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2013 Volume

Dragoons in Apacheland: Conquest and Resistance in Southern New Mexico, 1846–1861

2013-104
Dragoons in Apacheland: Conquest and Resistance in Southern New Mexico, 1846–1861

By William S. Kiser
A review by Mark Buchy

Eisenhower: In War and Peace

2013-103
Eisenhower in War and Peace

By Jean Edward Smith
A review by Grant W. Jones

The Hunt for Hitler's Warship

2013-102
The Hunt for Hitler's Warship

By Patrick Bishop
A review by Jonathan Beard

Engineers of Victory: The Problem Solvers Who Turned the Tide in the Second World War

2013-101
Engineers of Victory: The Problem Solvers Who Turned the Tide in the Second World War

By Paul Kennedy
A review by Larry Grant

John of Salisbury: Military Authority of the Twelfth-Century Renaissance

2013-100
John of Salisbury: Military Authority of the Twelfth-Century Renaissance

By John D. Hosler
A review by David S. Bachrach

To Crown the Waves: The
Great Navies of the First World War

2013-099
To Crown the Waves: The Great Navies of the First World War

Ed. Vincent P. O’Hara, W. David Dickson, and Richard Worth
A review by David Silbey

The Great War: A Combat History of the First World War

2013-098
The Great War: A Combat History of the First World War

By Peter Hart
A review by Adam R. Seipp

Terrible Swift Sword: The Life of General Philip H. Sheridan

2013-097
Terrible Swift Sword: The Life of General Philip H. Sheridan

By Joseph Wheelan
A review by David Coffey

Battalion Commanders at War: U.S. Army Tactical Leadership in the Mediterranean Theater, 1942–1943

2013-096
Battalion Commanders at War: U.S. Army Tactical Leadership in the Mediterranean Theater, 1942–1943

By Steven Thomas Barry
A review by Jörg Muth

Normandy Crucible: The Decisive Battle That Shaped World War II in Europe

2013-095
Normandy Crucible: The Decisive Battle That Shaped World War II in Europe

By John Prados
A review by Bruce Zellers

Blackett’s War: The Men Who Defeated the Nazi U-Boats and Brought Science to the Art of Warfare

2013-094
Blackett’s War: The Men Who Defeated the Nazi U-Boats and Brought Science to the Art of Warfare

By Stephen Budiansky
A review by Terence Parker

Congo: The Miserable Expeditions and Dreadful Death of Lt. Emory Taunt, USN

2013-093
Congo: The Miserable Expeditions and Dreadful Death of Lt. Emory Taunt, USN

By Andrew C.A. Jampoler
A review by Lindsay Frederick Braun

Early Carolingian Warfare: Prelude to Empire

2013-092
Early Carolingian Warfare: Prelude to Empire

By Bernard S. Bachrach
A review by James R. Smither

Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution

2013-091
Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution

By Nathaniel Philbrick
A review by Robert J. Allison

Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield

2013-090
Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield

By Jeremy Scahill
A review by William Astore

Shanghai 1937: Stalingrad on the Yangtze

2013-089
Shanghai 1937: Stalingrad on the Yangtze

By Peter Harmsen
A review by Morgan Deane

Masters of the Battlefield: Great Commanders from the Classical Age to the Napoleonic Era

2013-088
Masters of the Battlefield: Great Commanders from the Classical Age to the Napoleonic Era

By Paul K. Davis
A review by Laurence W. Marvin

The Soviet Cuban Missile Crisis: Castro, Mikoyan, Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the Missiles of November

2013-087
The Soviet Cuban Missile Crisis: Castro, Mikoyan, Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the Missiles of November

By Sergo Mikoyan
A review by Gates Brown

Stalin’s General: The Life of Georgy Zhukov

2013-086
Stalin's General: The Life of Georgy Zhukov

By Geoffrey Roberts
A review by Cali Mortenson Ellis

Operation Typhoon: Hitler's March on Moscow, October 1941

2013-085
Operation Typhoon: Hitler's March on Moscow, October 1941

By David Stahel
A review by Steven D. Mercatante

American Naval History, 1607–1865: Overcoming the Colonial Legacy

2013-084
American Naval History, 1607–1865: Overcoming the Colonial Legacy

By Jonathan R. Dull
A review by Matt J. Schumann

The Evil Necessity: British Naval Impressment in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World

2013-083
The Evil Necessity: British Naval Impressment in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World

By Denver Brunsman
A review by Michael K. Beauchamp

Shattered Genius: The Decline and Fall of the German General Staff in World War II

2013-082
Shattered Genius: The Decline and Fall of the German General Staff in World War II

By David Stone
A review by Geoffrey K. Krempa

The Soviet Biological Weapons Program: A History

2013-081
The Soviet Biological Weapons Program: A History

By Milton Leitenberg and Raymond Zilinskas
A review by Andrew Burtch

A Generous and Merciful Enemy: Life for German Prisoners of War during the American Revolution

2013-080
A Generous and Merciful Enemy: Life for German Prisoners of War during the American Revolution

By Daniel Krebs
A review by Steven G. Gimber

Mission Revolution: The U.S. Military and Stability Operations

2013-079
Mission Revolution: The U.S. Military and Stability Operations

By Jennifer Morrison Taw
A review by William A. Taylor

Scraping the Barrel: The Military Use of Sub-Standard Manpower, 1860–1960

2013-078
Scraping the Barrel: The Military Use of Sub-Standard Manpower, 1860–1960

Ed. Sanders Marble
A review by Michael A. Boden

Special Forces from World War II to the Navy SEALs

2013-077
Special Forces from World War II to the Navy SEALs

A review article by Eyal Ben-Ari

The Boys of ’67: Charlie Company’s War in Vietnam

2013-076
The Boys of ’67: Charlie Company’s War in Vietnam

By Andrew Wiest
A review by Kyle Longley

A Thousand Darknesses: Lies and Truth in Holocaust Fiction

2013-075
A Thousand Darknesses: Lies and Truth in Holocaust Fiction

By Ruth Franklin
A review by David Patterson

The Battle of Midway: The Naval Institute Guide to the U.S. Navy’s Greatest Victory

2013-074
The Battle of Midway: The Naval Institute Guide to the U.S. Navy’s Greatest Victory

Ed. Thomas C. Hone
A review by Steven Pedler

France under Fire: German Invasion, Civilian Flight and Family Survival during World War II

2013-073
France under Fire: German Invasion, Civilian Flight and Family Survival during World War II

By Nicole Dombrowski Risser
A review by Michael Scott Christofferson

Story of a Secret State: My Report to the World

2013-072
Story of a Secret State: My Report to the World

By Jan Karski
A review by Donald Lateiner

The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War

2013-071
The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War

By Andrew Roberts
A review by Larry Grant

War on the Waters: The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861–1865

2013-070
War on the Waters: The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861–1865

By James M. McPherson
A review by Grant T. Weller

The Verdict of Battle: The Law of Victory and the Making of Modern War

2013-069
The Verdict of Battle: The Law of Victory and the Making of Modern War

By James Q. Whitman
A review by Alan M. Anderson

Between Flesh and Steel: A History of Military Medicine from the Middle Ages to the War in Afghanistan

2013-068
Between Flesh and Steel: A History of Military Medicine from the Middle Ages to the War in Afghanistan

By Richard A. Gabriel
A review by Alan Hawk

Ships of Oak, Guns of Iron: The War of 1812 and the Forging of the American Navy

2013-067
Ships of Oak, Guns of Iron: The War of 1812 and the Forging of the American Navy

By Ronald D. Utt
A review by William M. Fowler Jr.

Dog Company: The Boys of Pointe du Hoc—The Rangers Who Accomplished D-Day's Toughest Mission and Led the Way across Europe

2013-066
Dog Company: The Boys of Pointe du Hoc—The Rangers Who Accomplished D-Day's Toughest Mission and Led the Way across Europe

By Patrick K. O'Donnell
A review by Jared Dockery

Female Soldiers in Sierra Leone: Sex, Security, and Post-Conflict Development

2013-065
Female Soldiers in Sierra Leone: Sex, Security, and Post-Conflict Development

By Megan H. MacKenzie
A review by Peter A. Dumbuya

The Royal Navy and the German Threat, 1901–1914: Admiralty Plans to Protect British Trade in a War against Germany

2013-064
The Royal Navy and the German Threat, 1901-1914: Admiralty Plans to Protect British Trade in a War against Germany

By Matthew S. Seligmann
A review by Jonathan Beard

A General Who Will Fight: The Leadership of Ulysses S. Grant

2013-063
A General Who Will Fight: The Leadership of Ulysses S. Grant

By Harry S. Laver
A review by Terence Parker

War in Social Thought: Hobbes to the Present

2013-062
War in Social Thought: Hobbes to the Present

By Hans Joas and Wolfgang Knöbl
A review by Ingo Trauschweizer

Clash of Empires in South China: The Allied Nations' Proxy War with Japan, 1935–1941

2013-061
Clash of Empires in South China: The Allied Nations' Proxy War with Japan, 1935–1941

By Franco David Macri
A review by Thomas McGrath

Into the Breach at Pusan: The 1st Provisional Marine Brigade in the Korean War

2013-060
Into the Breach at Pusan: The 1st Provisional Marine Brigade in the Korean War

By Kenneth W. Estes
A review by David Glenn Williams

Outpost of Empire: The Napoleonic Occupation of Andalucía, 1810–1812

2013-059
Outpost of Empire: The Napoleonic Occupation of Andalucía, 1810–1812

By Charles J. Esdaile
A review by Michael A. Bonura

The Business of War: Military Enterprise and Military Revolution in Early Modern Europe

2013-058
The Business of War: Military Enterprise and Military Revolution in Early Modern Europe

By David Parrott
A review by David R. Lawrence

Heinrich Himmler

2013-057
Heinrich Himmler

By Peter Longerich
A review by John C. Binkley

Voices of the Bulge: Untold Stories from Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge

2013-056
Voices of the Bulge: Untold Stories from Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge

By Michael Collins and Martin King
A review by Mark Kukis

Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies

2013-055
Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies

By Ben Macintyre
A review by Mary Kathryn Barbier

Invisible Armies: An Epic History of Guerrilla Warfare from Ancient Times to the Present

2013-054
Invisible Armies: An Epic History of Guerrilla Warfare from Ancient Times to the Present

By Max Boot
A review by Tal Tovy

Ruin Nation: Destruction and the American Civil War

2013-053
Ruin Nation: Destruction and the American Civil War

By Megan Kate Nelson
A review by Thomas G. Nester

Avoiding Armageddon: From the Great War to the Fall of France, 1918–40

2013-052
Avoiding Armageddon: From the Great War to the Fall of France, 1918–40

By Jeremy Black
A review by Larry Grant

Reflections of a Historian on the False News of the War

2013-051
Reflections of a Historian on the False News of the War

By Marc Bloch
A translation by James P. Holoka

Air Commanders

2013-050
Air Commanders

Ed. John Andreas Olsen
A review by Christopher Rein

Those Who Have Borne the Battle: A History of America's Wars and Those Who Fought Them

2013-049
Those Who Have Borne the Battle: A History of America's Wars and Those Who Fought Them

By James Wright
A review by James Smither

Churchill and Sea Power

2013-048
Churchill and Sea Power

By Christopher M. Bell
A review by Ralph Hitchens

Isaac's Army: A Story of Courage and Survival in Nazi-Occupied Poland

2013-047
Isaac's Army: A Story of Courage and Survival in Nazi-Occupied Poland

By Matthew Brzezinski
A review by Steven D. Mercatante

America's Economic Way of War: War and the US Economy from the Spanish-American War to the Persian Gulf War

2013-046
America's Economic Way of War: War and the US Economy from the Spanish-American War to the Persian Gulf War

By Hugh Rockoff
A review by Lee P. Ruddin

The Last Full Measure: How Soldiers Die in Battle

2013-045
The Last Full Measure: How Soldiers Die in Battle

By Michael Stephenson
A review by Andrew Burtch

The Battle of the Denmark Strait: A Critical Analysis of the Bismarck's Singular Triumph

2013-044
The Battle of the Denmark Strait: A Critical Analysis of the Bismarck's Singular Triumph

By Robert J. Winklareth
A review by Jonathan Beard

Elusive Victories: The American Presidency at War

2013-043
Elusive Victories: The American Presidency at War

By Andrew J. Polsky
A review by Edmund F. Byrne

The Archaeology of the Prussian Crusade: Holy War and Colonisation

2013-042
The Archaeology of the Prussian Crusade: Holy War and Colonisation

By Aleksander Pluskowski
A review by David S. Bachrach

Fire and Forget: Short Stories from the Long War

2013-041
Fire and Forget: Short Stories from the Long War

Ed. Roy Scranton and Matt Gallagher
A review by Nate Packard

Blue Moon over Cuba: Aerial Reconnaissance during the Cuban Missile Crisis

2013-040
Blue Moon over Cuba: Aerial Reconnaissance during the Cuban Missile Crisis

By William B. Ecker and Kenneth V. Jack
A review by Michael E. Weaver

Ostkrieg: Hitler's War of Extermination in the East

2013-039
Ostkrieg: Hitler's War of Extermination in the East

By Stephen G. Fritz
A review by Adam R. Seipp

Churchill: The Power of Words

2013-038
Churchill: The Power of Words

Ed. Martin Gilbert
A review by William I. Hitchcock

Shadow of the Sultan’s Realm: The Destruction of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East

2013-037
Shadow of the Sultan’s Realm: The Destruction of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East

By Daniel Allen Butler
A review by Mesut Uyar

Wars of Plunder: Conflicts, Profits and the Politics of Resources

2013-036
Wars of Plunder: Conflicts, Profits and the Politics of Resources

By Philippe Le Billon
A review by Richard Tucker

From Boer War to World War: Tactical Reform of the British Army, 1902–1914

2013-035
From Boer War to World War: Tactical Reform of the British Army, 1902–1914

By Spencer Jones
A review by William Stewart

Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War

2013-034
Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War

By Stephen R. Platt
A review by Cord Eberspächer

China and the World since 1750

2013-033
Restless Empire: China and the World since 1750

By Odd Arne Westad
A review by Grant W. Jones

History of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Vol. 8: The Joint Chiefs of Staff and National Policy, 1961-1964

2013-032
History of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Vol. 8: The Joint Chiefs of Staff and National Policy, 1961-1964

By Walter S. Poole
A review by Ingo Trauschweizer

Rückzug: The German Retreat from France, 1944

2013-031
Rückzug: The German Retreat from France, 1944

By Joachim Ludewig
A review by James D. Perry

The Battle for Tinian: Vital Stepping Stone in America's War against Japan

2013-030
The Battle for Tinian: Vital Stepping Stone in America's War against Japan

By Nathan N. Prefer
A review by Steven D. Mercatante

China's Wings: War, Intrigue, Romance and Adventure in the Middle Kingdom during the Golden Age of Flight

2013-029
China's Wings: War, Intrigue, Romance and Adventure in the Middle Kingdom during the Golden Age of Flight

By Gregory Crouch
A review by Bob Bergin

Hanoi's War: An International History of the War for Peace in Vietnam

2013-028
Hanoi's War: An International History of the War for Peace in Vietnam

By Lien-Hang T. Nguyen
A review by Terence Parker

War, Will, and Warlords: Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2001–2011

2013-027
War, Will, and Warlords: Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2001–2011

By Robert M. Cassidy
A review by Tal Tovy

Preparing for Victory: Thomas Holcomb and the Making of the Modern Marine Corps, 1936–1943

2013-026
Preparing for Victory: Thomas Holcomb and the Making of the Modern Marine Corps, 1936–1943

By David J. Ulbrich
A review by William A. Taylor

Song of Wrath: The Peloponnesian War Begins

2013-025
Song of Wrath: The Peloponnesian War Begins

By J.E. Lendon
A review by Lawrence A. Tritle

World War Two: A Short History

2013-024
World War Two: A Short History

By Norman Stone
A review by William J. Astore

Under the Shadow of Napoleon: French Influence on the American Way of Warfare from the War of 1812 to the Outbreak of WWII

2013-023
Under the Shadow of Napoleon: French Influence on the American Way of Warfare from the War of 1812 to the Outbreak of WWII

By Michael A. Bonura
A review by Thomas A. Bruscino Jr.

Blueprints for Battle: Planning for War in Central Europe, 1948–1968

2013-022
Blueprints for Battle: Planning for War in Central Europe, 1948–1968

Ed. Jan Hoffenaar and Dieter Krüger
A review by Kevin M. Woods

Counting the Days: POWs, Internees, and Stragglers of World War II in the Pacific

2013-021
Counting the Days: POWs, Internees, and Stragglers of World War II in the Pacific

By Craig B. Smith
A review by John J. Hurt

The Missile Next Door: The Minuteman in the American Heartland

2013-020
The Missile Next Door: The Minuteman in the American Heartland

By Gretchen Heefner
A review by Christopher Rein

The Union War

2013-019
The Union War

By Gary W. Gallagher
A review by Jonathan Beard

A Very British Experience: Coalition, Defence and Strategy in the Second World War

2013-018
A Very British Experience: Coalition, Defence and Strategy in the Second World War

By Andrew Stewart
A review by Antoine Capet

The War of 1812: Conflict for a Continent

2013-017
The War of 1812: Conflict for a Continent

By J.C.A. Stagg
A review by Hal M. Friedman

Bodies of War: World War I and the Politics of Commemoration in America, 1919–1933

2013-016
Bodies of War: World War I and the Politics of Commemoration in America, 1919–1933

By Lisa M. Budreau
A review by Larry A. Grant

Deliverance from the Little Big Horn: Doctor Henry Porter and Custer's Seventh Cavalry

2013-015
Deliverance from the Little Big Horn: Doctor Henry Porter and Custer's Seventh Cavalry

By Joan Nabseth Stevenson
A review by Douglas R. Cubbison

Militarism in a Global Age: Naval Ambitions in Germany and the United States before World War I

2013-014
Militarism in a Global Age: Naval Ambitions in Germany and the United States before World War I

By Dirk Bönker
A review by J. Furman Daniel, III

The German Aces Speak: World War II through the Eyes of Four of the Luftwaffe's Most Important Commanders

2013-013
The German Aces Speak: World War II through the Eyes of Four of the Luftwaffe's Most Important Commanders

By Colin D. Heaton and Anne-Marie Lewis
A review by Ralph M. Hitchens

Honor in the Dust: Theodore Roosevelt, War in the Philippines, and the Rise and Fall of America's Imperial Dream

2013-012
Honor in the Dust: Theodore Roosevelt, War in the Philippines, and the Rise and Fall of America's Imperial Dream

By Gregg Jones
A review by Stacy W. Reaves

Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam

2013-011
Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam

By Fredrik Logevall
A review by Gregory A. Daddis

The Complexity of Modern Asymmetric Warfare

2013-010
The Complexity of Modern Asymmetric Warfare

By Max G. Manwaring
A review by Terence Parker

2013-009
"Pretty Well Worn Out"—The Journey of a Civil War Soldier: A Digital Archive of the Letters of William Hamilton

By William B. Boardman

Sick from Freedom: African-American Illness and Suffering during the Civil War and Reconstruction

2013-008
Sick from Freedom: African-American Illness and Suffering during the Civil War and Reconstruction

By Jim Downs
A review by Sanders Marble

In the Shadow of the General: Modern France and the Myth of De Gaulle

2013-007
In the Shadow of the General: Modern France and the Myth of De Gaulle

By Sudhir Hazareesingh
A review by Michael S. Neiberg

With a Sword in One Hand and Jomini in the Other: The Problem of Military Thought in the Civil War North

2013-006
With a Sword in One Hand and Jomini in the Other: The Problem of Military Thought in the Civil War North

By Carol Reardon
A review by Lawrence A. Kreiser Jr.

Illinois in the War of 1812

2013-005
Illinois in the War of 1812

By Gillum Ferguson
A review by Hal M. Friedman

El Alamein: The Battle That Turned the Tide of the Second World War

2013-004
El Alamein: The Battle That Turned the Tide of the Second World War

By Bryn Hammond
A review by Christopher Rein

Algeria: France's Undeclared War

2013-003
Algeria: France's Undeclared War

By Martin Evans
A review by Tal Tovy

War upon the Land: Military Strategy and the Transformation of Southern Landscapes during the American Civil War

2013-002
War upon the Land: Military Strategy and the Transformation of Southern Landscapes during the American Civil War

By Lisa M. Brady
A review by Jonathan Beard

Abdullah al-Tall—Arab Legion Officer: Arab Nationalism and Opposition to the Hashemite Regime

2013-001
Abdullah al-Tall—Arab Legion Officer: Arab Nationalism and Opposition to the Hashemite Regime

By Ronen Yitzhak
A review by Janice J. Terry

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