Reviews

Author: 
Sherry Sontag, Christopher Drew
Reviewer: 
Jonathan D. Beard

Beard on Sontag and Drew, 'Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage'

Sherry Sontag, Christopher Drew. Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage. New York: Public Affairs, 1998. 304 pp. $25.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-891620-08-9.

Reviewed by Jonathan D. Beard (Science Writer-Photo Researcher) Published on H-War (December, 1998)

Author: 
Thomas Wildenberg
Reviewer: 
Mark P. Parillo

Parillo on Wildenberg, 'Gray Steel and Black Oil: Fast Tankers and Replenishment at Sea in the U.S. Navy, 1912-1992'

Thomas Wildenberg. Gray Steel and Black Oil: Fast Tankers and Replenishment at Sea in the U.S. Navy, 1912-1992. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1996. xii + 342 pp. $45.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-55750-934-5.

Reviewed by Mark P. Parillo (Kansas State University) Published on H-War (October, 1998)

Author: 
Mark R. Grandstaff
Reviewer: 
Jerry Cooper

Cooper on Grandstaff, 'Foundation of the Force: Air Force Enlisted Personnel Policy, 1907-1956'

Mark R. Grandstaff. Foundation of the Force: Air Force Enlisted Personnel Policy, 1907-1956. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1997. xii + 299 pp. $26.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-16-049041-5.

Reviewed by Jerry Cooper (University of Missouri-St. Louis) Published on H-War (September, 1998)

Author: 
Norbert Finzsch, J. Martschukat, eds.
Reviewer: 
Daniel German

German on Finzsch and Martschukat, 'Different Restorations: Reconstruction and "Wiederaufbau" in Germany and the United States: 1865, 1945 and 1989'

Norbert Finzsch, J. Martschukat, eds. Different Restorations: Reconstruction and "Wiederaufbau" in Germany and the United States: 1865, 1945 and 1989. Providence, R.I. and Oxford: Berghahn Books, 1996. ix + 422 pp. $49.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-57181-086-1.

Reviewed by Daniel German (National Archives of Canada) Published on H-War (July, 1997)

Author: 
Richard Bruce Winders
Reviewer: 
Ricardo A. Herrera

Herrera on Winders, 'Mr. Polk's Army: The American Military Experience in the Mexican War'

Richard Bruce Winders. Mr. Polk's Army: The American Military Experience in the Mexican War. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1997. xvi + 288 pp. $34.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-89096-754-6.

Reviewed by Ricardo A. Herrera (Department of History and Geography, Texas Lutheran University) Published on H-War (July, 1997)

Author: 
Donald E. Graves, ed.
Reviewer: 
Wesley B. Turner

Turner on Graves, 'Soldiers of 1814: American Enlisted Men's Memoirs of the Niagara Campaign'

Donald E. Graves, ed. Soldiers of 1814: American Enlisted Men's Memoirs of the Niagara Campaign. Youngstown, New York: Old Fort Niagara Association, Inc., 1995. 80 pp. $6.50 (paper), ISBN 978-0-941967-16-7.

Reviewed by Wesley B. Turner (History Department, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario) Published on H-War (June, 1997)

Author: 
Edward P. Metzner
Reviewer: 
David Eyman

Eyman on Metzner, 'More Than a Soldier's War: Pacification in Vietnam'

Edward P. Metzner. More Than a Soldier's War: Pacification in Vietnam. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1995. xi + 201 pp. $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-89096-666-2.

Reviewed by David Eyman (History Department, Skidmore College) Published on H-War (May, 1997)

The Other War

Author: 
John Darrell Sherwood
Reviewer: 
David Eyman

Eyman on Sherwood, 'Officers in Flight Suits: The Story of American Air Force Fighter Pilots in the Korean War'

John Darrell Sherwood. Officers in Flight Suits: The Story of American Air Force Fighter Pilots in the Korean War. New York: New York University Press, 1996. xiii + 239 pp. $21.56 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8147-8038-1.

Reviewed by David Eyman (History Department, Skidmore College) Published on H-War (April, 1997)

To Fly and Fight--USAF Fighter Pilots in the Korean War

Author: 
Jerry K. Sweeney, ed.
Reviewer: 
Sarandis Papadopoulos

Papadopoulos on Sweeney, 'A Handbook of American Military History: From the Revolutionary War to the Present'

Jerry K. Sweeney, ed. A Handbook of American Military History: From the Revolutionary War to the Present. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1996. xiii + 319 pp. $19.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8032-9337-3; $7.98 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8133-2871-3; $69.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8133-8569-3.

Reviewed by Sarandis Papadopoulos (George Washington University) Published on H-War (February, 1997)

Author: 
Charles Royster
Reviewer: 
Joseph R. Fischer

Fischer on Royster, 'A Revolutionary People at War: The Continental Army & American Character, 1775-1783'

Charles Royster. A Revolutionary People at War: The Continental Army & American Character, 1775-1783. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1996. xi + 452 pp. $17.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8078-4606-3.

Reviewed by Joseph R. Fischer (United States Army Special Operations Command) Published on H-War (February, 1997)

Author: 
T.C.W. Blanning
Reviewer: 
Lohr Miller

Miller on Blanning, 'The French Revolutionary Wars, 1787-1802'

T.C.W. Blanning. The French Revolutionary Wars, 1787-1802. New York and London: St. Martin's Press, 1996. xvii + 278 pp. $53.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-340-56911-5; $49.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-340-64533-8.

Reviewed by Lohr Miller (Louisiana State University) Published on H-War (February, 1997)

The Revolutionary Wars in European Context

Author: 
Philip Ardery
Reviewer: 
Jay B. Lockenour

Lockenour on Ardery, 'Bomber Pilot: A Memoir of World War II'

Philip Ardery. Bomber Pilot: A Memoir of World War II. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1978. x + 233 pp. $25.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8131-1379-1.

Reviewed by Jay B. Lockenour (Temple University) Published on H-War (January, 1997)

The View from 20,000 Feet

Author: 
Edwin E. Moise
Reviewer: 
David Eyman

Eyman on Moise, 'Tonkin Gulf and the Escalation of the Vietnam War'

Edwin E. Moise. Tonkin Gulf and the Escalation of the Vietnam War. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1996. xviii + 304 pp. $39.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8078-2300-2.

Reviewed by David Eyman (History Department, Skidmore College) Published on H-War (January, 1997)

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