Journal of Military History

Table of Contents

Vol. 71, No. 2

April 2007


Articles:

Geoffrey Parker, "The Limits to Revolutions in Military Affairs: Maurice of Nassau, the Battle of Nieuwpoort (1600), and the Legacy," The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 331-372.

Lorraine White, "Strategic Geography and the Spanish Habsburg Monarchy's Failure to Recover Portugal, 1640-1668," The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 373-410.

Roger B. Jeans, Jr., "Alarm in Washington: A Wartime "Exposé" of Japan's Biological Warfare Program," The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 411-440.

Gregory Hadley and James Oglethorpe, "MacKay's Betrayal: Solving the Mystery of the 'Sado Island Prisoner-of-War Massacre,'" The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 441-464.

Saul Bronfeld, "Fighting Outnumbered: The Impact of the Yom Kippur War on the U.S. Army," The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 465-498.

David Kahn, "The Prehistory of the General Staff," The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 499-504.

 

Review Essay

Bruce Vandervort, "From the Halls of Montezuma," The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 505-511.

Reviews:

Sheila Dillon and Katherine E. Welch, editors, Representations of War in Ancient Rome, reviewed by Birgitta Hoffmann, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 512-513.

Christopher Leslie Brown and Philip D. Morgan, editors, Arming Slaves: From Classical Times to the Modern Age, reviewed by John P. Dunn, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 513-514.

Judith A. Green, Henry I: King of England and Duke of Normandy, reviewed by Stephen Morillo, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 514-515.

John H. Pryor, editor, Logistics of Warfare in the Age of the Crusades, reviewed by Jonathan Riley-Smith, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 515-516.

Galileo Galilei, Le Operazioni del Compasso Geometrico e Militare (Operations of the Geometric and Military Compass), reviewed by Maurice A. Finocchiaro, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 516-517.

Malcolm Wanklyn, Decisive Battles of the English Civil War, reviewed by David N. Farr, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 517-518.

Roger B. Manning, An Apprenticeship in Arms: The Origins of the British Army, 1585-1702, reviewed by Mark Charles Fissel, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 519-520.

Stefan Felleckner, Combat-A Neglected Area of Military History: An Investigation into Eye-Witness Reports from the Seven Years' War (1756-63) and the First World War (1914-1918), reviewed by Ronald Schaffer, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 520-521.

William R. Pinch, Warrior Ascetics and Indian Empires, reviewed by Douglas M. Peers, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 521-522.

Alan C. Cate, Founding Fighters: The Battlefield Leaders Who Made American Independence, reviewed by John Buchanan, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 522-524.

Joshua M. Smith, Borderland Smuggling: Patriots, Loyalists, and Illicit Trade in the Northeast, 1783-1820, reviewed by David R. Facey-Crowther, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 524-525.

Owen Connelly, The Wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon, 1792-1815, reviewed by John G. Gallaher, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 525-526.

Matthew Delamater et al., editors, Napoleon's Finest: Davout and His 3rd Corps. Combat Journal of Operations, 1805-1807, reviewed by Robert M. Epstein, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 526-527.

James M. McCaffrey, The Army in Transformation, 1790-1860, reviewed by William B. Skelton, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 527-528.

Michael L. Tate, Indians and Emigrants: Encounters on the Overland Trails, reviewed by R. Douglas Hurt, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 528-529.

Mark Grimsley and Steven E. Woodworth, The Untold Story of Shiloh: The Battle and the Battlefield, by Timothy B. Smith; Shiloh: A Battlefield Guide, reviewed by Steven E. Sodergren, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 530-531.

Glenn W. LaFantasie, Twilight at Little Round Top: July 2, 1863-The Tide Turns at Gettysburg, reviewed by Bart Talbert, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 531-532.

Robert S. Davis, Ghosts and Shadows of Andersonville: Essays on the Secret Social Histories of America's Deadliest Prison, reviewed by Michael P. Gray, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 533-534.

Donald B. Connelly, John M. Schofield and the Politics of Generalship, reviewed by David J. Fitzpatrick, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 534-535.

Michéle Martin, Images at War: Illustrated Periodicals and Constructed Nations, reviewed by Gary P. Cox, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 535-536.

T. G. Otte and Keith Neilson, editors, Railways and International Politics: Paths of Empire, 1848-1945, reviewed by Daniel R. Headrick, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 536-537.

Jerry Keenan, The Life of Yellowstone Kelly, reviewed by Stacy Reaves, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 537-538.

Duane A. Smith, A Time for Peace: Fort Lewis, Colorado, 1878-1891, reviewed by John H. Monnett, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 538-539.

Michael S. Neiberg, Soldiers' Lives Through History: The Nineteenth Century, reviewed by Gregg Shimp, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 539-541.

Charles A. Byler, Civil-Military Relations on the Frontier and Beyond, 1865-1917, reviewed by Robert Wooster, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 541-542.

David R. Stone, A Military History of Russia From Ivan the Terrible to the War in Chechnya, reviewed by Walter C. Uhler, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 542-543.

Elizabeth Greenhalgh, Victory Through Coalition: Britain and France During the First World War, reviewed by Robert K. Hanks, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 543-544.

Edward Paice, Tip and Run: The Untold Tragedy of the Great War in Africa, reviewed by Robert Johnson, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 545-546.

Bodleian Library, Oxford, editor, A Month at the Front: The Diary of an Unknown Soldier, reviewed by Ian F. W. Beckett, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 546-547.

Joel A. Vilensky with Pandy R. Sinish, Dew of Death: The Story of Lewisite, America's World War I Weapon of Mass Destruction. reviewed by Jonathan Reed Winkler, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 547-548.

Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg, edited by Charles Messenger, The Great War [an abridged version of Out of My Life, published by Cassell in 1920], reviewed by Adam R. Seipp, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 549-550.

Jay Winter and Antoine Prost, The Great War in History: Debates and Controversies, 1914 to the Present, reviewed by Robert B. Bruce, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 550-551.

Richard J. Shuster, German Disarmament After World War I: The Diplomacy of International Arms Inspection, 1920-1931, reviewed by James S. Corum, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 551-552.

George F. Hofmann, Through Mobility We Conquer: The Mechanization of U.S. Cavalry, reviewed by Alexander M. Bielakowski, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 552-553.

Briton Cooper Busch, Bunker Hill to Bastogne: Elite Forces and American Society, reviewed by Joseph R. Fischer, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 554-555.

Tabea Alexa Linhard, Fearless Women in the Mexican Revolution and the Spanish Civil War, reviewed by Claire Brewster, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 555-556.

Raffael Scheck, Hitler's African Victims: The German Army Massacres of Black French Soldiers in 1940, reviewed by Joe Lunn, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 556-557.

Hugh Sebag Montefiore, Dunkirk: The Fight to the Last Man, reviewed by Nigel Hamilton, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 557-559.

Russell A. Hart, Guderian: Panzer Pioneer or Myth Maker? reviewed by Richard DiNardo, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 559-560.

David E. Murphy, What Stalin Knew: The Enigma of Barbarossa, reviewed by Allen Blitstein, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 561-562.

Johannes Hürter, Hitlers Heerführer. Die deutschen Oberbefehlshaber im Krieg gegen die Sowjetunion 1941/42, reviewed by Klaus Schmider, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 562-564.

Peter G. Tsouras, editor, Hitler Triumphant: Alternate Decisions of World War II, reviewed by Michael Marino, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 564-565.

Brian Cull with D. Haselden and P. Sortehaug, Buffaloes Over Singapore: RAF, RAAF, RNZAF and Dutch Brewster Fighters in Action Over Malaya and the East Indies, 1941-1942, reviewed by Murdock M. Moore, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 565-566.

Peter Davies, Dangerous Liaisons: Collaboration and World War Two, reviewed by Judith Keene, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 566-568.

Philip W. Blood, Hitler's Bandit Hunters: The SS and the Nazi Occupation of Europe, reviewed by Lee Baker, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 568-569.

Violetta Hionidou, Famine and Death in Occupied Greece, 1941-1944, reviewed by Laurie Kaine Hart, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 569-571.

John Wukovits, Eisenhower: A Biography, reviewed by William B. Pickett, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 571-572.

Douglas E. Delaney, The Soldier's General: Bert Hoffmeister at War, reviewed by Marc Milner, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 572-575.

Cole C. Kingseed, Old Glory Stories: American Combat Leadership in World War II, reviewed by Earl A. Reitan, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 575-576.

Milan Vego, The Battle for Leyte, 1944: Allied and Japanese Plans, Preparations, and Execution, reviewed by Michael H. Coles, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 576-577.

Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr., Panzers in Winter: Hitler's Army and the Battle of the Bulge, reviewed by Darryle Moody, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 577-579.

Paul Addison and Jeremy A. Crang, editors, Firestorm: The Bombing of Dresden, 1945, reviewed by Anthony Clayton, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 579-581.

Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney, Blossoms in the Wind: Human Legacies of the Kamikaze, by M. G. Sheftall; Kamikaze Diaries: Reflections of Japanese Student Soldiers, reviewed by Peter Clemens, 581-582
Maochun Yu, The Dragon's War: Allied Operations and the Fate of China, 1937-1947, reviewed by Katherine K. Reist, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 582-583.

Benjamin Lieberman, Terrible Fate: Ethnic Cleansing in the Making of Modern Europe, reviewed by Hal Elliott Wert, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 584-585.

Zeev Maoz, Defending the Holy Land: A Critical Analysis of Israel's Security and Foreign Policy, reviewed by Ralph Hitchens, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 585-587.

Stephen Biddle, Military Power: Explaining Victory and Defeat in Modern Battle, reviewed by Carter Malkasian, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 587-588.

Christopher Layne, The Peace of Illusions: American Grand Strategy from 1940 to the Present, reviewed by Mark A. Stoler, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 589-590.

Dennis E. Showalter, editor, Forging the Shield: Eisenhower and National Security for the 21st Century, reviewed by Wyndham Whynot, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 590-591.

Mark Moyar, Triumph Forsaken: The Vietnam War, 1954-1965, reviewed by John M. Carland, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 591-594.

John Edmund Delezen, Red Plateau: Memoir of a North Vietnamese Soldier, reviewed by Henry L. Trimble, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 594-595.

James T. Gillam, War in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, 1968-1970: An Historian's Experience, reviewed by James H. Willbanks, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 595-596.

Edward C. Keefer and Carolyn Yee, editors, Foreign Relations of the United States 1969-1976, vol. 6, Vietnam: January 1969-July 1970, reviewed by John Prados, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 596-598.

Richard Lock-Pullan, US Intervention Policy and Army Innovation from Vietnam to Iraq, reviewed by Roger Spiller, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 598-599.

Andrew H. Myers, Black, White, and Olive Drab: Racial Integration at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and the Civil Rights Movement, reviewed by Marcus S. Cox, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 600.

Paul G. Gillespie, Weapons of Choice: The Development of Precision Guided Munitions, reviewed by Stephen L. McFarland, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 601-602.

Theo Farrell, The Norms of War: Cultural Beliefs and Modern Conflict, reviewed by William Kautt, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 602.

Paul Robinson, Military Honour and the Conduct of War: From Ancient Greece to Iraq, reviewed by Bertram Wyatt-Brown, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 603-605.

Michael L. Gross, Bioethics and Armed Conflict: Moral Dilemmas of Medicine and War, reviewed by Robert J. T. Joy, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 605-606.

David Kennedy, Of War and Law, reviewed by Gary Solis, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 606-607.

John Wilson Lewis and Xue Litai, Imagined Enemies: China Prepares for Uncertain War, reviewed by Gary J. Bjorge, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 608-609.


Film Review

Sergei Loznitsa, Blockade. reviewed by Katrin Paehler, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 609-610.

 

Other:

BOOKS RECEIVED, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 611-619.

RECENT JOURNAL ARTICLES, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 620-623.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, The Journal of Military History 71 #2 (April 2007): 624.

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