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Boomhower, Ray E., “Uncommon Valor: David M. Shoup and the Battle of Tarawa,” Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History, 18 (Summer 2006), 26–37.

Brown, Meredith Mason, “A Killing in the Philippines, 1900: A Kentuckian Faces Insurgency and Military Justice,” Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, 104 (Winter 2006), 43–76.

Dawson, Joseph G., III, “Leaders for Manifest Destiny: American Volunteer Colonels Serving in the U.S.-Mexican War,” American Nineteenth Century History (London), 7 (June 2006), 253–79.

Din, Gilbert C., “Mississippi River Gunboats on the Gulf Coast: The Spanish Naval Fight against William Augustus Bowles, 1799–1803,” Louisiana History, 47 (Summer 2006), 277–308.

Faust, Drew Gilpin, “‘Numbers on Top of Numbers’: Counting the Civil War Dead,” Journal of Military History, 70 (Oct. 2006), 995–1009.

Gorenfeld, William, “The Cowpen Slaughter: Was There a Massacre of Mexican Soldiers at the Battle of Santa Cruz de Rosales?,” New Mexico Historical Review, 81 (Fall 2006), 413–40.

Hunter, Mark C., “The U.S. Naval Academy and Its Summer Cruises: Professionalization in the Antebellum U.S. Navy, 1845–1861,” Journal of Military History, 70 (Oct. 2006), 963–94.

Kulikov, Viktor P., “Cobras Join the Battle: P-39s and P-63s in Soviet Forces,” Air Power History, 53 (Fall 2006), 14–25.

Marion, Forrest L., “A Hot Day in a Cold War: An RB-7 vs. MiG-17s, April 28, 1965,” Air Power History, 53 (Fall 2006), 26–33.

Morgan, Stephen T., “Fellow Comrades: The Grand Army of the Republic in South Dakota,” South Dakota History, 36 (Fall 2006), 229–59.

Nelson, Larry L., “Dudley’s Defeat and the Relief of Fort Meigs during the War of 1812,” Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, 104 (Winter 2006), 5–42.

Plating, John D., “Cannon, Egg, Charlie, and Baker: Airlift Links between World War II and the Chinese Civil War,” Air Power History, 53 (Fall 2006), 4–13.

Reid, Brian Holden, “The Vistas of American Military History,” American Nineteenth Century History (London), 7 (June 2006), 139–51.

Reid, Brian Holden, and Joseph G. Dawson III, eds., “Special Issue: The Vistas of American Military History, 1800–1898,” American Nineteenth Century History (London), 7 (June 2006), 139–321.

Skelton, William B., “The Commanding Generals and the Question of Civil Control in the Antebellum U.S. Army,” American Nineteenth Century History (London), 7 (June 2006), 153–72.

Towne, Stephen E., “‘Such conduct must be put down’: The Military Arrest of Judge Charles H. Constable during the Civil War,” Journal of Illinois History, 9 (Spring 2006), 43–62.

Warner, Seth, “George Earl Maney: Soldier, Railroader, and Diplomat,” Tennessee Historical Quarterly, 65 (Summer 2006), 130–47. Heavily illustrated.

Watson, Samuel J., “How the Army Became Accepted: West Point Socialization, Military Accountability, and the Nation-State during the Jacksonian Era,” American Nineteenth Century History (London), 7 (June 2006), 219–51.

Wetherington, Ronald K., “Cantonment Burgwin: The Archaeological and Documentary Record,” New Mexico Historical Review, 81 (Fall 2006), 391–411.

Wettemann, Robert P., Jr., “A Part or Apart: The Alleged Isolation of Antebellum U.S. Army Officers,” American Nineteenth Century History (London), 7 (June 2006), 193–217.

Wooster, Robert, “John M. Schofield and the ‘Multipurpose’ Army,” American Nineteenth Century History (London), 7 (June 2006), 173–91.

Xuegong, Zhao, “Hewuqi yu Meiguo dui diyici Taiwanheixia wenjide zhengce” (Nuclear weapons and American policy during the first Taiwan strait crisis), American Studies Quarterly (Beijing) (no. 2, 2004), 100–115. In Chinese.

 

Blackstone, Robert C., “Democracy’s Army: The American People and Selective Service in World War II” (University of Kansas, 2005). Order No. DA3196030.

Davidson, Janine Anne, “Learning to Lift the Fog of Peace: The U.S. Military in Stability and Reconstruction Operations” (University of South Carolina, 2005). Order No. DA3201326.

Kotlik, Ronald Howard, “Fixed Bayonets: The New York State National Guard during the Era of Industrial Unrest, 1877–1898” (State University of New York, Buffalo, 2005). Order No. DA3203903.

Leeman, William Paul, “The Long Road to Annapolis: The Naval Academy Debate and Emerging Nationalism in the United States, 1775–1845” (Boston University, 2006). Order No. DA3194768.

McCaul, Edward B., Jr., “Rapid Technological Innovation: The Evolution of the Artillery Fuze during the American Civil War” (Ohio State University, 2005). Order No. DA3197775.

Miller, Bonnie, “The Spectacle of War: A Study of Spanish-American War Visual and Popular Culture” (Johns Hopkins University, 2006). Order No. DA3197202.

Park, Steven H., “The Burning of hms Gaspee and the Limits of Eighteenth-Century British Imperial Power” (University of Connecticut, 2005). Order No. DA3195552.

Smith, Douglas Vaughn, “Carrier Battles: Command Decisions in Harm’s Way” (Florida State University, 2005). Order No. DA3197031.

Sturckler, James A., “Union Consular Intelligence Collection on Confederate Operations in British North America during the American Civil War” (University of New York, Buffalo, 2006). Order No. DA3203971.

 

Carlisle, Rodney P., ed., One Day in History: December 7, 1941; The Days That Changed the World. (New York: Collins, 2006. xvi, 272 pp. $24.95, isbn 978-0-06-112034-3.)

Edwards, Paul M., The Korean War. (Westport: Greenwood, 2006. xxvi, 210 pp. $65.00, isbn 0-313-33248-7.)

Hallion, Richard P., ed., Silver Wings, Golden Valor: The usaf Remembers Korea. (Washington: Air Force History and Museums Program, 2006. viii, 131 pp. Paper.)

Hammel, Eric, Iwo Jima. (St. Paul: Zenith, 2006. 255 pp. $40.00, isbn 978-0-7603-2520-9.) Heavily illustrated.

Hanyok, Robert J., Eavesdropping on Hell: Historical Guide to Western Communications Intelligence and the Holocaust, 1939–1945. (Fort George G. Meade: National Security Agency, 2005. vi, 167 pp. Paper.)

Harris, Stephen L., Duffy’s War: Fr. Francis Duffy, Wild Bill Donovan, and the Irish Fighting 69th in World War I. (Dulles: Potomac, 2006. xxvi, 435 pp. $29.95, isbn 1-57488-651-7.)

Holmes, Richard, ed., Battlefield: Decisive Conflicts in History. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. viii, 376 pp. $30.00, isbn 978-0-19-280653-6.)

McCaffrey, James M., The Army in Transformation, 1790–1860. (Westport: Greenwood, 2006. xiv, 187 pp. $65.00, isbn 0-313-33172-3.)

McGuire, Thomas J., The Philadelphia Campaign, Vol. 1: Brandywine and the Fall of Philadelphia. (Mechanicsburg: Stackpole, 2006. xii, 420 pp. $34.95, isbn 978-0-8117-0178-5.)

Miller, Donald L., Masters of the Air: America’s Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War against Nazi Germany. (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006. xvi, 671 pp. $35.00, isbn 978-0-7432-3544-0.)

Owens, Emiel W., Blood on German Snow: An African American Artilleryman in World War II and Beyond. (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2006. viii, 147 pp. $24.95, isbn 978-1-58544-537-0.)

Siewert, Jack R., Outpost Kelly: A Tanker’s Story. (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2006. xx, 156 pp. Paper, $19.95, isbn 978-0-8173-5341-4.)

Thomas, Evan, Sea of Thunder: Four Commanders and the Last Great Naval Campaign, 1941–1945. (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006. 415 pp. $27.00, isbn 978-0-7432-5221-8.)

Todd, Nancy L., New York’s Historic Armories: An Illustrated History. (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2006. xii, 322 pp. $50.00, isbn 978-0-7914-6911-8.) Heavily illustrated.

Weintraub, Stanley, 11 Days in December: Christmas at the Bulge, 1944. (New York: Free Press, 2006. xviii, 201 pp. $25.00, isbn 978-0-7432-8710-4.)

Wiest, Andrew, ed., Rolling Thunder in a Gentle Land: The Vietnam War Revisited. (Oxford: Osprey, 2006. 336 pp. $32.95, isbn 978-1-84693-020-6.) Heavily illustrated.

Willbanks, James H., The Tet Offensive: A Concise History. (New York: Columbia University Press, 2007. xxx, 264 pp. $29.50, isbn 0-231-12840-1.)

Yenne, Bill, The American Aircraft Factory in World War II. (St. Paul: Zenith, 2006. 192 pp. $40.00, isbn 978-0-7603-2300-7.) Heavily illustrated.

 

Hardorff, Richard G., ed., Washita Memories: Eyewitness Views of Custer’s Attack on Black Kettle’s Village. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2006. xviii, 474 pp. $34.95, isbn 0-8061-3759-2.)

Hoth, David R., ed., The Papers of George Washington: Revolutionary War Series, vol. 16: July–September 1778. (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2006. xl, 683 pp. $85.00, isbn 978-0-8139-2579-0.)

Patten, Juliana Fern, ed., Another Side of World War II: A Coast Guard Lieutenant in the South Pacific. (Shippensburg: Burd Street, 2005. xiv, 155 pp. Paper, $14.95, isbn 1-57249-377-1.)

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