Reviews

Author: 
Paul F. Braim
Reviewer: 
Robert B. Bruce

Bruce on Braim, 'The Test of Battle: The American Expeditionary Forces in the Meuse-Argonne Campaign'

Paul F. Braim. The Test of Battle: The American Expeditionary Forces in the Meuse-Argonne Campaign. Shippensburg, Penn.: White Mane Publishing, 1998. xix + 247 pp. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-57249-085-7.

Reviewed by Robert B. Bruce (Kansas State University) Published on H-War (June, 1999)

Author: 
Eyal Ben-Ari
Reviewer: 
Janet G. Valentine

Valentine on Ben-Ari, 'Mastering Soldiers: Conflict, Emotions, and the Enemy in an Israeli Military Unit'

Eyal Ben-Ari. Mastering Soldiers: Conflict, Emotions, and the Enemy in an Israeli Military Unit. New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books, 1998. xvi + 159 pp. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-57181-145-5.

Reviewed by Janet G. Valentine (University of Alabama) Published on H-War (June, 1999)

When Soldiers Speak

Author: 
Pablo E. Perez-Mallaina
Reviewer: 
Ricardo A. Herrera

Herrera on Perez-Mallaina, 'Spain's Men of the Sea: Daily Life on the Indies Fleets in the Sixteenth Century'

Pablo E. Perez-Mallaina. Spain's Men of the Sea: Daily Life on the Indies Fleets in the Sixteenth Century. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998. xi + 289 pp. $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8018-5746-1.

Reviewed by Ricardo A. Herrera (Department of History and Geography, Texas Lutheran University) Published on H-War (May, 1999)

Author: 
Timothy D. Johnson
Reviewer: 
Susannah U. Bruce

Bruce on Eisenhower, 'Agent of Destiny: The Life and Times of General Winfield Scott' and Johnson, 'Winfield Scott: The Quest for Military Glory'

John S. D. Eisenhower. Agent of Destiny: The Life and Times of General Winfield Scott. New York and London: The Free Press, 1997. xiv + 464 pp. $27.50 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-684-84451-0.Timothy D. Johnson. Winfield Scott: The Quest for Military Glory. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1998. xi + 315 pp.

Author: 
Robert Serber
Reviewer: 
B. Alan Guthrie

Guthrie on Serber, 'Peace & War: Reminiscences of a Life on the Frontiers of Science'

Robert Serber. Peace & War: Reminiscences of a Life on the Frontiers of Science. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998. xxiii + 241 pp. $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-231-10546-0.

Reviewed by B. Alan Guthrie (Nuclear Engineer) Published on H-War (February, 1999)

Author: 
Richard S. Cromwell
Reviewer: 
Wayne Lee

Lee on Cromwell, 'The Rise and Decline of the Late Roman Field Army'

Richard S. Cromwell. The Rise and Decline of the Late Roman Field Army. Shippensburg, Penn.: White Mane Publishing, 1998. ix + 79 pp. $40.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-57249-087-1.

Reviewed by Wayne Lee (Duke University) Published on H-War (December, 1998)

The Late Roman Field Army (and just the field army!)

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)

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