Journal of Military History

Table of Contents

Vol. 70, No. 1

January 2006


Articles:

Andrea Brady, "Dying with Honour: Literary Propaganda and the Second English Civil War," The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 9-30.

Kerry E. Irish, "Apt Pupil: Dwight Eisenhower and the 1930 Industrial Mobilization Plan," The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 31-62.

Bob Moore, "Unwanted Guests in Troubled Times: German Prisoners of War in the Union of South Africa, 1942-1943," The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 63-90.

John M. Hawkins, "The Costs of Artillery: Eliminating Harassment and Interdiction Fire During the Vietnam War," The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 91-122.

John P. Dunn, "Americans in the Nineteenth Century Egyptian Army: A Selected Bibliography," The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 123-136.

Historiographical Essay:

David M. Gordon, "The China-Japan War, 1931-1945," The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 137-182.

 

Review Essays:

John M. Carland, "Abandoning Vietnam," The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 183-186.

James J. Sadkovich, "Balkan Battlegrounds," The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 187-194.

 

Notes and Comments:

The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 195-200.

 

Reviews:

Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, reviewed by Thomas A. Julian, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 201-205;
and by Frank Settle, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 205-206.

Anthony J. Spalinger, War in Ancient Egypt: The New Kingdom;··Bridget McDermott, Warfare in Ancient Egypt,·reviewed by Antonio Santosuosso, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 207-208.

J. E. Lendon, Soldiers and Ghosts: A History of Battle in Classical Antiquity, reviewed by Steven E. Sidebotham, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 208-210.

Tim Rood, The Sea! The Sea! The Shout of the Ten Thousand in the Modern ·Imagination, reviewed by Stewart Flory, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 211-212.

Christopher S. Mackay, Ancient Rome: A Military and Political History, reviewed by Phyllis Culham, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 212-213.

Piers D. Mitchell, Medicine in the Crusades: Warfare, Wounds, and the Medieval Surgeon, reviewed by Jonathan Phillips, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 213-214.

Adrian R. Bell, War and the Soldier in the Fourteenth Century, reviewed by Paul Solon, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 214-215.

John Sadler, Border Fury: England and Scotland at War, 1296-1568, reviewed by Gervase Phillips, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 216-217.

Sergio Boffa, Warfare in Medieval Brabant, 1356-1406, reviewed by Jan Willem Honig, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 217-218.

Gábor Ágoston, Guns for the Sultan: Military Power and the Weapons Industry in the Ottoman Empire, reviewed by John P. Dunn, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 218-219.

Corinne Saunders, Françoise Le Saux, and Neil Thomas, editors, Writing War: Medieval Literary Responses to Warfare; Yuval Noah Harari, Renaissance Military Memoirs: War, History, and Identity, 1450-1600, reviewed by Niccolò Capponi, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 219-221.

Alan Marshall, Oliver Cromwell Soldier: The Military Life of a Revolutionary·at War, reviewed by Peter Gaunt, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 222-221.

Stephen C. Manganiello,·The Concise Encyclopedia of the Revolutions and Wars of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1639-1660, reviewed by Mark Charles Fissel, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 223-225.

Colin G. Calloway, One Vast Winter Count: The Native American West Before Lewis·and Clark, reviewed by Mark R. Scherer, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 225-226.

John Grenier, The First Way of War: American War Making on the Frontier, reviewed by Thomas W. Cutrer, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 226-227.

Stephen Brumwell, White Devil: A True Story of War, Savagery, and Vengeance in ··Colonial America, reviewed by Wayne Lee, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 228-229.

Roger Sarty·and Doug Knight, The Siege of Fort Beauséjour, 1755, by Chris M. Hand; ··Saint John Fortifications, 1630-1956, reviewed by A. J. B. Johnston, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 229-230.

Richard Zacks, The Pirate Coast: Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines, and the Secret·Mission of 1805, reviewed by David Curtis Skaggs, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 230-231.

Benton Rain Patterson, The Generals: Andrew Jackson, Sir Edward Pakenham, and the·Road to the Battle of New Orleans, ··reviewed by Gene A. Smith, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 232-233.

Edwyn Gray, 19th Century Torpedoes and Their Inventors, reviewed by Robert G. Angevine, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 233-234.

Captain Peter Hoare, The Habit of Victory: The Story of the Royal Navy, 1545-1945, reviewed by Shawn Grimes, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 234-235.

John Beeler, editor,·The Milne Papers, vol. 1, reviewed by Andrew Lambert, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 235-237.

Spencer C. Tucker, Stephen Decatur: A Life Most Bold and Daring, reviewed by Donald R. Hickey, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 237-238.

Kevin J. Weddle, Lincoln's Tragic Admiral: The Life of Samuel Francis Du Pont, reviewed by Spencer C. Tucker, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 238-239.

Peter S. Carmichael, editor, Audacity Personified: The Generalship of Robert E. Lee, reviewed by Brian Holden Reid, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 239-240.

Robert Beasecker, editor, "I Hope To Do My Country Service": The Civil War Letters of ··John Bennitt, M.D., Surgeon, 19th Michigan Infantry, reviewed by James McCaffrey, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 240-241.

Richard M. McMurry, The Fourth Battle of Winchester: Toward a New Civil War Paradigm, reviewed by Joseph Pierro, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 241-242.

Hendrik Kraay and Thomas L. Whigham, editors, I Die with My Country: Perspectives on the Paraguayan War,·1864-1870, reviewed by Matthew Hughes, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 242-243.

Richard G. Hardorff, Indian Views of the Custer Fight: A Source Book, reviewed by Cary C. Collins, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 244.

Werner Rahn, editor, Deutsche Marinen im Wandel: Vom Symbol nationaler Einheit zum ··Instrument internationaler Sicherheit, reviewed by Keith W. Bird, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 245-246.

Isabel V. Hull, Absolute Destruction: Military Culture and the Practices of War in Imperial Germany, reviewed by Woodruff D. Smith, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 246-247.

Edward M. Spiers, The Victorian Soldier in Africa, reviewed by Stephen M. Miller, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 248-249.

J. Charles Schencking, Making Waves: Politics, Propaganda, and the Emergence of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1868-1922, reviewed by Roger Dingman, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 249-250.

John W. Steinberg et al., editors, The Russo-Japanese War in Global Perspective: World War Zero, reviewed by Gary P. Cox, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 250-251.

Charles Messenger, Call to Arms: The British Army, 1914-18, reviewed by Craig Gibson, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 251-252.

George H. Cassar, Kitchener's War: British Strategy from 1914 to 1916,· reviewed by Peter Simkins, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 253-254.

Robert T. Foley, German Strategy and the Path to Verdun: Erich von Falkenhayn·and the Development of Attrition, 1870-1916, reviewed by Michael B. Barrett, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 254-255.

Robert H. Ferrell, Five Days in October: The Lost Battalion of World War I, reviewed by Daniel R. Beaver, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 256.

Atholl Sutherland Brown, Buster: A Canadian Patriot and Imperialist-The Life and Times·of Brigadier James Sutherland Brown, reviewed by Angus Brown, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 257-258.

Zara Steiner, The Lights that Failed: European International History, 1919-1933, reviewed by Priscilla Roberts, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 258-260.

Julián Casanova, Anarchism, the Republic, and Civil War in Spain: 1931-1939, translated by Andrew Dowling and Graham Pollok, revised by Paul Preston; Stanley G. Payne, The Spanish Civil War, the Soviet Union,·and Communism, reviewed by Gabriel Jackson, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 261-262.

E. R. Mayhew, The Reconstruction of Warriors: Archibald McIndoe, the Royal·Air Force, and the Guinea Pig Club, reviewed by Edgar Jones, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 262-264.

Keith E. Bonn, editor, Slaughterhouse: The Handbook of the Eastern Front, reviewed by Alexander Hill, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 264-265.

Dik Daso, Doolittle: Aerospace Visionary, reviewed by Kenneth P. Werrell, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 265-266.

E. Bruce Reynolds, Thailand's Secret War: OSS, SOE, and the Free Thai·Underground During World War II, reviewed by Barry M. Stentiford, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 266-267.

Walter E. Grunden, Secret Weapons and World War II: Japan in the Shadow of Big Science, reviewed by Loyd E. Lee, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 267-268.

Brian A. Reid, No Holding Back: Operation Totalize, Normandy, August 1944, reviewed by Frank Kalesnik, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 269-270.

Peter Tsouras, editor, The Battle of the Bulge: Hitler's Alternate Scenarios, reviewed by Steve R. Waddell, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 270-271.

Peter John Brobst, The Future of the Great Game: Sir Olaf Caroe, India's·Independence, and the Defense of Asia, reviewed by Raymond Callahan, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 271-272.

Howard Jablon, David M. Shoup: A Warrior Against War, reviewed by Phyllis A. Zimmerman, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 272-276.

David Stone, Wars of the Cold War: Campaigns and Conflicts, 1945-1990, reviewed by Ralph Hitchens, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 276-278.

Charles E. Neu, America's Lost War, Vietnam: 1945-1975, reviewed by David Hunt, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 278-279.

Stephen Badsey, Rob Havers, and Mark Grove, editors, The Falklands Conflict Twenty Years On: Lessons for the Future, reviewed by Frederic N. Smith, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 279-280.

Markus Mäder, In Pursuit of Conceptual Excellence: The Evolution of British·Military-Strategic Doctrine in the Post-Cold War Era, 1989-2002, reviewed by Matthew R. H. Uttley, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 280-281.

Kathleen Broome Williams, Grace Hopper: Admiral of the Cyber Sea, reviewed by Regina T. Akers, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 281-282.

T. P. Schwartz-Barcott, War, Terror, and Peace in the Qur'an and Islam: Insights for·Military and Government Leaders, reviewed by David M. Witty, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 283-284.

Jeanne Guillemin, Biological Weapons: From the Invention of the State-Sponsored Programs to Contemporary Bioterrorism, reviewed by John Ellis van Courtland Moon, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 284-285.

Andrew J. Bacevich, The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War, reviewed by David Fitzpatrick, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 285-287.

Michael Sledge, Soldier Dead: How We Recover, Bury, and Honor Our Military·Fallen, reviewed by Timothy K. Nenninger, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 287-288.

Michael D. Krause and R. Cody Phillips, editors, Historical Perspectives of the Operational Art, reviewed by Alan Cate, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 288-289.

V. K. Singh, Leadership in the Indian Army: Biographies of Twelve Soldiers, reviewed by John H. Gill, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 289-291.

Other:

BOOKS·RECEIVED, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 292-299.

RECENT·JOURNAL·ARTICLES, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 300-303.

LETTERS·TO·THE·EDITOR, The Journal of Military History 70 (January 2006): 304-307.

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