Journal of Military History

Table of Contents

Vol. 71, No. 3

July 2007


Articles:

John F. Guilmartin, Jr., "The Earliest Shipboard Gunpowder Ordnance: An Analysis of Its Technical Parameters and Tactical Capabilities," The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 649-670.

Roger B. Manning, "Styles of Command in Seventeenth-Century English Armies," The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 671-700.

Wayne E. Lee, "Peace Chiefs and Blood Revenge: Patterns of Restraint in Native American Warfare, 1500-1800," The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 701-742.

William Philpott and Martin S. Alexander, "The French and the British Field Force: Moral Support or Material Contribution?" The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 743-772.

Alexander Hill, "British Lend-Lease Aid and the Soviet War Effort, June 1941-June 1942," The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 773-808.

William M. Donnelly, " 'The Best Army that Can Be Put in the Field in the Circumstances': The U.S. Army, July 1951-July 1953," The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 809-848.

 

Historiographical Essays

Ethan S. Rafuse, "Still a Mystery? General Grant and the Historians, 1981-2006," The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 849-874.

Eugenia C. Kiesling, "Illuminating Strange Defeat and Pyrrhic Victory: The Historian Robert A. Doughty," The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 875-888.

Document of Note

David J. Ulbrich, "The Long-Lost Tentative Manual for Defense of Advanced Bases (1936)," The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 889-902.

Notes and Comments, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 903-907.

Reviews:

Azar Gat, War in Human Civilization, reviewed by Ralph Hitchens, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 908-910.

Ralph D. Sawyer, The Dao of Deception: Unorthodox Warfare in Historic and Modern China, reviewed by David A. Graff, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 910-912.

R. Malcolm Errington, Roman Imperial Policy from Julian to Theodosius, reviewed by Lawrence A. Tritle, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 912-913.

John A. Wagner, Encyclopedia of the Hundred Years War, reviewed by Clifford J. Rogers, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 913-914.

David Farr, Henry Ireton and the English Revolution, reviewed by Charles Carlton, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 914.

Lance E. Davis and Stanley L. Engerman, Naval Blockades in Peace and War: An Economic History Since 1750, reviewed by Eric W. Osborne, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 915.

Fintan O'Toole, White Savage: William Johnson and the Invention of America, reviewed by Greg O'Brien, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 916-917.

Kate Teltscher, The High Road to China: George Bogle, the Panchen Lama, and the First British Expedition to Tibet, reviewed by Rob Johnson, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 917-918.

John Resch and Walter Sargent, editors, War and Society in the American Revolution: Mobilization and Home Fronts, reviewed by Caroline Cox, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 918-919.

Alfred A. Cave, Prophets of the Great Spirit: Native American Revitalization Movements in Eastern North America, reviewed by Mark A. Nicholas, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 919-920.

David A. Bell, The First Total War: Napoleon's Europe and the Birth of Warfare as We Know It, reviewed by Owen Connelly, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 920-921.-922.

Rory Muir et al., Inside Wellington's Peninsular Army, 1808-1814, reviewed by Frank Garosi, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 921.

Joel H. Silbey, Storm over Texas: The Annexation Controversy and the Road to Civil War, reviewed by Joseph G. Dawson, III, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 923.

Donald L. Canney, Africa Squadron: The U.S. Navy and the Slave Trade, 1842-1861, reviewed by Eugene S. Van Sickle, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 924-925.

Ira Dye, Uriah Levy: Reformer of the Antebellum Navy, reviewed by Kevin J. Weddle, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 925-926.

C. Douglas Kroll, "Friends in Peace and War": The Russian Navy's Landmark Visit to Civil War San Francisco, reviewed by Harold D. Langley, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 926-927.

Richard G. Hardorff, Washita Memories: Eyewitness Views of Custer's Attack on Black Kettle's Village, reviewed by James T. Carroll, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 927-928.

Daniel R. Beaver, Modernizing the American War Department: Change and Continuity in a Turbulent Era, 1885-1920, reviewed by Graham A. Cosmas,The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 928-930.

John Lawrence Tone, War and Genocide in Cuba, 1895-1898, reviewed by David F. Trask, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 930-931.

William C. Fuller, Jr., The Foe Within: Fantasies of Treason and the End of Imperial Russia, reviewed by Jack R. Dukes, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 932-933.

Eric W. Osborne, The Battle of Heligoland Bight, reviewed by Paul G. Halpern,The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 933-934.

Helen B. McCartney, Citizen Soldiers: The Liverpool Territorials in the First World War, reviewed by Stephen M. Miller, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 935-936.

Elizabeth M. Campbell, translator, Georg von Trapp: To the Last Salute: Memories of an Austrian U-Boat Commander, reviewed by Donald Stoker, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 936-937.

Charles Townshend, Easter 1916: The Irish Rebellion, reviewed by John Cunningham,The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 937-938.

John Grainger, The Battle for Palestine, 1917, reviewed by Matthew Hughes, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 938-940.

Donald Smythe, Pershing: General of the Armies, reviewed by Edward M. Coffman, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 940-941.

William N. Still, Jr., Crisis at Sea: The United States Navy in European Waters in World War I, reviewed by Suzanne Geissler, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 941-942.

Robert H. Ferrell, America's Deadliest Battle: Meuse-Argonne, 1918, reviewed by Mitchell Yockelson, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 942-943.

Mark Levitch, Panthéon de la Guerre: Reconfiguring a Panorama of the Great War, reviewed by Leonard V. Smith, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 943-944.

David Stone, Fighting for the Fatherland: The Story of the German Soldier from 1648 to the Present Day, reviewed by Robert M. Citino, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 945-946.

Vincent Joly, Le Soudan français de 1939 à 1945: Une colonie dans la guerre, reviewed by Ruth Ginio, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 946-947.

Ruth Ginio, French Colonialism Unmasked: The Vichy Years in French West Africa, reviewed by Tony Chafer, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 947-948.

Deborah Ann Schmitt, The Bechuanaland Pioneers and Gunners, reviewed by Ashley Jackson, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 948-950.

Evan Mawdsley, Thunder in The East: The Nazi-Soviet War, 1941-1945, reviewed by Marcus Faulkner, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 950-951.

Hal Vaughan, FDR's 12 Apostles: The Spies Who Paved the Way for the Invasion of North Africa, reviewed by Douglas Porch, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 951-952.

Robert L. Beir with Brian Josepher, Roosevelt and the Holocaust: A Rooseveltian Examines the Policies and Remembers the Times, reviewed by David A. Messenger, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 952-954.

William Stevenson, Spymistress: The Life of Vera Atkins, the Greatest Female Secret Agent of World War II, reviewed by Rita Kramer, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 954-955.

Thomas M. Leonard and John F. Bratzel, editors, Latin America during World War II, reviewed by Bradley Lynn Coleman, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 955-957.

Thomas E. Crew, Combat Loaded: Across the Pacific on the USS Tate, reviewed by Mark W. Johnson, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 957-959.

Kevin C. Holzimmer, General Walter Krueger: Unsung Hero of the Pacific War, reviewed by George Eaton, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 959-960.

Gerhard L. Weinberg, Visions of Victory: The Hopes of Eight World War II Leaders, reviewed by Jeff Demers, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 960-962.

Lovern "Jerry" Nauss, Troubleshooting All the Way: A Memoir of the 1st Signal Company and Combat Telephone Communications in the 1st Infantry Division, 1944-1945, reviewed by Rebecca Robbins Raines, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 962-963.

Marshall DeBruhl, Firestorm: Allied Airpower and the Destruction of Dresden, reviewed by Kenneth P. Werrell, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 963-965.

Barrett Tillman, LeMay: A Biography, reviewed by Dik Daso, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 965-966.

Denise J. Youngblood, Russian War Films: On the Cinema Front, 1914-2005, reviewed by Elena Shulman, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 967-968.

Michael S. Sweeney, The Military and the Press: An Uneasy Truce, reviewed by Robert L. Bateman, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 968-969.

Benjamin P. Greene, Eisenhower, Science Advice, and the Nuclear Test-Ban Debate, 1945-1963, reviewed by Campbell Craig, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 970-971.

Jeffrey Williams, Far from Home: A Memoir of a 20th Century Soldier, reviewed by Marc Milner, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 971-972.

Irene and Alan Taylor, editors, The War Diaries: An Anthology of Daily Wartime Diary Entries Throughout History, reviewed by Victor P. Corona, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 972-974.

Alex Vernon, Arms and the Self: War, the Military, and Autobiographical Writing, reviewed by Alex Danchev, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 974-975.

Aleksandr Fursenko and Timothy Naftali, Khrushchev's Cold War: The Inside Story of an American Adversary, reviewed by Paul Wanke, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 975-976.

Andrew J. Birtle, U.S. Army Counterinsurgency and Contingency Operations Doctrine 1942-1976, reviewed by John P. Cann, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 976-977.

James H. Willbanks, The Tet Offensive: A Concise History, reviewed by Larry K. Burke, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 977-979.

Natalie Kimbrough, Equality or Discrimination?: African Americans in the U.S. Military During the Vietnam War, reviewed by Jason R. Kirby, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 979-980.

Lewis Taylor, Shining Path: Guerrilla War in Peru's Northern Highlands, 1980-1997, reviewed by Brian Loveman, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 980-982.

Jeremy Black, A Military History of Britain from 1775 to the Present, reviewed by Ian F. W. Beckett, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 982-983.

William C. Martel, Victory in War: Foundations of Modern Military Policy, reviewed by Jeremy Black, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 983-984.

Michael R. Gordon and Bernard E. Trainor, Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq, reviewed by Stephen A. Bourque, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 984-985.

Kevin M. Woods with Michael R. Pease et al., The Iraqi Perspectives Report: Saddam's Senior Leadership on Operation Iraqi Freedom from the Official U.S. Joint Forces Command Report; Gregory Fontenot, E. J. Degen, and David Tohn, On Point: The United States Army in Operation Iraqi Freedom, reviewed by Benjamin F. Tuck, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 985-986.

Sean M. Maloney, Enduring the Freedom: A Rogue Historian in Afghanistan, reviewed by Lester W. Grau, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 986-987.



Film Review

The Tokyo Trial. Donjing shenpan (China) DVD Format. A Shanghai Film Group release of a Beijing Xianming Yinghua Culture & Media Co. production. Reviewed by Michael F. Noone, Jr., The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 988-989.

 

Other:

BOOKS RECEIVED, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 990-1000.

RECENT JOURNAL ARTICLES, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 1002-1006.

DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS IN MILITARY HISTORY, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 1007-1023.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, The Journal of Military History 71 #3 (July 2007): 1024.

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