War is the father of all and the king of all, and some he shows as gods, others as men;
some he makes slaves, others free
. -- Heracleitus



Editor: James P. Holoka                                                                                                                                                          ISSN: 1930-045x

The Michigan War Studies Review (reference abbreviation MWSR) publishes book reviews, literature surveys, original essays, commentary, and other material in the field of military studies, with a purview extending from antiquity to the present. Subscription is gratis. Publishers desiring to have books reviewed in MWSR should contact the editor. Those interested in writing for MWSR may see guidelines for reviews and a list of books currently available at our Submissions page. Many additional resources may be found at the publisher's website: Michigan War Studies Group.

 

 



 

2005 Volume
  2010.02.07

The Final Battle: Soldiers of the Western Front and the German Revolution of 1918
By Scott Stephenson [Review Michael S. Neiberg]

  2010.02.06

Enduring the Great War: Combat, Morale and Collapse in the German and British Armies, 1914-1918
By Alexander Watson [Review Robert Nelson]

  2010.02.05

Embattled Glory: Veterans, Military Families, and the Politics of Patriotism in China, 1949-2007
By Neil J. Diamant [Review by Jiu-Hwa Lo Upshur]

  2010.02.04

The Spartacus War
By Barry Strauss [Review by Arthur M. Eckstein]

  2010.02.03

From Stalingrad to Pillau: A Red Army Artillery Officer Remembers the Great Patriotic War
By Isaak Kobylyanskiy [Review by Walter G. Moss]

  2010.02.02

The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West
By Niall Ferguson [Review by Jacob L. Hamric]

  2010.02.01

On Kiesling on Peter Paret, The Cognitive  Challenge of War
[Response by Peter Paret]

  2010.01.07

The Cognitive  Challenge of War: Prussia 1806
By Peter Paret [Review by Eugenia C. Kiesling]

  2010.01.06

Thutmose III: The Military Biography of Egypt's Greatest Warrior King
By Richard A. Gabriel [Review by Peter Nadig]

  2010.01.05

Samuel Adams: A Life
By Ira Stoll [Review by Bruce Zellers]

  2010.01.04

Jungle of Snakes: A Century of Counterinsurgency Warfare from the Philippines to Iraq
By James R. Arnold [Review by Bob Bergin]

  2010.01.03

Life and Death in the Third Reich
By Peter Fritzsche [Review by William J. Astore]

  2010.01.02

The Black Hawk War of 1832
By Patrick J. Jung [Review by Kathleen P. Chamberlain]

  2010.01.01

With Wings Like Eagles: A History of the Battle of Britain
By Michael Korda [Review by Grant W. Jones]