Reviews

Author: 
Nathaniel L. Moir
Reviewer: 
Zachary Tayler

Tayler on Moir, 'Number One Realist: Bernard Fall and Vietnamese Revolutionary Warfare'

Nathaniel L. Moir. Number One Realist: Bernard Fall and Vietnamese Revolutionary Warfare. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022. Illustrations. 376 pp. $49.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-762988-8

Reviewed by Zachary Tayler (Ohio University) Published on H-War (October, 2022) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Air University)

Author: 
Gregg Zoroya
Reviewer: 
Terry Wettig

Wettig on Zoroya, 'The Chosen Few: A Company of Paratroopers and Its Heroic Struggle to Survive in the Mountains of Afghanistan'

Gregg Zoroya. The Chosen Few: A Company of Paratroopers and Its Heroic Struggle to Survive in the Mountains of Afghanistan. Boston: Da Capo, Illustrations. 2017. 400 pp. $27.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-306-82483-8

Author: 
Allan V. Horwitz
Reviewer: 
Christopher Thomas Goodwin

Goodwin on Horwitz, 'PTSD: A Short History'

Allan V. Horwitz. PTSD: A Short History. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018. 256 pp. $28.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-4214-2639-6

Reviewed by Christopher Thomas Goodwin (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) Published on H-War (September, 2022) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Air University)

Author: 
Joan Johnson-Freese
Reviewer: 
Brian D. Green

Green on Johnson-Freese, 'Space Warfare in the 21st Century: Arming the Heavens'

Joan Johnson-Freese. Space Warfare in the 21st Century: Arming the Heavens. London and New York: Routledge, 2016. 202 pp. $46.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-138-69388-3

Reviewed by Brian D. Green (Space Training and Readiness Command) Published on H-War (September, 2022) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Air University)

Author: 
Martin King, Ken Johnson, Michael Collins
Reviewer: 
Bearington Curtis

Curtis on King and Johnson and Collins, 'Warriors of the 106th: The Last Infantry Division of World War II'

Martin King, Ken Johnson, Michael Collins. Warriors of the 106th: The Last Infantry Division of World War II. Philadelphia: Casemate Publishing, 2017. 336 pp. $32.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-61200-458-7.

Reviewed by Bearington Curtis (Southern Mississippi) Published on H-War (September, 2022) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Air University)

Author: 
Mary Beard
Reviewer: 
Richard Rawls

Rawls on Beard, 'Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern'

Mary Beard. Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern. Princeton: Princeton University Press, October 2021. xi + 376 pp. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-691-22236-3.

Reviewed by Richard Rawls (Georgia Gwinnett College) Published on H-War (September, 2022) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Air University)

Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=56959

Author: 
Keith Nightingale
Reviewer: 
Roger Chapman

Chapman on Nightingale, 'Phoenix Rising: From the Ashes of Desert One to the Rebirth of US Special Operations'

Keith Nightingale. Phoenix Rising: From the Ashes of Desert One to the Rebirth of US Special Operations. Havertown: Casemate Publishers, 2020. 336 pp. (e-book), ISBN 978-1-61200-878-3; $34.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-61200-877-6.

Reviewed by Roger Chapman (Palm Beach Atlantic University) Published on H-War (September, 2022) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Air University)

Author: 
James Kelly Morningstar
Reviewer: 
James Powell

Powell on Morningstar, 'War and Resistance in the Philippines, 1942–1944'

James Kelly Morningstar. War and Resistance in the Philippines, 1942–1944. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2021. 384 pp. $39.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-68247-569-0.

Reviewed by James Powell (Air University, Air Command and Staff College) Published on H-War (September, 2022) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Air University)

Author: 
Sebastian Rosato
Reviewer: 
Donald McClure

McClure on Rosato, 'Intentions in Great Power Politics: Uncertainty and the Roots of Conflict'

Sebastian Rosato. Intentions in Great Power Politics: Uncertainty and the Roots of Conflict. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2021. . $45.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-300-25302-3.

Reviewed by Donald McClure (Air University, Air War College) Published on H-War (September, 2022) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Air University)

Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=57359

Author: 
Alexander Watson
Reviewer: 
Jonathan Richard Parker

Parker on Watson, 'The Fortress: The Siege of Przemyśl and the Making of Europe's Bloodlands'

Alexander Watson. The Fortress: The Siege of Przemyśl and the Making of Europe's Bloodlands. New York: Basic Books, 2020. Illustrations. 400 pp. $32.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-5416-9730-0

Author: 
Roger Crowley
Reviewer: 
John Behnken

Behnken on Crowley, 'The Accursed Tower: The Fall of Acre and the End of the Crusades'

Roger Crowley. The Accursed Tower: The Fall of Acre and the End of the Crusades. New York: Basic Books, 2019. Maps. 272 pp. $28.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-5416-9734-8

Reviewed by John Behnken (University of New Mexico) Published on H-War (September, 2022) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Air University)

Author: 
Paul S. Hirsch
Reviewer: 
James Sandy

Sandy on Hirsch, 'Pulp Empire: The Secret History of Comic Book Imperialism'

Paul S. Hirsch. Pulp Empire: The Secret History of Comic Book Imperialism. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2021. Illustrations. 344 pp. $29.99 (e-book), ISBN 978-0-226-35069-1; $30.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-226-35055-4.

Reviewed by James Sandy (University of Texas Arlington) Published on H-War (August, 2022) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Air University)

Author: 
Claire Zalc
Reviewer: 
Robin Buller

Buller on Zalc, 'Denaturalized: How Thousands Lost Their Citizenship and Lives in Vichy France'

Claire Zalc. Denaturalized: How Thousands Lost Their Citizenship and Lives in Vichy France. Translated by Catherine Porter. Cambridge: Belknap Press, 2020. 397 pp. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-674-98842-2

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