richardson. (Gretna: Pelican, 2008. 543 pp. $35.00, isbn 978-1-58980-592-7.)
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