Recent Scholarship
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Anker, Peder, “The Ecological Colonization of Space,” Environmental History, 10 (April 2005), 239–68.
Asano, Keiichi, “1950 nendai beikou ni okeru kokubo shishutsu no zodai to chusho kigyo no chii no henka” (Changes in small business relating to the expansion of defense expenditures in the 1950s), Amerika Keizaishi Kenkyu (Tokyo), 3 (2004), 23–43. In Japanese.
Bedwell, Don, “Going Nowhere Fast: The Supersonic Transport Was Both Inevitable and Beneficial—Until It Turned Out to Be Neither,” American Heritage of Invention & Technology, 21 (Winter 2006), 8–18.
Bowman, Bradley L., “Realism and Idealism: U.S. Policy toward Saudi Arabia from the Cold War to Today,” Parameters, 35 (Winter 2005–2006), 91–105.
Cornelsen, Kathleen, “Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II: Exploring Military Aviation, Encountering Discrimination, and Exchanging Traditional Roles in Service to America,” Journal of Women’s History, 17 (no. 4, 2005), 111–19.
Dastrup, Boyd L., “The ‘Come-As-You-Are’ War: Fort Sill and the Persian Gulf Crisis of 1990–1991,” Chronicles of Oklahoma, 83 (Summer 2005), 178–93.
Divirgilio, Justin, “Rum Punch and Cultural Revolution: The Impact of the Seven Years’ War in Albany,” New York History, 86 (Fall 2005), 435–49.
Fujimoto, Hiroshi, “America gasshukoku to senso” (America and war), in 20seiki no senso to ha nana de atta ka (What was war in the 20th century?), ed. Yoichi Kibata, 107–55. (Tokyo: Otsuki Shoten, 2004. isbn 4272200828.) In Japanese.
Fukami, Asa, “Taiheiyo no pageant” (A pageant of the pacific), Amerika Taiheiyo Kenkyu (Tokyo), 4 (2004), 129–42. In Japanese.
Fukito, Masami, “Reisen shoki america gassyukoku no taiwan seisaku” (America’s policies toward Taiwan during the early period of the cold war), Shirin (Kyoto), 87 (no. 2, 2004), 215–50. In Japanese.
Greiner, Bernd, “‘The silent majority is beginning to speak and we beg the officials to listen:’ Die amerikanische Debatte um Kriegsverbrechen in Vietnam” (“The silent majority is beginning to speak and we beg the officials to listen:” The American debate about war crimes in Vietnam), Amerikastudien/American Studies (Heidelberg), 49 (no. 3, 2004), 349–66. In German.
Greiner, Bernd, “Das alltägliche Verbrechen—Sexuelle Gewalt im Vietnamkrieg” (The all too normal crime: Sexual violence in the Vietnam war), in Massenhaftes Töten. Kriege und Genozide im 20. Jahrhundert (Mass killings. Wars and genocides in the twentieth century), ed. Peter Gleichmann and Thomas Kühne, 224–44. (Essen: Klartext, 2004. Paper, €22.90, isbn 3-898-61218-X.) In German.
Greiner, Bernd, “Krieg und Zivilgesellschaft in den usa—Erblasten des 20. Jahrhunderts” (War and civil society in the usa— Ramifications of the twentieth century), in Demokratien im Krieg (Democracies in war), ed. Christine Schweitzer, Björn Aust, and Peter Schlotter, 275–97. (Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2004. €29.00, isbn 3-83290-754-8.) In German.
Hamai, Kazufumi, “Tainichi kouwa to america no ‘taiheiyo kyotei’ koso” (The “Pacific Pact” and the peace settlement with Japan), Shirin (Kyoto), 87 (no. 1, 2004), 1–35. In Japanese.
Hawkins, John M., “The Costs of Artillery: Eliminating Harassment and Interdiction Fire during the Vietnam War,” Journal of Military History, 70 (Jan. 2006), 91–122.
Ikegami, Daisuke, “Sengo beikoku no taiheiyo senryaku” (Postwar America’s strategies toward the Asian Pacific), Nanakuma Shigaku (Fukuoka), 5 (2004), 146–60. In Japanese.
Irish, Kerry E., “Apt Pupil: Dwight Eisenhower and the 1930 Industrial Mobilization Plan,” Journal of Military History, 70 (Jan. 2006), 31–61.
Ito, Yuko, “Sengo america no tai philippines gunji seisaku to nihon yoin” (Postwar America’s military policies against the Philippines and the Japan factor), in Kingendai nihon philippines kankei shi (Philippines-Japanese relations), ed. Setsuho Ikehata and Lydia Yu-Jose, . (Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 2004. isbn 4000225324.) In Japanese.
Jones, Thomas D., “‘A Full Retaliatory Response,’” Air & Space, 20 (Oct.–Nov. 2005), 28–35. Heavily illustrated.
Kaufman, Scott, and John A. Soares, “‘Sagacious beyond Praise?’ Winfield Scott and Anglo-American–Canadian Border Diplomacy, 1837–1860,” Diplomatic History, 30 (Jan. 2006), 57–82.
Kawasaki, Nobuki, “H. mogensou to america no doitsu senryo seisaku koso” (Henry Morgenthau Jr. and American occupation policy toward Germany), Amerika Keizaishi Kenkyu (Tokyo), 3 (2004), 45–62. In Japanese.
Kenneally, James J., “‘An Hour of Light for an Hour of Night’: Daylight Saving in Massachusetts,” New England Quarterly, 78 (Sept. 2005), 440–47.
Kinoshita, Chigaya, “New deal chitsujyo to ‘kokka no anzen’” (The New Deal order and “national security”), Hitotsubashi Ronso (Tokyo), 131 (no. 2, 2004), 129–44. In Japanese.
Knight, Glenn B., “Black Sailors from Lancaster,” Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society, 107 (Winter 2005), 134–39.
Kober, Avi, “Great-Power Involvement and Israeli Battlefield Success in the Arab-Israeli Wars, 1948–1982,” Journal of Cold War Studies, 8 (Winter 2006), 20–48.
Larew, Karl G., “From Pigeons to Crystals: The Development of Radio Communication in U.S. Army Tanks in World War II,” Historian, 67 (Winter 2005), 664–77.
Marsh, Melissa A., “‘Still the Old Marlene’: Hollywood at the Fort Robinson Prisoner of War Camp,” Nebraska History, 86 (Summer–Fall 2005), 46–61. Heavily illustrated.
McCoy, Matthew G., “Base Instinct: Phoenix and the Fight Over Luke Field, 1946–1948,” Military History of the West, 35 (2005), 57–76.
McInnis, Verity, “‘Ladies’ of the Frontier Forts,” Military History of the West, 35 (2005), 35–56.
Morris, Nancy J., “Beatrice Patton’s Hawai‘i,” Hawaiian Journal of History, 39 (2005), 75–90.
Nakajima, Jo, “Aizenhawa seiken no higashi asia seisaku” (The Eisenhower administration’s policies toward East Asia), Rekishi Hyoron (Tokyo), 652 (2004), 2–16. In Japanese.
Potter, James E., “‘The Great Source of Amusement’: Hunting in the Frontier Army,” Montana, 55 (Autumn 2005), 34–47.
Richter, Andrew, “From Trusted Ally to Suspicious Neighbor: Canada-U.S. Relations in a Changing Global Environment,” American Review of Canadian Studies, 35 (Autumn 2005), 471–502.
Schmidt, Gustav, “Strukturen des ‘Kalten Krieges’ im Wandel” (Changing structures of the “Cold War”), in Konfrontationsmuster des Kalten Krieges, 1946–1956 (Patterns of confrontation in the cold war, 1946–1956), ed. Gustav Schmidt and Vojteck Mastny, 3–380. (Munich: Oldenbourg, 2003. 380 pp. €44.80, isbn 3-486-56732-2.) In German.
Smith, Dale, “Speed Freak: How the Fastest Bomber Faded at the Finish,” Air & Space, 20 (Dec. 2005–Jan. 2006), 64–71. Heavily illustrated.
Smith, Michael Thomas, “The Most Desperate Scoundrels Unhung: Bounty Jumpers and Recruitment Fraud in the Civil War North,” American Nineteenth Century History (London), 6 (June 2005), 149–72.
Stagg, J. C. A., “James Madison and George Mathews: The East Florida Revolution of 1812 Reconsidered,” Diplomatic History, 30 (Jan. 2006), 23–55.
Stiles, David, “A Fusion Bomb over Andalucia: U.S. Information Policy and the 1966 Palomares Incident,” Journal of Cold War Studies, 8 (Winter 2006), 49–67.
Suzuki, Toru, “Little Bighorn battlefield national monument no tanjo” (The birth of the Little Bighorn battlefield national monument), Kyoyo Ronso (Tokyo), 121 (2004), 27–41. In Japanese.
Uesugi, Shinobu, “America ‘teikoku’ no nationalism” (Nationalism of the American empire), in Nationalism to senso (Nationalism and war), ed. Michio Goto and Saburo Yamashina, 77–122. (Tokyo: Otsuki Shoten, 2004. isbn 4272200844.) In Japanese.
Van Horn, William, “Sheridan’s Saber: The 4th Cavalry Regiment in 1874,” Military History of the West, 35 (2005), 1–34.
Van Schaack, Eric, “The Division of Pictorial Publicity in World War I,” Design Issues, 22 (Winter 2006), 32–45.
Weinstein, Raymond M., “Occupation G.I. Blues: Postwar Germany during and after Elvis Presley’s Tour,” Journal of Popular Culture, 39 (Feb. 2006), 126–49.
White, Jonathan W., “Supporting the Troops: Soldiers’ Right to Vote in Civil War Pennsylvania,” Pennsylvania Heritage, 32 (Winter 2006), 16–24. Heavily illustrated.
Wilson, Mark R., “The Politics of Procurement: Military Origins of Bureaucratic Autonomy,” Journal of Policy History, 18 (no. 1, 2006), 44–73.
Brown, Elizabeth I., “Bye, Bye Miss American Pie: Wives of American Servicemen in Southeast Asia, 1961–1975” (University of Colorado, Boulder, 2005). Order No. DA3168266.
Brown, Theodore Roosevelt Coots, Jr., “Accounting for Changes in United States Military Intervention Patterns” (University of Virginia, 2005). Order No. DA3169706.
Casey, Jay H., “Keep ’em Laughin’: The Work of American Soldier Cartoonists during the World Wars” (University of Houston, 2005). Order No. DA3167470.
Chacho, Tania M., “The Influence of Ideology: Soldier Motivation and American Combat Infantrymen in the European Theater of Operations during the Second World War” (Johns Hopkins University, 2005). Order No. DA3172744.
Ehlers, Robert S., Jr., “bda: Anglo-American Air Intelligence, Bomb Damage Assessment, and the Bombing Campaigns against Germany, 1914–1945” (Ohio State University, 2005). Order No. DA3176380.
May, Michael Perry, “United States Air Force Expeditionary Airpower Strategy, 1946–1964” (Kansas State University, 2005). Order No. DA3170982.
Meeler, Joseph Lee, “Wilson’s ‘Propaganda Regiment’ on the Italian Front: The 332nd Infantry, U.S. Army in World War One” (Georgia State University, 2005). Order No. DA3170742.
Nuenlist, Christian, “Eisenhower, Kennedy und politische Konsultationen in der Nato: Die westliche Allianz und Chruscevs Détentepolitik, 1955–63” (Eisenhower, Kennedy, and political consultations in nato: The western alliance and Khrushchev’s détente policy, 1955–63) (University of Zurich, Switzerland, 2005). In German.
Pellegrin, Charles John, “United States Diplomatic and Military Relations with the Republic of China in the Era of the Vietnam War, 1961–1969” (Mississippi State University, 2005). Order No. DA3172313.
Quigley, Tracey Ann, “Unheard and Unheeded: The Rhetoric of Military Dissent in the Debate over Vietnam” (Pennsylvania State University, 2005). Order No. DA3172998.
Schadlow, Nadia, “War and the Art of Governance: The U.S. Army’s Conduct of Governance Operations from the Mexican War to Panama” (Johns Hopkins University, 2005). Order No. DA3172746.
Searle, Thomas R., “Targeting Civilians: When and Why U.S. Military Forces Have Deliberately Killed Enemy Civilians, 1863–1973” (Duke University, 2004). Order No. DA3177306.
Stowe, Christopher S., “A Philadelphia Gentleman: The Cultural, Institutional, and Political Socialization of George Gordon Meade” (University of Toledo, 2005). Order No. DA3177609.
Turse, Nicholas, “‘Kill anything that moves’: U.S. War Crimes and Atrocities in Vietnam, 1965–1973” (Columbia University, 2005). Order No. DA3174910.
Woodward, Colin Edward, “Marching Masters: Slavery, Race, and the Confederate Army, 1861–1865” (Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College, 2005). Order No. DA3167171.
Althoff, Wiliam F., USS Los Angeles: The Navy’s Venerable Airship and Aviation Technology. (Dulles: Potomac, 2004. xxiv, 289 pp. Cloth, $45.00, isbn 1-57488-620-7. Paper, $29.95, isbn 1-57488-621-5.) Heavily illustrated.
Anderegg, C. R., The Ash Warriors. (Washington: Air Force History and Museums Program, 2005. x, 146 pp. Paper, $21.00, isbn 0-16-050600-X.) Originally published in 2000. Heavily illustrated.
Anderson, Fred, The War That Made America: A Short History of the French and Indian War. (New York: Viking, 2005. xxvi, 293 pp. $25.95, isbn 0-670-03454-1.)
Angang, Hu, and Men Honghua, eds., Jiedu Meiguo dazhanlue (Explaining the grand strategy of the United States). (Hangzhou: Zhejiang renmin chubanshe, 2003. 360 pp. Y 25.00, isbn 7-2130-2554-6.) In Chinese.
Békés, Csaba, Európából Európába. Magyarország konfliktusok kereszttüzében, 1945–1990 (From Europe to Europe. Hungary in the crossfires of international conflicts, 1945–1990). (Budapest: Gondolat, 2004. 356 pp. Paper, huf 2,480, isbn 963-9567-19-1.) In Hungarian.
Borhi, László, Magyarország a hidegháborúban: A Szovjetunió és az Egyesült Államok között, 1945–1956 (Hungary in the cold war: Between the Soviet Union and the United States, 1945–1956). (Budapest: Corvina, 2005. 360 pp. Paper, huf 3,500, isbn 963-13-5412-1.) In Hungarian.
Broadwater, Robert P., The Battle of Perryville: Culmination of the Failed Kentucky Campaign. (Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2005. viii, 200 pp. $39.95, isbn 0-7864-2303-X.) Heavily illustrated.
Caprio, Mark, and Yoneyuki Sugita, eds., America no tainichi senryo seisaku to sono eikyo (America’s occupation policies toward Japan and its impacts). (Tokyo: Akashi, 2004. 301 pp. isbn 4750319996.) In Japanese.
Chaowu, Dai, Didui yu weijide niandai: 1954–1958 nian de Zhongmei guanxi (Era of hostility and crisis: Sino–United States relations of 1954–1958). (Beijing: Social Science, 2003. 574 pp. Y 39.00, isbn 7-80190-034-0.) In Chinese.
Charles, Patrick, Washington’s Decision: The Story of George Washington’s Decision to Reaccept Black Enlistments in the Continental Army, December 31, 1775. (Bloomington, Ind.: BookSurge, 2005. xvi, 201 pp. Paper, $14.99, isbn 1-4196-2137-8.)
Craddock, John, First Shot: The Untold Story of the Japanese Minisubs That Attacked Pearl Harbor. (Boston: McGraw Hill, 2005. 255 pp. $24.95, isbn 0-07-143716-9.)
Dear, I. C. B., and Peter Kemp, eds., The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. x, 677 pp. $65.00, isbn 0-19-860616-8.) Second edition.
Desjardin, Thomas A., Through a Howling Wilderness: Benedict Arnold’s March to Quebec, 1775. (New York: St. Martin’s, 2006. xiv, 240 pp. $24.95, isbn 0-312-33904-6.)
Dethloff, Henry C., Texas Aggies Go to War: In Service of Their Country. (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2006. xiv, 449 pp. $35.00, isbn 1-58544-470-7.)
Endo, Yasuo, and Daizaburo Yui, eds., Taiheiyo sekai no naka no America (America in the pacific world). (Tokyo: Sairyusha, 2004. 261 pp. ¥3,800, isbn 4882029618.) In Japanese.
Fleming, James R., The Confederate Ninth Tennessee Infantry. (Gretna: Pelican, 2006. 344 pp. $29.95, isbn 1-58980-331-0.) Originally published in 1996.
Heidler, David S., and Jeanne T. Heidler, The Mexican War. (Westport: Greenwood, 2006. xxiv, 224 pp. $45.00, isbn 0-313-32792-0.)
Higham, Robin, and Stephen J. Harris, eds., Why Air Forces Fail: The Anatomy of Defeat. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2006. viii, 382 pp. $39.95, isbn 0-8131-2374-7.)
Hünemörder, Markus, The Society of the Cincinnati: Conspiracy and Distrust in Early America. (New York: Berghahn, 2006. 256 pp. $75.00, isbn 1-84545-107-4.)
Jiemian, Yang, Houlengzhan shiqide Zhongmei guanxi: Weiji guanli de lilun he shijan (Sino–United States relations in the post–Cold War period: Theory and practice of crisis control). (Shanghai: Shanghai People’s, 2004. 213 pp. Y 15.00, isbn 7-208-05018-X.) In Chinese.
Jordan, Jonathan W., Lone Star Navy: Texas, the Fight for the Gulf of Mexico, and the Shaping of the American West. (Dulles: Potomac, 2006. xvi, 381 pp. $35.00, isbn 1-57488-512-X.)
Karsten, Peter, ed., Encyclopedia of War & American Society. (Thousand Oaks: Sage, 2006. Vol. 1: xviii, 433 pp. Vol. 2: xviii, 426 pp. Vol. 3: xviii, 465 pp. pp. $395.00, /setisbn 0-7619-3097-3./set.)
Kubo, Fumiaki, and Kanji Akagi, eds., America to higashi asia (America and east Asia). (Tokyo: University of Keio Press, 2004. 289 pp. ¥3,400, isbn 4766410467.) In Japanese.
Li, Gong, Deng Xiaoping yu Zhongguo (Deng Xiaoping and the United States). (Beijing: cpc History, 2004. 682 pp. Y 48.00, isbn 7-8019-9020-X.) In Chinese.
Li, Gong, William C. Kirby, and Robert S. Ross, eds., Cong Jie Dong Zou Xiang Jian Jiao: Zhongmei guanxi zhengchanghua jincheng zaitantao (From thaw to establishment of diplomatic relations: Another inquiry into the normalization of Sino–United States relations). (Beijing: Centre Documents, 2004. 336 pp. Y 48.00, isbn 7-5073-1635-1.) In Chinese.
Lyftogt, Kenneth L., Iowa’s Forgotten General: Matthew Mark Trumbull. (Iowa City: Camp Pope, 2005. 127 pp. Paper, $10.00, isbn 1-929919-06-9.)
Mahood, Wayne, Alexander “Fighting Elleck” Hays: The Life of a Civil War General, from West Point to the Wilderness. (Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2005. x, 222 pp. $39.95, isbn 0-7864-2213-0.)
Mammarella, Giuseppe, L’eccezione Americana. La politica estera statunitense dall’Indipendenza alla guerra in Iraq (The American exception. U.S. foreign policy from independence to the war in Iraq). (Rome: Carocci, 2005. 259 pp. €20.30, isbn 88-430-3548-7.) In Italian.
Nalty, Bernard C., The War against Trucks: Aerial Interdiction in Southern Laos, 1968–1972. (Washington: Air Force History and Museums Program, 2005. xiv, 365 pp. Cloth, $40.00, isbn 0-16-072494-5. Paper, $36.00, isbn 0-16-072493-7.)
Schmitz, David F., The Tet Offensive: Politics, War, and Public Opinion. (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005. xviii, 183 pp. Cloth, $60.00, isbn 0-7425-4485-0. Paper, $18.95, isbn 0-7425-4486-9.)
Shimada, Noriko, Senso to imin no shakai shi (A social history of war and immigrants). (Tokyo: Gendaishiryo Shuppan, 2004. 311 pp. ¥3,200, isbn 4877851240.) In Japanese.
Vilensky, Joel A., Dew of Death: The Story of Lewisite, America’s World War I Weapon of Mass Destruction. (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2005. xxvi, 213 pp. $24.95, isbn 0-253-34612-6.)
Walsh, George, “Whip the Rebellion”: Ulysses S. Grant’s Rise to Command. (New York: Forge, 2005. 480 pp. Paper, $15.95, isbn 0-765-30527-5.)
Wenzhao, Tao, ed., Zhong Mei guanxish (A history of Sino–United States relations). (Shanghai: Shanghai People’s, 2004. Vol. 1: 1949–1972, 382 pp. Vol. 2: 1972–2000, 473 pp. Y 40.00, /setisbn 7-208-05124-0./set.) In Chinese.
Xianhong, Jin, Ingxian Baigong duihuazhengcede ‘Zhongguotong’: Yige qianwaijiaoguande caifsang shouji (An Old China hand to influence White House policy toward China: Interview transcripts by a former diplomat). (Beijing: Current Affairs, 2003. 460 pp. Y 31.007-80009-742-0.) In Chinese.
Xiaoyin, Liu, Tiaowang Zhenzhugang: Meiri cong hezuo zouxiang zhanzheng de lishi toushi (A look at Pearl Harbor: A historical perspective of the U.S. and Japan from cooperation to war). (Beijing: Beijing Broadcasting Institute, 2003. 396 pp. Y 25.00.) In Chinese.
Yanyan, Zhang, Quanlide shengyan: Meiguo de meiti he zhanzheng (Voice of authority: American media and war). (Beijing: sdx, 2003. 395 pp. Y 26.00, isbn 7-108-02122-6.) In Chinese.
Yenne, Bill, Indian Wars: The Campaign for the American West. (Pennsylvania: Westholme, 2006. x, 325 pp. $26.00, isbn 1-59416-016-3.)
Yuhasz, Mary H., In Defense of a Career: John Ferral McBlain — Captain, 9th Cavalry, U. S. Army. (Denver: Outskirts, 2005. 201 pp. Paper, $18.95, isbn 1-59800-044-6.)
Arn, Edward C., Arn’s War: Memoirs of a World War II Infantryman, 1940–1946, ed. Jerome Mushkat. (Akron: University of Akron Press, 2006. xviii, 270 pp. Cloth, $32.95, isbn 1-931968-25-X. Paper, $19.95, isbn 1-931968-32-2.)
Bergeron, Arthur W., Jr., ed., “Captain Daniel Scully’s Diary of the Red River Campaign, 1864,” Military History of the West, 35 (2005), 77–98.
Hackemer, Kurt H., ed., To Rescue My Native Land: The Civil War Letters of William T. Shepherd, First Illinois Light Artillery. (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2006. xxiv, 365 pp. $42.00, isbn 1-57233-442-8.)
Novak, Thaddeus D., Life and Death on the Greenland Patrol, 1942, ed. P. J. Capelotti. (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2005. xxii, 205 pp. $59.95, isbn 0-8130-2912-0.)
Ross, Kirby, ed., Autobiography of Samuel S. Hildebrand: The Renowned Missouri Bushwacker. (Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 2005. xviii, 276 pp. $24.95, isbn 1-55728-799-6.)
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