Military Book Review 2024

Histories of War December 21	Union General Daniel Butterfield: A Civil War Biography December 20	The Dawn of Guerrilla Warfare: Why the Tactics of Insurgents against Napoleon Failed in the US Mexican War December 18
The Blood Tainted Waters of the Shenandoah: The 1864 Valley Campaign’s Battle of Cool Creek, June 17-18, 1864 December 16	When Men Fell from the Sky: Civilians and Downed Airmen in Second World War Europe December 15	Polis: A New History of the Ancient Greek City-State from the Early Iron Age to the End of Antiquity December 12
China's New Navy: The Evolution of PLAN from the People's Revolution to a 21st Century Cold War December 09	Habsburg Sons: Jews in the Austro-Hungarian Army, 1788–1918 December 06	The US Eighth Air Force in World War II: Ira Eaker, Hap Arnold, and Building American Air Power, 1942-1943 December 03
Exploring the Mid-Republican Origins of Roman Military Administration: With Stylus and Spear November 29	Voices from Gettysburg: Letters, Papers, and Memoirs from the Greatest Battle of the Civil War November 26	Fortress Britain 1940: Britain’s Unsung and Secret Defences on Land, Sea and in the Air November 23
Why War? November 20	Great Power Clashes along the Maritime Silk Road: Lessons from History to Shape Current Strategy November 18	Women and Warfare in the Ancient World: Myth, Legend, and Reality November 15
Next War: Reimagining How We Fight November 12	Midway: The Pacific War’s Most Famous Battle November 09	All for the Union: The Saga of One Northern Family Fighting the Civil War November 06
Birth and Fall of an Empire: The Italian Army in East Africa, 1935-1941 November 03	The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War October 29	The Lion at Dawn: Forging British Strategy in the Age of the French Revolution, 1783–1797 October 26
The Inland Campaign for Vicksburg: Five Battles in Seventeen Days, May 1-17, 1863 October 23	The Roman Imperial Succession October 20	The Hill: The brutal fight for Hill 107 in the Battle of Crete October 17
Persians: The Age of the Great Kings October 14	J. E. B. Stuart: The Soldier and the Man October 10	Delivering Destruction: American Firepower and Amphibious Assault from Tarawa to Iwo Jima October 07
Flawed Commanders and Strategy in the Battles for Italy, 1943–45 October 04	Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint October 01	War in the Western Theater: Favorite Stories and Fresh Perspectives from the Historians at Emerging Civil War September 28
The Melting Point: High Command and War in the 21st Century September 21	The Limits of the Lost Cause: Essays on Civil War Memory September 18	Christian Emperors and Roman Elites in Late Antiquity September 14
When Men Fell from the Sky: Civilians and Downed Airmen in Second World War Europe September 11	Empireworld: How British Imperialism Shaped the Globe September 08	No Sacrifice Too Great: The 1st Infantry Division in World War II September 05
The Iron Dice of Battle: Albert Sidney Johnston and the Civil War in the West September 02	Rome and Persia: The Seven Hundred Year Rivalry August 26	A Fine Opportunity Lost: Longstreet’s East Tennessee Campaign, November 1863 – April 1864 August 19
The Reign of Constantius II August 13	The War That Made America: Essays Inspired by the Scholarship of Gary W. Gallagher August 10	Maritime Power and the Power of Money in Louis XIV’s France: Private Finance, the Contractor State, and the French Navy August 05
Adelbert Ames, the Civil War, and the Creation of Modern America July 31	The World Will Never See the Like: The Gettysburg Reunion of 1913 July 29	Malta's Savior: Operation Pedestal, August 1942 July 27
Ancient Rome on the Silver Screen: Myth versus Reality July 25	Conflict of Command: George McClellan, Abraham Lincoln, and the Politics of War July 23	Churchill, Chamberlain and Appeasement July 21
Race to the Potomac: Lee and Meade After Gettysburg, July 4–14, 1863 July 17	The Killing Ground: A Biography of Thermopylae July 15	The Practice of Strategy: A Global History, July 13
G.H.Q. (Montreuil-sur-Mer} July 11	Bayou Battles for Vicksburg: The Swamp and River Expeditions, January 1-April 30, 1863 July 09	Caesar Rules: The Emperor in the Changing Roman World (c. 50 BC – AD 565) July 07
Sing As We Go: Britain Between the Wars July 05	The Spear, the Scroll, and the Pebble: How the Greek City-State Developed as a Male Warrior-Citizen Collective July 02	Unforgettables: Winners, Losers, Strong Women, and Eccentric Men of the Civil War Era June 27
Target Switzerland: Swiss Armed Neutrality in World War 2 June 23	Herod the Great: Jewish King in a Roman World June 20	Franco's Pirates: Naval Aspects of the Spanish Civil War 1936–39 June 17
Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South June 15	Venice: The Remarkable History of the Lagoon City June 13	Collected Papers on Suetonius June 10
Men of God, Men of War: Military Chaplains as Ministers, Warriors, and Prisoners June 07	The Boy Generals: George Custer, Wesley Merritt, and the Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac, from the Gettysburg Retreat through the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864 June 04	America's First Aircraft Carrier: USS Langley and the Dawn of U.S. Naval Aviation June 03
To Do the Work of Men: An Operational History of the 21st Division in the Great War May 31	The Eternal Decline and Fall of Rome: The History of a Dangerous Idea May 30	Never Such a Campaign: The Battle of Second Manassas, August 28-August 30, 1862 May 28
War and Its Causes May 27	Vandal Heaven: Reinterpreting Post-Roman North Africa May 25	Our Flag Was Still There: The Star Spangled Banner that Survived the British and 200 Years--And the Armistead Family Who Saved It May 24
Earning Their Wings: The WASPS of World War II and the Fight for Veteran Recognition May 22	Firepower: How Weapons Shaped Warfare May 21	From Antietam to Appomattox with Upton's Regulars: A Civil War Memoir from the 121st New York Regiment May 19
Women Warriors in History: 1,622 Biographies Worldwide from the Bronze Age to the Present May 18	Lee Invades the North: A Comparison of the Antietam and Gettysburg Campaigns May 17	Governing Oneself and Others: On Xenophon of Athens (A. V. Elliott Conference) May 16
The Enigma Traitors: Spy and Counterspy in World War II May 15	Lincoln and California: The President, the War, and the Golden State May 14	Soldier of Destiny: Slavery, Secession, and the Redemption of Ulysses S. Grant May 13
Galeazzo Ciano: The Fascist Pretender May 12	Brigades of Antietam: The Union and Confederate Brigades during the 1862 Maryland Campaign: The Union and Confederate Brigades May 11	From Ironclads to Dreadnoughts: The Development of the German Battleship, 1864-1918 May 10
Anatomy of a Duel: Secession, Civil War, and the Evolution of Kentucky Violence May 09	Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II May 08	Contrasts in Command: The Battle of Fair Oaks, May 31 - June 1, 1862 May 07
Leyte Gulf: A New History of the World's Largest Sea Battle May 06	Abraham Lincoln and the Bible: A Complete Compendium May 04	The 'Blue Squadrons': The Spanish in the Luftwaffe, 1941-1944 May 03
Romans at War: Soldiers, Citizens, and Society in the Roman Republic May 02	The Sergeant: The Incredible Life of Nicholas Said: Son of an African General, Slave of the Ottomans, Free Man Under the Tsars, Hero of the Union Army April 28	The Philadelphia Campaign, 1777 (Casemate Illustrated) April 24
Such a Clash of Arms: The Maryland Campaign, September 1862 (Casemate Illustrated) April 17	Conquer We Must: A Military History of Britain, 1914-1945 April 13	John T. Wilder: Union General, Southern Industrialist April 09
Battle for the Island Kingdom: England's Destiny 1000–1066 April 06	Fallen Leaders: Favorite Stories and Fresh Perspectives from the Historians at Emerging Civil War (Emerging Civil War Anniversary Series) April 03	Jewish Soldiers in the Civil War: The Union Army March 31
The Routledge Atlas of the First World War (Routledge Historical Atlases) 4th Edition March 28	Letters to Lizzie: The Story of Sixteen Men in the Civil War and the One Woman Who Connected Them All February 27	New York’s War of 1812: Politics, Society, and Combat February 24
Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World February 21	Calamity at Frederick: Robert E. Lee, Special Orders No. 191, and Confederate Misfortune on the Road to Antietam February 17	The Trigger: Hunting the Assassin Who Brought the World to War February 14
Stay and Fight it Out: The Second Day at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863, Culp’s Hill and the North End of the Battlefield February 11	The Republic of Venice: De magistratibus et republica Venetorum February 07	The Civil War Memoirs of Captain William J. Seymour: The Reminiscences of a Louisiana Tiger February 04
February 04	A Village in the Third Reich: How Ordinary Lives Were Transformed by the Rise of Fascism February 01	More Work than Glory: Buffalo Soldiers in the United States Army, 1865-1916 January 29
Twelve Days: How the Union Nearly Lost Washington in the First Days of the Civil War January 26	Invisible Romans January 23	A Wilderness of Destruction: Confederate Guerillas in East and South Florida, 1861-1865 January 20
The Spanish Blue Division on the Eastern Front, 1941-1945: War, Occupation, Memory (Toronto Iberic) January 17	Victory to Defeat: The British Army 1918–40 January 14	Through Blood and Fire: The Civil War Letters of Major Charles J. Mills, 1862-1865, Revised and Expanded Edition January 11
Tempest: The Royal Navy and the Age of Revolutions January 08	Paris, City of Dreams: Napoleon III, Baron Haussmann, and the Creation of Paris January 05	Lincoln in Lists January 02

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