Journal of Military History

Table of Contents

Vol. 64, No. 3

July 2000


Articles:

Jamel Ostwald, "The 'Decisive' Battle of Ramillies, 1706: Prerequisites for Decisiveness in Early Modern Warfare," Journal of Military History 64/3: 649-678.

Dennis Showalter, "From Deterrence to Doomsday Machine: The German Way of War, 1890­1914," Journal of Military History 64/3: 679-710.

Hubert P. van Tuyll, "The Dutch Mobilization of 1914: Reading the 'Enemy''s Intentions,"Journal of Military History 64/3: 711-738.

Timothy K. Nenninger, "'Unsystematic as a Mode of Command': Commanders and the Process of Command in the American Expeditionary Forces, 1917­1918," Journal of Military History 64/3: 739-768.

Joel Hayward, "Too Little, Too Late: An Analysis of Hitler's Failure in August 1942 to Damage Soviet Oil Production," Journal of Military History 64/3: 769-794.

Anne C. Loveland, "Character Education in the U.S. Army, 1947­1977," Journal of Military History 64/3: 795-818.

 

Reviews:

Kurt Raaflaub and Nathan Rosenstein, editors, War and Society in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds, reviewed by Rose Mary Sheldon, Journal of Military History 64/3: 819-820

Kelly DeVries, The Norwegian Invasion of England in 1066, reviewed by Stephen Morillo, Journal of Military History 64/3: 820-821

Walter the Chancellor's The Antiochene Wars, translated with commentary by Thomas S. Asbridge and Susan B. Edgington, reviewed by Theresa M. Vann, Journal of Military History 64/3: 821-822

Jonathan Sumption, The Hundred Years War I: Trial by Battle and The Hundred Years War II: Trial by Fire, reviewed by Clifford Rogers, Journal of Military History 64/3: 823-824

Gervase Phillips, The Anglo-Scots Wars, 1513­1550, reviewed by Jeremy Black, Journal of Military History 64/3: 825-826

Peter Padfield, Maritime Supremacy and the Opening of the Western Mind:Naval Campaigns that Shaped the Modern World, 1588­1782, reviewed by Frank Kalesnik, Journal of Military History 64/3: 826-827

James Scott Wheeler, Cromwell in Ireland, reviewed by Gervase Phillips, Journal of Military History 64/3: 827-828

Gary Clayton Anderson, The Indian Southwest, 1580­1830: Ethnogenesis and Reinvention, reviewed by Richmond L. Clow, Journal of Military History 64/3: 828-829

Max M. Mintz, Seeds of Empire: The American Revolutionary Conquest of the Iroquois, reviewed by Jon Parmenter, Journal of Military History 64/3: 830-831

James A. Lewis, Neptune's Militia: The Frigate South Carolina during the American Revolution, reviewed by Mark L. Hayes, Journal of Military History 64/3: 831-832

Paul C. Krajeski, In the Shadow of Nelson: The Naval Leadership of Admiral Sir Charles Cotton, 1753­1812, reviewed by Andrew Lambert, Journal of Military History 64/3: 832-833

Nathan Schur, Napoleon in the Holy Land, reviewed by Melanie Byrd, Journal of Military History 64/3: 833-834

1815, The Waterloo Campaign: The German Victory,by Peter Hofschroer, reviewed by Charles Esdaile, Journal of Military History 64/3: 834-835

Robert V. Remini, The Battle of New Orleans: Andrew Jackson and America's First Military Victory, reviewed by Gene A. Smith, Journal of Military History 64/3: 835-836

Erik J. Zurcher, editor, Arming the State: Military Conscription in the Middle East and Central Asia, 1775­1925, reviewed by Weston F. Cook, Jr., Journal of Military History 64/3: 836-838

Efriam Karsh and Inari Karsh, Empires of the Sand: The Struggle for Mastery in the Middle East, 1789­1923, reviewed by Briton C. Busch, Journal of Military History 64/3: 838-839

Frederick W. Kagan, The Military Reforms of Nicholas I: The Origins of the Modern Russian Army, reviewed by Edwin G. Bilof, Journal of Military History 64/3: 839-840

Mark Crawford, Encyclopedia of the Mexican-American War, reviewed by Joseph G. Dawson, III, Journal of Military History 64/3: 840-841

Ralph Kirshner, The Class of 1861: Custer, Ames, and Their Classmates after West Point, reviewed by Todd R. Brereton, Journal of Military History 64/3: 841-842

William Garrett Piston and Richard W. Hatcher, III, Wilson's Creek: The Second Battle of the Civil War and the Men Who Fought It, reviewed by Anne J. Bailey, Journal of Military History 64/3: 842-843

Stephen D. Engle, Don Carlos Buell: Most Promising of All, reviewed by Larry J. Daniel, Journal of Military History 64/3: 843-844

Richard L. Kiper, Major General John Alexander McClernand: Politician in Uniform, reviewed by Albert Castel, Journal of Military History 64/3: 845-846

Steven E. Woodworth, editor, Civil War Generals in Defeat, reviewed by Richard M. McMurry, Journal of Military History 64/3: 846-847

Lynda Lasswell Crist, Kenneth H. Williams, and Peggy L. Dillard, editors, The Papers of Jefferson Davis, Volume 10, October 1863­August 1864, reviewed by Michael Wright, Journal of Military History 64/3: 847-848

Jon L. Wakelyn, editor, Southern Unionist Pamphlets and the Civil War, reviewed by Alan K. Lamm, Journal of Military History 64/3: 848-850

W. Tod Groce, Mountain Rebels: East Tennessee Confederates and the Civil War, 1860­1870, reviewed by Richard L. Zuber, Journal of Military History 64/3: 850-851

Michael L. Tate, The Frontier Army in the Settlement of the West, reviewed by Richard K. Stenberg, Journal of Military History 64/3: 851-852

Jonathan A. Grant, Big Business in Russia: The Putilov Company in Late Imperial Russia, 1868­1917, reviewed by Walter C. Uhler, Journal of Military History 64/3: 852-853

George V. Rauch, Conflict in the Southern Cone: The Argentine Military and the Boundary Dispute with Chile, 1870­1902, reviewed by David Sheinin, Journal of Military History 64/3: 854-855

Sarah Carter, Aboriginal People and Colonizers of Western Canada to 1900, reviewed by William Newbigging, Journal of Military History 64/3: 855-856

Charles L. Kenner, Buffalo Soldiers and Officers of the Ninth Cavalry, 1867­1898: Black and White Together, reviewed by Michael Heubner, Journal of Military History 64/3: 856-857

Sylvia L. Hilton and Steve J. S. Ickringill, editors, European Perceptions of the Spanish-American War of 1898, reviewed by Holger H. Herwig, Journal of Military History 64/3: 857-858

Mary T. Sarnecky, A History of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps, reviewed by Harris D. Riley, Jr., Journal of Military History 64/3: 858-859

Stephen M. Miller, Lord Methuen and the British Army: Failure and Redemption in South Africa, reviewed by Carman Miller, Journal of Military History 64/3: 860-861

David Wells and Sandra Wilson, editors, The Russo-Japanese War in Cultural Perspective, 1904­05, reviewed by Edward J. Drea, Journal of Military History 64/3: 861-862

John J. Poluhowich, Argonaut: The Submarine Legacy of Simon Lake,reviewed by Lee Snaples, Journal of Military History 64/3: 862-863

Jürgen Tampke, editor, "Ruthless Warfare": German Military Planning and Surveillance in the Australia­New Zealand Region before the Great War, reviewed by Glyn Harper, Journal of Military History 64/3: 864-865

H. L. Wesseling, translated by Arnold J. Pomerans, Soldier and Warrior: French Attitudes toward the Army and War on the Eve of the First World War, reviewed by Robert A. Doughty, Journal of Military History 64/3: 865-866

J. Lee Thompson, Politicians, the Press, and Propaganda: Lord Northcliffe and the Great War, reviewed by David R. Woodward, Journal of Military History 64/3: 866-867

Tim Cook, No Place to Run: The Canadian Corps and Gas Warfare in the First World War, reviewed by Albert Palazzo, Journal of Military History 64/3: 867-868

David Omissi, Indian Voices of the Great War: Soldiers' Letters, 1914­1918,reviewed by Kaushik Roy, Journal of Military History 64/3: 869-870

Peter Brock and Thomas P. Socknat, editors, Challenge to Mars: Essays on Pacifism from 1918 to 1945, reviewed by Charles Chatfield, Journal of Military History 64/3: 870-871

Azar Gat, Fascist and Liberal Visions of War: Fuller, Liddell Hart, Douhet, and Other Modernists, reviewed by Harold R. Winton, Journal of Military History 64/3: 871-873

Gerald Howson, Arms for Spain: The Untold Story of the Spanish Civil War, reviewed by Peter J. Sehlinger, Journal of Military History 64/3: 873-874

Ray Moseley, Mussolini's Shadow: The Double Life of Count Galeazzo Ciano, reviewed by Alexander De Grand, Journal of Military History 64/3: 874-875

Michael Jabara Carley, 1939: The Alliance That Never Was and the Coming of World War II, reviewed by Allen Blitstein, Journal of Military History 64/3: 879-880

David Alvarez, editor, Allied and Axis Signals Intelligence in World War II,reviewed by Carl Boyd, Journal of Military History 64/3: 880-881

Eugene Soviak, editor, A Diary of Darkness: The Wartime Diary of Kiyosawa Kiyoshi, reviewed by Justin H. Libby, Journal of Military History 64/3: 881-882

Keiichiro Komatsu, Origins of the Pacific War and the Importance of "Magic," reviewed by John Prados, Journal of Military History 64/3: 882-883

Bernard Wasserstein, Secret War in Shanghai: An Untold Story of Espionage, Intrigue,and Treason in World War II, reviewed by Mark F. Wilkinson, Journal of Military History 64/3: 883-884

Thomas Wildenberg, Destined for Glory: Dive Bombing, Midway, and the Evolution of Carrier Airpower, reviewed by Hill Goodspeed, Journal of Military History 64/3: 884-886

W. J. R. Gardner, Decoding History: The Battle of the Atlantic and Ultra, reviewed by David Alvarez, Journal of Military History 64/3: 886-887

David M. Glantz and Jonathan M. House, The Battle of Kursk, reviewed by Walter Dunn, Journal of Military History 64/3: 887-888

Michael Reynolds, Men of Steel, I SS Panzer Corps: The Ardennes and Eastern Front, 1944­45, reviewed by Keith Bonn, Journal of Military History 64/3: 888-889

Kenneth Macksey, Why the Germans Lose at War: The Myth of German Military Superiority, reviewed by Harold E. Raugh, Jr., Journal of Military History 64/3: 889-890

Mary Ellen Condon-Rall and Albert E. Cowdrey, The Medical Department: Medical Service in the War Against Japan, reviewed by D. M. Giangreco, Journal of Military History 64/3: 891-892

Colin F. Baxter, compiler, Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1887­1976: A Selected Bibliography, reviewed by David Horner, Journal of Military History 64/3: 893-894

John S. Koliopoulos, Plundered Loyalties: World War II and Civil War in Greek West Macedonia, reviewed by John O. Iatrides, Journal of Military History 64/3: 894-895

Dennis D. Wainstock, Truman, MacArthur, and the Korean War, reviewed by Stanley Sandler, Journal of Military History 64/3: 895-897

Stanley Sandler, The Korean War: No Victors, No Vanquished,reviewed by Allan R. Millett, Journal of Military History 64/3: 897-899

Conrad C. Crane, American Air Power Strategy in Korea, 1950­1953,reviewed by Stephen L. McFarland, Journal of Military History 64/3: 899-900

Michael Robert Terry, Historical Dictionary of the United States Air Force and Its Antecedents, reviewed by David R. Mets, Journal of Military History 64/3: 900-901

Olivier Forçade, Éric Duhamel, and Philippe Vial, Militaires en république, 1870­1962: Les officiers, le pouvoir etla vie publique en France, reviewed by E. C. Kiesling, Journal of Military History 64/3: 902-903

Kenneth Conboy and James Morrison, Feet to the Fire: CIA Covert Operations in Indonesia, 1957­1958, reviewed by Robert J. McMahon, Journal of Military History 64/3: 903-904

John Lewis Gaddis et al., editors, Cold War Statesmen Confront the Bomb: Nuclear Diplomacy Since 1945, reviewed by Michael Latham, Journal of Military History 64/3: 904-905

Sandra C. Taylor, Vietnamese Women at War: Fighting for Ho Chi Minh and the Revolution, reviewed by David J. Ulbrich, Journal of Military History 64/3: 906-907

Kenneth Conboy and Dale Andrade, Spies & Commandos: How America Lost the Secret War in North Vietnam, reviewed by Benjamin R. Beede, Journal of Military History 64/3: 907-908

John Darrell Sherwood, Fast Movers: America's Jet Pilots and the Vietnam Experience, reviewed by Kenneth P. Werrell, Journal of Military History 64/3: 908-909

B. G. Burkett and Glenna Whitley, Stolen Valor: How the Vietnam Generation Was Robbed of Its Heroes and Its History, reviewed by John F. Guilmartin, Jr., Journal of Military History 64/3: 910-911

Alfred W. McCoy, Closer than Brothers: Manhood at the Philippine Military Academy, reviewed by Brian M. Linn, Journal of Military History 64/3: 911-912

Frederick Zilian, Jr., From Confrontation to Cooperation: The Takeover of the National People's (East German) Army by the Bundeswehr,reviewed by Dale R. Herspring, Journal of Military History 64/3: 912-914

Christopher Andrew and Vasili Mitrokhin, The Sword and the Shield: The Mitrokhin Archive and the Secret History of the KGB, reviewed by Andrew Webster, Journal of Military History 64/3: 914-915

Joanna Bourke, An Intimate History of Killing: Face to Face Killing in 20th Century Warfare, reviewed by Graham Fuschak, Journal of Military History 64/3: 915-916

Michael C. Desch, Civilian Control of the Military: The Changing Security Environment, reviewed by William Ruger, Journal of Military History 64/3: 916-918

Niall Ferguson, editor, Virtual History: Alternatives and Counterfactuals, reviewed by Dennis Showalter, Journal of Military History 64/3: 918-919

Laura Fairchild Brodie, Breaking Out: VMI and the Coming of Women, reviewed by Diane Diamond, Journal of Military History 64/3: 919-921

 

 

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