Organizer: Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf (Margrit Schulte Beerbühl); Institute of Modern History, University of Hertfordshire (Hatfield, GB)
Date, location: 26.07.2019–27.07.2019, Düsseldorf
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A review of Lori Henning, Harnessing the Airplane: American and British Cavalry Responses to a New Technology, 1903–1939, by Heather Venable, Air Command and Staff College.
James P. Holoka, editor
Walt, I don't think there would be general agreement to a "fact" of the Doolittle raid being a "massive war crime." A number of industrial and military targets were hit, and surely no precedent was set. "Area bombing" in Europe by the RAF was being conducted well before April of 1942, and I think the jury is still out about whether an industrial landscape that encompasses residential neighborhoods ought to be off-limits in warfare.
All,
Can anyone recommend to me a book, article, etc. on the history of air shows? I'm looking for an overview (since the early 20th century) and their professionalization since WWII. Since this is not my area of expertise I've exhausted my resources but have probably overlooked a lot.
Troy
Michael Lower. The Tunis Crusade of 1270: A Mediterranean History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. 240 pp. $81.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-874432-0.
Reviewed by Aaron Hagler (Troy University) Published on H-War (September, 2019) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Air University)
Printable Version: http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=54056
Edyta M. Bojanowska. A World of Empires: The Russian Voyage of the Frigate Pallada. Cambridge: Belknap Press, 2018. Illustrations, maps. 373 pp. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-674-97640-5.
Reviewed by Robert W. Montgomery (Baldwin-Wallace University) Published on H-War (September, 2019) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Air University)
Chris Millington. Fighting for France: Violence in Interwar French Politics. British Academy Monographs Series. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. 250 pp. $64.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-726627-4.
Reviewed by Karine Varley (University of Strathclyde) Published on H-War (September, 2019) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Air University)
Anton van der Lem. Revolt in the Netherlands: The Eighty Years War, 1568-1648. Translated by Andy Brown. London: Reaktion Books Ltd., 2019. Illustrations, maps. 277 pp. $40.00 (e-books), ISBN 978-1-78914-088-0; $40.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-78914-086-6.
Reviewed by Gary K. Waite (University of New Brunswick) Published on H-War (September, 2019) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Air University)
David S. Oualaalou. Volatile State: Iran in the Nuclear Age. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2018. xi + 218 pp. $75.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-253-02966-9; $20.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-253-03118-1.
Reviewed by Cliff Sherrill (Troy University) Published on H-War (September, 2019) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Air University)
