Journal of Military History

Table of Contents

Vol. 66, No. 1

January 2002


Articles:

Jonathan Grant, "The Sword of the Sultan: Ottoman Arms Imports, 1854-1914," Journal of Military History 66/1: 9-36.

Evgenii F. Podsoblyaev, "The Russian Naval General Staff and the Evolution of Naval Policy, 1905-1914,"Journal of Military History 66/1: 37-70.

Roger R. Reese, "Red Army Professionalism and the Communist Party, 1918-1941," Journal of Military History 66/1: 71-102.

Thomas R. Searle,"'It Made a Lot of Sense to Kill Skilled Workers': The Firebombing of Tokyo in March 1945," Journal of Military History 66/1: 103-134.

Kelly C. Jordan, "Right for the Wrong Reasons: S. L. A. Marshall and the Ratio of Fire in Korea," Journal of Military History 66/1: 135-162.

Jan Hoffenaar, "'Hannibal ante portas': The Russian Military Threat and the Build-up of the Dutch Armed Forces, 1948-1958," Journal of Military History 66/1: 163-191.

Reviews:

Richard Holmes, editor, The Oxford Companion to Military History, reviewed by Jeremy Black, Journal of Military History 66/1: 192-193.

Hans Talhoffer, Medieval Combat: A Fifteenth-Century Illustrated Manual for Sword-Fighting and Close-Quarter Combat, reviewed by Harald Kleinschmidt, Journal of Military History 66/1: 193-194.

Niall Barr, Flodden 1513, reviewed by Gervase Phillips, Journal of Military History 66/1: 194-195.

Chester S. L. Dunning, Russia's First Civil War: The Time of Troubles and the Founding of the Romanov Dynasty, reviewed by Walter C. Uhler, Journal of Military History 66/1: 195-196.

Wayne E. Lee, Crowds and Soldiers in Revolutionary North Carolina: The Culture of Violence in Riot and War, reviewed by Thomas Rider, Journal of Military History 66/1: 197-198.

Margaret Scott Chrisawn, The Emperor's Friend: Marshal Jean Lannes, reviewed by John H. Gill, Journal of Military History 66/1: 198-199.

Jon E. Lewis, editor, Soldiers at War, reviewed by R. A. Johnson, Journal of Military History 66/1: 199.

F.-G. Hourtoulle, Borodino--The Moskova: The Battle for the Redoubts, reviewed by Owen Connelly, Journal of Military History 66/1: 199-200.

David Curtis Skaggs and Larry L. Nelson, editors, The Sixty Years' War for the Great Lakes, 1754-1814, reviewed by Gene A. Smith, Journal of Military History 66/1: 200-201.

Robert Harvey, Liberators: Latin America's Struggle for Independence, 1810-1830, reviewed by Christon I. Archer, Journal of Military History 66/1: 202-203.

Richard E. Jensen and James S. Hutchins, editors, Wheel Boats on the Missouri: The Journals and Documents of the Atkinson-O'Fallon Expedition, 1824-26, reviewed by William H. Goetzmann, Journal of Military History 66/1: 203-204.

John H. Schroeder, Matthew Calbraith Perry: Antebellum Sailor and Diplomat, reviewed by Kenneth J. Hagan, Journal of Military History 66/1: 204-205.

John C. Inscoe and Robert C. Kenzer, editors, Enemies of the Country: New Perspectives on Unionists in the Civil War South; William W. Freehling, The South vs. The South: How Anti-Confederate Southerners Shaped the Course of the Civil War, reviewed by Alan K. Lamm, Journal of Military History 66/1: 205-207.

Frederic Trautman, translator and editor, Justus Scheibert, A Prussian Observes the American Civil War: The Military Studies of Justus Scheibert, reviewed by R. L. DiNardo, Journal of Military History 66/1: 207-208.

Harry W. Pfanz, Gettysburg: The First Day, reviewed by James A. Arnold, Journal of Military History 66/1: 208-209.

David M. Jordan, "Happiness Is Not My Companion": The Life of General G. K. Warren, reviewed by Steven E. Woodworth, Journal of Military History 66/1: 210.

Ted Genoways and Hugh H. Genoways, editors, A Perfect Picture of Hell: Eyewitness Accounts by Civil War Prisoners from the 12th Iowa, reviewed by Robert S. Davis, Jr., Journal of Military History 66/1: 211.

A. Wilson Greene, Breaking the Backbone of the Rebellion: The Final Battles of the Petersburg Campaign, reviewed by William B. Feis, Journal of Military History 66/1: 212-213.

Lydia Spencer Lane, I Married a Soldier, reviewed by Sherry L. Smith, Journal of Military History 66/1: 213-214.

Rod Andrew, Jr., Long Gray Lines: The Southern Military School Tradition, 1839-1915, reviewed by Christopher J. Olsen, Journal of Military History 66/1: 214-215.

L. Edward Purcell and Sarah J. Purcell, Encyclopedia of Battles in North America, 1517-1916, reviewed by Jerry Keenan, Journal of Military History 66/1: 215-216.

Stewart Lone, Army, Empire, and Politics in Meiji Japan, reviewed by Masahiro Yamamoto, Journal of Military History 66/1: 216-217.

Brock Millman, Managing Domestic Dissent in First World War Britain, reviewed by David R. Woodward, Journal of Military History 66/1: 217-218.

John R. Schindler, Isonzo: The Forgotten Sacrifice of the Great War, reviewed by Lawrence Sondhaus, Journal of Military History 66/1: 218-219.

Nancy Gentile Ford, Americans All! Foreign-Born Soldiers in World War I, reviewed by Daniel R. Beaver, Journal of Military History 66/1: 220.

Gregor Dallas, 1918: War and Peace, reviewed by Alan Sharp, Journal of Military History 66/1: 221.

Norman E. Saul, War and Revolution: The United States and Russia, 1917-1921, reviewed by Rex A. Wade, Journal of Military History 66/1: 222-223.

George B. Clark, With the Old Corps in Nicaragua, reviewed by Merrill L. Bartlett, Journal of Military History 66/1: 223-224.

Richard W. Harrison, The Russian Way of War: Operational Art, 1904-1940, reviewed by Curtis S. King, Journal of Military History 66/1: 224-225.

Ciro Paoletti, La Marina italiana in Estremo Oriente 1866-2000, reviewed by Brian R. Sullivan, Journal of Military History 66/1: 225-226.

David P. Barrett and Larry N. Shyu, editors, China in the Anti-Japanese War, 1937-1945: Politics, Culture, and Society, reviewed by Lewis Bernstein, Journal of Military History 66/1: 227-228.

Peter Sehlinger and Holman Hamilton, Spokesman for Democracy: Claude Bowers, 1878-1958, reviewed by Wayne H. Bowen, Journal of Military History 66/1: 228-229.

Tim Ripley, Bayonet Battle: Bayonet Warfare in the Twentieth Century, reviewed by K. Graham Fuschak, Journal of Military History 66/1: 229-230.

David Glantz, Barbarossa: Hitler's Invasion of Russia 1941, reviewed by Walter S. Dunn, Journal of Military History 66/1: 231.

Joseph H. Alexander, Edson's Raiders; The 1st Marine Raider Battalion in World War II, reviewed by George B. Clark, Journal of Military History 66/1: 232-233.

Brian Waddell, The War Against the New Deal: World War II and American Democracy, reviewed by Edmund F. Wehrle, Journal of Military History 66/1: 233-234.

Louis Brown, A Radar History of World War II: Technical and Military Imperatives, reviewed by Timothy S. Wolters, Journal of Military History 66/1: 235-236.

G. H. and R. Bennett, Survivors: British Merchant Seamen in the Second World War, reviewed by Salvatore R. Mercogliano, Journal of Military History 66/1: 236-237.

Henry Probert, Bomber Harris: His Life and Times; Anthony Furse, Wilfrid Freeman: The Genius Behind Allied Survival
and Air Supremacy, 1939 to 1945,
reviewed by Phillip S. Meilinger, Journal of Military History 66/1: 237-239.

Sherri Greene Ottis, Silent Heroes: Downed Airmen and the French Underground, reviewed by M. R. D. Foot, Journal of Military History 66/1: 239-240.

Stephen E. Ambrose, The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany, reviewed by Stephen L. McFarland, Journal of Military History 66/1: 241.

Walter J. Boyne, Aces in Command: Fighter Pilots as Combat Leaders, reviewed by Ralph F. Wetterhahn, Journal of Military History 66/1: 242.

Mark K. Wells, editor, Air Power: Promise and Reality, reviewed by Kenneth P. Werrell, Journal of Military History 66/1: 242-243.

David W. Hogan, Jr., A Command Post At War: First Army Headquarters in Europe, 1943-1945, reviewed by Steve R. Waddell, Journal of Military History 66/1: 243-244.

Adrian R. Lewis, Omaha Beach: A Flawed Victory, reviewed by Stephen T. Powers, Journal of Military History 66/1: 244-245.

David M. Glantz and Harold S. Orenstein, translators and editors, Belorussia 1944: The Soviet General Staff Study, reviewed by Jonathan M. House, Journal of Military History 66/1: 245-246.

Roman Johann Jarymowycz, Tank Tactics: From Normandy to Lorraine, reviewed by Donn A. Starry, Journal of Military History 66/1: 246-247.

Brayton Harris, edited by Walter J. Boyne, The Navy Times Book of Submarines: A Political, Social, and Military History, reviewed by Timothy P. Mulligan, Journal of Military History 66/1: 247-249.

S. P. MacKenzie, British War Films, 1939-1945: The Cinema and the Services, by reviewed by Frank Wetta, Journal of Military History 66/1: 249-250.

Gordon Brown and Terry Copp, Look to Your Front . . . Regina Rifles: A Regiment at War, 1944-1945, reviewed by John Nelson Rickard, Journal of Military History 66/1: 250-251.

Wolf T. Zoepf, Seven Days in January: With the Sixth SS-Mountain Division in Operation NORDWIND, reviewed by Michael Marino, Journal of Military History 66/1: 251-252.

George G. Blackburn, The Guns of War, comprising The Guns of Normandy and The Guns of Victory, reviewed by P. J. Williams, Journal of Military History 66/1: 252-253.

Montgomery in the Good War: Portrait of a Southern City, 1939-1946, by reviewed by David W. Coffey, Journal of Military History 66/1: 253-255.

Edmund Russell, War and Nature: Fighting Humans and Insects with Chemicals from World War I to Silent Spring, reviewed by John Ellis van Courtland Moon, Journal of Military History 66/1: 255-256.

Allan A. Needell, Science, Cold War, and the American State: Lloyd V. Berkner and the Balance of Professional Ideals, reviewed by Rebecca Ullrich, Journal of Military History 66/1: 256-257.

Volker R. Berghahn, America and the Intellectual Cold Wars in Europe, reviewed by Kim Munholland, Journal of Military History 66/1: 257-258.

Judith S. Jeffery, Ambiguous Commitments and Uncertain Policies: The Truman Doctrine in Greece, 1947-1952, reviewed by John O. Iatrides, Journal of Military History 66/1: 259-261.

William M. Donnelly, Under Army Orders: The Army National Guard during the Korean War, reviewed by Rik Wiant, Journal of Military History 66/1: 261-262.

David R. McCann and Barry S. Strauss, editors, War and Democracy: A Comparative Study of the Korean War and the Peloponnesian War, reviewed by Stewart Flory, Journal of Military History 66/1: 262-263.

Günter Bischof and Saki Dockrill, editors, Cold War Respite: The Geneva Summit of 1955, reviewed by James D. Marchio, Journal of Military History 66/1: 263-264.

Norman Polmar, Spyplane: The U-2 History Declassified, reviewed by David L. Snead, Journal of Military History 66/1: 264-265.

Geoffrey Jensen and Andrew Wiest, editors, War in the Age of Technology: Myriad Faces of Modern Armed Combat, reviewed by Sanders Marble, Journal of Military History 66/1: 265-266.

Martin Thomas, The French North African Crisis: Colonial Breakdown and Anglo-French Relations, 1945-1962, reviewed by P. M. H. Bell, Journal of Military History 66/1: 266-267.

James Douglas O'Dell, The Water Is Never Cold: The Origins of the U.S. Navy's Combat Demolition Units, UDTs, and SEALs, reviewed by Charles D. Melson, Journal of Military History 66/1: 267-268.

David Toczek, The Battle of Ap Bac, Vietnam: They Did Everything but Learn from It, reviewed by Dale W. Andrade, Journal of Military History 66/1: 269-270.

John Hagan, Northern Passage: American Vietnam War Resisters in Canada, reviewed by Charles Chatfield, Journal of Military History 66/1: 270-271.

John Grider Miller, The Co-Vans: U.S. Marine Advisors in Vietnam,
reviewed by James M. Morris, Journal of Military History 66/1: 271-272.

Stephen F. Burgess and Helen E. Purkitt, The Rollback of South Africa's Chemical and Biological Warfare Program, reviewed by Ian van der Waag, Journal of Military History 66/1: 272-274.

Charles E. Neu, editor, After Vietnam: Legacies of a Lost War, reviewed by Marilyn B. Young, Journal of Military History 66/1: 274-275.

Willard C. Matthias, America's Strategic Blunders: Intelligence Analysis and National Security Policy, 1936-1991, reviewed by P. T. Coogan, Journal of Military History 66/1: 275-276.

Roger Beaumont, Right Backed by Might: The International Air Force Concept, reviewed by Thomas A. Julian, Journal of Military History 66/1: 276-277.

Paul D. Taylor, editor, Asia and the Pacific: U.S. Strategic Traditions and Regional Realities, reviewed by William P. Head, Journal of Military History 66/1: 277-279.

Patricio Silva, editor, The Soldier and the State in South America: Essays in Civil-Military Relations, reviewed by Ian Roxborough, Journal of Military History 66/1: 279-280.

Brian Orend, Michael Walzer on War and Justice, reviewed by Armstrong Starkey, Journal of Military History 66/1: 280-281.

Other:

BOOKS RECEIVED - 282

RECENT JOURNAL ARTICLES - 289

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR - 295

 

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