Journal of Military History
Table of Contents
Vol. 63, No. 3
July 1999


Articles:

Kelly DeVries, "The Lack of a Western European Military Response to the Ottoman Invasions of Eastern Europe from Nicopolis (1396) to Mohács (1526)," Journal of Military History 63/3: 539-560.

Susan Rose, "Islam Versus Christendom: The Naval Dimension, 1000-1600," Journal of Military History 63/3: 561-578

David Nicolle, "Medieval Warfare: The Unfriendly Interface," Journal of Military History 63/3: 579-600

Harald, Kleinschmidt, "Using the Gun: Manual Drill and the Proliferation of Portable Firearms," Journal of Military History 63/3: 601-630

George Raudzens, "Military Revolution or Maritime Evolution? Military Superiorities or Transportation Advantages as Main Causes of European Colonial Conquests to 1788," Journal of Military History 63/3: 631-642

D. George Boyce, "From Assaye to the Assaye: Reflections on British Government, Force, and Moral Authority in India," Journal of Military History 63/3: 643-668

Jeremy Black, "War and the World, 1450-2000," Journal of Military History 63/3: 669-682

 

Historiographical Essay

N. A. M. Roger, "Recent Books on the Royal Navy of the Eighteenth Century," Journal of Military History 63/3: 683-703

 

Document of Note

"Too Good for the Infantry?" Submitted by Lewis Sorley 704

 

Reviews

The Thin Red Line: 1998 film by Terrence Malick; 1964 film by Andrew Marton; 1962 novel by James Jones, reviewed by Sharon Ritenour Stevens, Journal of Military History 63/3: 706-709

Harold A. Winters et al., Battling the Elements: Weather and Terrain in the Conduct of War, reviewed by Paul F. Braim, Journal of Military History 63/3: 709-711

Victor Davis Hanson, Warfare and Agriculture in Classical Greece, reviewed by Doyne Dawson, Journal of Military History 63/3: 711-712

James L. George, History of Warships from Ancient Times to the Twenty-first Century, reviewed by Clark G. Reynolds, Journal of Military History 63/3: 712-713

Richard Doherty, The Williamite War in Ireland, 1688-1691, reviewed by Paul V. Walsh, Journal of Military History 63/3: 713-714

Jeremy Black, Britain as a Military Power, 1688-1815, reviewed by Earl A. Reitan, Journal of Military History 63/3: 714-716

John E. Talbott, Pen & Ink Sailor: Charles Middleton and the King's Navy, 1778-1813, reviewed by David Syrett, Journal of Military History 63/3: 716-717

John Whiteclay Chambers II and G. Kurt Piehler, editors, Major Problems in American Military History: Documents and Essays, reviewed by Peter Maslowski, Journal of Military History 63/3: 717-718

Harry A. Gailey, Historical Dictionary of the United States Marine Corps, reviewed by Joseph H. Alexander, Journal of Military History 63/3: 718-720

Anthony S. Bennell, editor, The Maratha War Papers of Arthur Wellesley, January to December 1803, reviewed by Pradeep Barua, Journal of Military History 63/3: 720

C. Edward Skeen, Citizen Soldiers of the War of 1812, reviewed by William B. Skelton, Journal of Military History 63/3: 721-722

Roger Morriss, Cockburn and the British Navy in Transition: Admiral Sir George Cockburn, 1772-1853, reviewed by John B. Hattendorf Journal of Military History 63/3: 722-723

William Blair, Virginia's Private War: Feeding Body and Soul in the Confederacy, 1861-1865, reviewed by Richard L. Zuber, Journal of Military History 63/3: 723-724

Kevin Conley Ruffner, Maryland's Blue and Gray: A Border State's Union and Confederate Junior Officer Corps, reviewed by Edward J. Hagerty, Journal of Military History 63/3: 724-726

Peter Cozzens and Robert I. Girardi, editors, The Military Memoirs of General John Pope, reviewed by Ethan S. Rafuse, Journal of Military History 63/3: 726-727

Charles F. Ritter and Jon L. Wakelyn, editors, Leaders of the American Civil War: A Biographical and Historiographical Dictionary, reviewed by Joseph G. Dawson II, Journal of Military History 63/3: 727-728

Dennis J. Ringle, Life in Mr. Lincoln's Navy, reviewed by Harold D. Langley, Journal of Military History 63/3: 728-729

Steven H. Newton, Joseph E. Johnston and the Defense of Richmond, reviewed by Sharon S. MacDonald, Journal of Military History 63/3: 729-730

R. L. DiNardo and Albert A. Nofi, edited, James Longstreet: The Man, the Soldier, the Controversy, reviewed by Steven E. Woodworth, Journal of Military History 63/3: 731.

Richard R. Duncan, Lee's Endangered Left: The Civil War in Western Virginia, Spring of 1864, reviewed by Fred L. Hadsel, Journal of Military History 63/3: 732-733.

David Mayers, Wars and Peace: The Future Americans Envisioned, 1861-1991, reviewed by Richard L. Russell, Journal of Military History 63/3: 733-734.

Peter R. DeMontravel, A Hero to His Fighting Men: Nelson A. Miles, 1839-1925, reviewed by Randy Kane, Journal of Military History 63/3: 735.

Bruce Vandervort, Wars of Imperial Conquest in Africa, 1830-1914, reviewed by Raymond F. Betts, Journal of Military History 63/3: 736-737.

David Dutton, The Politics of Diplomacy: Britain and France in the Balkans in the First World War, reviewed by Jean-Charles Jauffret, Journal of Military History 63/3: 737-738.

Yigal Sheffy, British Military Intelligence in the Palestine Campaign, 1914-1918, reviewed by Briton C. Busch, Journal of Military History 63/3: 739-740.

Ian Passingham, Pillars of Fire: The Battle of Messines Ridge, June 1917, reviewed by Tim Travers, Journal of Military History 63/3: 740-741.

Paul A. C. Koistinen, Planning War, Pursuing Peace: The Political Economy of American Warfare, 1920-1939, reviewed by David E. Hamilton, Journal of Military History 63/3: 741-742.

James S. Corum and Richard R. Muller, The Luftwaffe's Way of War: German Air Force Doctrine, 1911-1945, reviewed by Joel Hayward, Journal of Military History 63/3: 742-744.

Peter Rodeike, Focke Wulf Jagdflugzeug: FW 190 "Dora," Ta 152H, reviewed by James H. Kitchens, III, Journal of Military History 63/3: 744-745.

R. L. DiNardo, Germany's Panzer Arm, reviewed by Richard J. Giziowski, Journal of Military History 63/3: 746.

Clay Blair, Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunted, 1942-1945, reviewed by Sarandis Papadopoulos, Journal of Military History 63/3: 747-748.

Martin Clemens, Alone on Guadalcanal: A Coastwatcher's Story, reviewed by Harry A. Gailey, Journal of Military History 63/3: 748-749.

Flint Whitlock, The Rock of Anzio, reviewed by Keith E. Bonn, Journal of Military History 63/3: 749-750.

Judith L. Bellafaire, editor, The U.S. Army and World War II: Selected Papers from the Army's Commemorative Conferences, reviewed by Harold E. Raugh, Jr., Journal of Military History 63/3: 750-752.

James Russell Major, The Memoirs of an Artillery Forward Observer, 1944-1945, reviewed by L. VanLoan Naisawald, Journal of Military History 63/3: 752-753.

Michael J. Hogan, A Cross of Iron: Harry S. Truman and the Origins of the National Security State, 1945-1954, reviewed by Andrew P. N. Erdmann, Journal of Military History 63/3: 753-754.

Martin Gilbert, Israel: A History, reviewed by Kenneth J. Perkins, Journal of Military History 63/3: 754-755.

Jack Shulimson et al., U.S. Marines in Vietnam: The Defining Year, 1968, reviewed by John Prados, Journal of Military History 63/3: 755-757.

Jeffrey Kimball, Nixon's Vietnam War, reviewed by Charles E. Neu, Journal of Military History 63/3: 757-758.

Shimon Naveh, In Pursuit of Military Excellence: The Evolution of Operational Theory, reviewed by Harold R. Winton, Journal of Military History 63/3: 758-760.

David R. Mets, The Air Campaign: John Warden and the Classical Airpower, reviewed by Conrad C. Crane, Journal of Military History 63/3: 760-761.

Mark D. Mandeles, Thomas C. Hone, and Sanford S. Terry, Managing "Command and Control" in the Persian Gulf War, reviewed by Phillip S. Meilinger, Journal of Military History 63/3: 761-762.

Christopher Clapham, African Guerrillas, reviewed by Ian F. W. Beckett, Journal of Military History 63/3: 762-763.

 

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