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BOOK REVIEW – Billy Mitchell’s War with the Navy: The Interwar Rivalry over Air Power
Thomas Wildenberg, Billy Mitchell’s War with the Navy: The Interwar Rivalry over Air Power. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2013, 288 pp. Review by Charles D. Dusch, Jr. United States Air Force Academy Now that the centennial of the First … Continue reading
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BOOK REVIEW – Hitlerland: American Eyewitnesses to the Nazi Rise to Power
Andrew Nagorski, Hitlerland: American Eyewitnesses to the Nazi Rise to Power. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 2012. 400 pp. Photos, bibliography, index. Review by Kaitlin Sadler University of Mary Washington Seven decades later, questions surrounding the Second World War … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, history, Hiterland, IJNH, international, journal, Nagorski, naval, Nazi, Sadler
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BOOK REVIEW – Churchill Goes to War: Winston’s Wartime Journeys
Brian Lavery, Churchill Goes to War: Winston’s Wartime Journeys, Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2007. 392 pp. Illustrations, photographs, notes, bibliography, index. Review by Timothy J. Demy U.S. Naval War College Brian Lavery’s name and works are well known to naval … Continue reading
BOOK REVIEW – Forgotten Weapon: U. S. Navy Airships and the U-boat War
William T Althoff, Forgotten Weapon: U. S. Navy Airships and the U-boat War. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2009. 417 pp. heavily illustrated with B& W photographs; maps, chronology, glossary, appendixes, bibliography, notes, index. Review by Andrew Lambert King’s College London. … Continue reading
BOOK REVIEW – “Friends in Peace and War” The Russian Navy’s Landmark Visit to Civil War San Francisco
C. Douglas Kroll, “Friends in Peace and War” The Russian Navy’s Landmark Visit to Civil War San Francisco, Potomac Books, 2005. xii & 288 pp. endnotes, bibliography, index. Review by Andrew Lambert King’s College London The arrival of the Imperial … Continue reading
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BOOK REVIEW – McNamara, Clifford, and the Burdens of Vietnam, 1965-1969
Edward J. Drea, McNamara, Clifford, and the Burdens of Vietnam, 1965-1969, a volume in the Secretaries of Defense Historical Series, Washington, D.C.: Historical Office, Office of the Secretary of Defense, (2011). Review by Dr. Richard P. Hallion The historians within … Continue reading
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BOOK REVIEW – Napoleon’s Troublesome Americans: Franco-American Relations, 1804-1815
Peter P. Hill, Napoleon’s Troublesome Americans: Franco-American Relations, 1804-1815, Potomac Books, 2005. xii & 288 pp. endnotes, bibliography, index. Review by Andrew Lambert King’s College London. While American historians have paid close attention to the Anglo-American diplomacy of the Napoleonic … Continue reading
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Tagged article, author, book, Franco-American, Hill, history, IJNH, international, journal, Lambert, maritime, Napoleon, Napoleonic Wars, naval, navy, review, War of 1812
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BOOK REVIEW – Guiding Lights: United States Naval Academy Monuments and Memorials
Nancy Prothro Arbuthnot, Guiding Lights: United States Naval Academy Monuments and Memorials, Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2009. Review by Matthew McGrew University of Southern Mississippi Recent “History and Memory” scholarship has analyzed the importance of monuments and memorials to the … Continue reading
BOOK REVIEW – The Navy of the Nuclear Age, 1947-2007
Paul H. Silverstone, The Navy of the Nuclear Age, 1947-2007, The U.S. Navy Warship Series, Routledge, 2009. 321 pp. Illustrations, glossary, appendices. Review by Sebastian Bruns, Institute for Security Policy & PhD candidate, University of Kiel, Germany. Naval vessels are … Continue reading
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Tagged article, atomic, author, book, Cold War, history, IJNH, international, journal, maritime, naval, navy, nuclear, review, Routledge, Silverstone, US Navy, warships
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BOOK REVIEW – The Battle of Midway
Craig L. Symonds, The Battle of Midway, Oxford University Press, 2011. 452 pp., appendices, notes, bibliography, photos, index. Review by Dr. John Abbatiello Monument, Colorado The series editors of Oxford’s “Pivotal Moments in American History” collection certainly hit a home … Continue reading
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BOOK REVIEW – The Silent Service in World War II: The Story of the U.S. Navy Submarine Force in the Words of the Men Who Lived It
The Silent Service in World War II: The Story of the U.S. Navy Submarine Force in the Words of the Men Who Lived it. Edited by Edward Monroe-Jones and Michael Green, Casemate Publishers, (2012), 264 pp. Review by Phillip G. … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, Green, history, Monroe-Jones, naval, navy, silent service, submarine, World War II, WW2
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Call for Papers and Reviewers
The International Journal of Naval History (IJNH) is back in operation. After a two-year hiatus, IJNH is once again ready to welcome submissions from scholars, including junior colleagues still in school, seeking a forum for their research. The editors invite interested individuals … Continue reading
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Operation Thunderhead: The True Story of Vietnam’s Final POW Rescue—And the Last Navy SEAL Killed in Country
Kevin Dockery, Operation Thunderhead: The True Story of Vietnam’s Final POW Rescue—And the Last Navy SEAL Killed in Country, Berkley Press, 2009. 294 pp., photos, appendix, index. Review by John Darrell Sherwood Naval History and Heritage Command The story of … Continue reading
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In Search of Captain Cook: Exploring the Man Through His Own Words
Dan O’Sullivan, In Search of Captain Cook: Exploring the Man Through His Own Words, I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd., 2008. 233 pp., illustrations, references, suggested reading, index. Review by Mark M. Hull Department of Military History, U.S. Army Command and … Continue reading
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