By Charles B. Harris
January 2021, Vol. 85, No. 1:
https://www.smh-hq.org/jmh.html (subscription required)
Articles
Should Roman Soldiers be Called ‘Professional’ Prior to Augustus?
Author: Tony McArthur
Pages: 9–26
Bastion of Empire: The Italian terzo vecchio of the Army of Flanders (1597–1682)
Author: Maurizio Arfaioli
Pages: 27-50
‘Neither an Officer nor an Enlisted Man’: Contract Surgeons’ Eligibility for the Medal of Honor
Author: Dwight S. Mears
Pages: 51–75
The Battle of Shanghai (January–March 1932): A Study in the Space-time of War
Author: Christian Henriot
Pages: 76–94
Harvey A. DeWeerd and the Dawn of Academic Military History in the United States
Author: Timothy S. Wolters
Pages: 95–133
Debunking an Omaha Beach Legend: The Use of ‘Armored Funnies’ on D-Day
Author: Steven J. Zaloga
Pages: 134–62
Warriors Who Don’t Fight: The Post–Cold War United States Army and Debates over Peacekeeping Operations
Author: David Fitzgerald
Pages: 163–90
Book Reviews:
On Obedience: Contrasting Philosophies for the Military, Citizenry, and Community
Author: Pauline Shanks Kaurin
Reviewer: Kevin S. Bemel and Samuel Watson
Pages: 191–94
Carthage’s Other Wars: Carthaginian Warfare Outside the “Punic Wars” against Rome
Author: Dexter Hoyos
Reviewer: Seth Kendall
Pages: 194–95
Greek Military Service in the Ancient Near East, 401–330 BCE
Author: Jeffrey Rop
Reviewer: Lee L. Brice
Pages: 196–97
Medieval Fortifications in Cilicia: The Armenian Contribution to Military Architecture in the Middle Ages
Author: Dweezil Vanderkerckhove
Reviewer: Tiffany Earley-Spadoni
Pages: 197–99
Roger of Lauria (c. 1250–1305): “Admiral of Admirals”
Author: Charles Stanton
Reviewer: Matthew King
Pages: 199–201
The Black Prince and the Grande Chevauchée of 1355
Author: Mollie M. Madden
Reviewer: Samuel Lane
Pages: 201–3
Military Strategy: A Global History
Author: Jeremy Black
Reviewer: Donald B. Connelly
Pages: 203–4
Parliament’s Generals: Supreme Command & Politics during the British Wars, 1642–51
Author: Malcolm Wanklyn
Reviewer: Oleksandr Turchyn
Pages: 205–6
The White Lotus War: Rebellion and Suppression in Late Imperial China
Author: Yingcong Dai
Reviewer: Ulrich Theobald
Pages: 206–7
The Battle of Negro Fort: The Rise and Fall of a Slave Community
Author: Matthew J. Clavin
Reviewer: Elizabeth J. Wood
Pages: 208–9
Island on Fire: The Revolt that Ended Slavery in the British Empire
Author: Tom Zoellner
Reviewer: Devin Leigh
Pages: 209–10
Red Coats and Wild Birds: How Military Ornithologists and Migrant Birds Shaped Empire
Author: Kirsten A. Greer
Reviewer: Kenneth E. Hendrickson
Pages: 211–12
Gunboats, Muskets, and Torpedoes: Coastal North Carolina, 1861–1865
Author: Michael G. Laramie
Reviewer: Thomas Blake Earle
Pages: 212–14
The Second Colorado Cavalry: A Civil War Regiment on the Great Plains
Author: Christopher M. Rein
Reviewer: G. David Schieffler
Pages: 214–15
A Republic in the Ranks: Loyalty and Dissent in the Army of the Potomac
Author: Zachery A. Fry
Reviewer: Alexandre F. Caillot
Pages: 216–17
Death at the Edges of Empire: Fallen Soldiers, Cultural Memory, and the Making of an American Nation, 1863–1921
Author: Shannon Bontrager
Reviewer: Nathan K. Finney
Pages: 217–19
Duty Beyond the Battlefield: African American Soldiers Fight for Racial Uplift, Citizenship, and Manhood, 1870–1920
Author: Le’Trice Donaldson
Reviewer: Hilary Green
Pages: 219–20
January Moon: The Cheyenne Breakout from Fort Robinson, 1878–1879
Author: Jerome A. Greene
Reviewer: Brad D. Lookingbill
Pages: 221–22
Watching over Yellowstone: The U.S. Army’s Experience in America’s First National Park, 1886–1918
Author: Thomas C. Rust
Reviewer: Jennifer M. Murray
Pages: 222–24
Contagions of Empire: Scientific Racism, Sexuality, and Black Military Workers Abroad, 1898–1948
Author: Khary Oronde Polk
Reviewer: Allison L. Bennett
Pages: 224–26
The U.S. Volunteers in the Southern Philippines: Counterinsurgency, Pacification, and Collaboration, 1899–1901
Author: John Scott Reed
Reviewer: Nathan Grau
Pages: 226–27
Defense Engagement since 1900: Global Lessons in Soft Power
Editor: Greg Kennedy
Reviewer: William A. Taylor
Pages: 228–29
Conscript Nation: Coercion and Citizenship in the Bolivian Barracks
Author: Elizabeth Shesko
Reviewer: Natalia Sobrevilla Perea
Pages: 229–31
Wings for the Rising Sun: A Transnational History of Japanese Aviation
Author: Jürgen P. Melzer
Reviewer: Jonathan Andrew Lear
Pages: 231–32
Rumors of the Great War: The British Press and Anglo-German Relations during the July Crisis
Author: Nathan N. Orgill
Reviewer: Justin Quinn Olmstead
Pages: 233–34
Children at War 1914–1918: “It’s My War Too!”
Author: Vivien Newman
Reviewer: Hannah E. Palsa
Pages: 234–35
Decisive Victory: The Battle of the Sambre, 4 November 1918
Author: Derek Clayton
Reviewer: Samuel Watson
Pages: 236–37
Censorship and Propaganda in World War I: A Comprehensive History
Author: Eberhard Demm
Reviewer: Troy R E Paddock
Pages: 237–39
Sons of Freedom: The Forgotten American Soldiers Who Defeated Germany in World War I
Author: Geoffrey Wawro
Reviewer: Lance Janda
Pages: 239–40
The Other Wars: The Experience and Memory of the First World War in the Middle East and Macedonia
Author: Justin Fantauzzo
The Ottoman Twilight in the Arab Lands: Turkish Memoirs and Testimonies of the Great War
Author: Selim Deringil
Reviewer: Sean McMeekin
Pages: 241–43
Women and the French Army during the World Wars, 1914–1940
Author: Andrew Orr
Reviewer: Hayley Noble
Pages: 243–45
The World at War, 1914–1945
Author: Jeremy Black
Reviewer: Ralph M. Hitchens
Pages: 245–47
War and Public Memory: Case Studies in Twentieth Century Europe
Author: David A. Messenger
Reviewer: Ashley Valanzola
Pages: 247–49
Marshal Malinovskii: Hero of the Soviet Union, Architect of the Modern Soviet Army
Author: Boris Sokolov
Reviewer: Michael Rouland
Pages: 249–50
“Vincere!” The Italian Royal Army’s Counterinsurgency Operations in Africa, 1922–1940
Author: Federica Saini Fasanotti
Reviewer: Vanda Wilcox
Pages: 251–52
Statecraft by Stealth: Secret Intelligence and British Rule in Palestine
Author: Steven B. Wagner
Britain’s Pacification of Palestine: The British Army, the Colonial State, and the Arab Revolt, 1936–1939
Author: Matthew Hughes
Reviewer: Hilary Falb Kalisman
Pages: 252–55
Sudden Courage: Youth in France Confront the Germans, 1940–1945
Author: Ronald C. Rosbottom
Reviewer: Keith Rathbone
Pages: 255–57
Patton: Battling with History
Author: J. Furman Daniel III
Reviewer: D. K. R. Crosswell
Pages: 258–59
Comrades: The Wehrmacht from Within
Author: Felix Römer
Reviewer: Michael Geheran
Pages: 259–61
Uniquely Okinawan: Determining Identity during the U.S. Wartime Occupation
Author: Courtney A. Short
Reviewer: Fumi Inoue
Pages: 261–63
Bomber Boys on Screen: RAF Bomber Command in Film and Television Drama
Author: S. P. MacKenzie
Reviewer: Jayson A. Altieri
Pages: 263–64
Disputed Decisions of World War II: Decision Science and Game Theory Perspectives
Author: Mark Thompson
Reviewer: Ralph M. Hitchens
Pages: 264–66
George C. Marshall and the Early Cold War: Policy, Politics, and Society
Editor: William A. Taylor
Reviewer: Zachary Matusheski
Pages: 266–68
The U.S. Navy and Its Cold War Alliances, 1945–1953
Author: Corbin Williamson
Reviewer: John T. Kuehn
Pages: 268–70
Politics of Forgetting: New Zealand, Greece, and Britain at War
Author: Martyn Brown
Reviewer: Bryan McClure
Pages: 270–71
The Macedonian Slavs in the Greek Civil War, 1944–1949
Author: James Horncastle
Reviewer: Milorad Lazic
Pages: 272–73
The Greek Civil War: Strategy, Counterinsurgency, and the Monarchy
Author: Spyridon Plakoudas
Reviewer: Christina Goulter
Pages: 274–75
Britain and the Bomb: Technology, Culture, and the Cold War
Author: W. J. Nutall
Reviewer: Melvin G. Deaile
Pages: 275–77
Building Ho’s Army: Chinese Military Assistance to North Vietnam
Author: Xiaobing Li
Reviewer: Christopher Tang
Pages: 277–78
The Dragon in the Jungle: The Chinese Army in the Vietnam War
Author: Xiaobing Li
Reviewer: Qiang Zhai
Pages: 279–80
Vietnamization: Politics, Strategy, Legacy
Author: David L. Anderson
Reviewer: Christos G. Frentzos
Pages: 280–82
Bloody Sixteen: The USS Oriskany and Air Wing 16 during the Vietnam War
Author: Peter Fey
Reviewer: Luke Holloway
Pages: 282–83
Blood in the Water: How the US and Israel Conspired to Ambush the USS Liberty
Author: Joan Mellen
Reviewer: Jennifer L. Speelman
Pages: 283–85
Vietnam’s Strategic Thinking during the Third Indochina War
Author: Kosal Path
Reviewer: Thuy Nguyen
Pages: 285–86
Across an Angry Sea: The SAS in the Falklands War
Author: Cedric Delves
Reviewer: Timothy Heck
Pages: 286–88
Abuses of the Erotic: Militarizing Sexuality in the Post–Cold War United States
Author: Josh Cerretti
Reviewer: Ryan Wadle
Pages: 288–89
Before Intelligence Failed: British Secret Intelligence on Chemical and Biological Weapons in the Soviet Union, South Africa and Libya
Author: Mark Wilkinson
Reviewer: Philip C. Shackelford
Pages: 289–91
Lessons Unlearned: The U.S. Army’s Role in Creating the Forever Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq
Author: Pat Proctor
Reviewer: Cory Hollon
Pages: 291–92
The Second World War in the Twenty-first Century Museum: From Narrative, Memory, and Experience to Experientiality
Author: Stephan Jaeger
Reviewer: Nina Janz
Pages: 293–94
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