War is the father of all and the king of all, and some he shows as gods, others as men;
some he makes slaves, others free
. -- Heracleitus



Editor: James P. Holoka                                                                                                                                                          ISSN: 1930-045x

The Michigan War Studies Review (reference abbreviation MWSR) publishes book reviews, literature surveys, original essays, commentary, and other material in the field of military studies, with a purview extending from antiquity to the present. Subscription is gratis. Publishers desiring to have books reviewed in MWSR should contact the editor. Those interested in writing for MWSR may see guidelines for reviews and a list of books currently available at our Submissions page. Many additional resources may be found at the publisher's website: Michigan War Studies Group.

 

 



 

2005 Volume
  2009.06.06

The Line upon a Wind: The Great War at Sea, 1793–1815
By Noel Mostert [Review by Martin Robson]

  2009.06.05

Classics Revisited: A.J. Liebling's World War II Writings
By John Whittier-Ferguson

  2009.06.04

The Somme: The Darkest Hour on the Western Front
By Peter Hart [Review by Douglas V. Johnson II]

  2009.06.03

The Greatest Battle: Stalin, Hitler, and the Desperate Struggle for Moscow That Changed the Course of World War II
By Andrew Nagorski [Review by Courtney A. Short]

  2009.06.02

Mussolini and His Generals: The Armed Forces and Fascist Foreign Policy, 1922-1940
By John Gooch [Review by Raymond Grew]

  2009.06.01

The Thin Red Line: An Eyewitness Account of the Crimean War
By Julian Spilsbury [Review by Nathaniel R. Helms]

  2009.05.01

The Mascot: Unraveling the Mystery of My Jewish Father’s Nazi Boyhood
By Mark Kurzem [Review by Christopher Martin]

  2009.04.02

The Propaganda Warriors: The Wehrmacht and the Cons0lidation of the German Home Front
By Daniel Uziel [Review by Eugenia C. Kiesling]

  2009.04.01

In Memoriam: John T. Hassett, Jr., KIA, 4 April 1945
By John A. Sherzer

  2009.03.04

In the Ruins of Empire: The Japanese Surrender and the Battle for Postwar Asia
By Ronald H. Spector [Review by Jiu-Hwa Lo Upshur]

  2009.03.03

Leningrad: State of Siege
By Michael Jones [Review by Walter G. Moss]

  2009.03.02

Harnessing the Heavens: National Defense through Space
Ed. Paul G. Gillespie and Grant T. Weller [Review by William J. Astore]

  2009.03.01

Roll Call to Destiny: The Soldier's Eye View of Civil War Battles
By Brent Nosworthy [Review by Jonathan D. Beard]

  2009.02.04

Architects of Empire: The Duke of Wellington and His Brothers
By John Severn [Review by Lee W. Eysturlid]

  2009.02.03

Endgame, 1945: The Missing Final Chapter of World War II
By David Stafford [Review by William J. Astore]

  2009.02.02

World War I: The African Front
By Edward Paice [Review by George H. Cassar]

  2009.02.01

Flying Tigers: Claire Chennault and His American Volunteers, 1941-1942
By Daniel Ford [Review by Jiu-Hwa Lo Upshur]

  2009.01.06

Empires of the Sea: The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World
By Roger Crowley [Review by Craig C. Felker]

  2009.01.05

Ordinary Courage: The Revolutionary Adventures of Joseph Plumb Martin
Ed. James Kirby Martin [Review by Grant W. Jones]

  2009.01.04

The Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Warfare. Vol. 1: Greece, the Hellenistic World and the Rise of Rome
Ed. Philip Sabin, Hans van Wees, and Michael Whitby [Review by John Hyland]

  2009.01.03

The Nuclear Jihadist: The True Story of the Man Who Sold the World's Most Dangerous Secrets--and How We Could Have Stopped Him
By Douglas Frantz and Catherine Collins [Review by Russell B. Olwell]

  2009.01.02

Rommel: The End of a Legend
By Ralf Georg Reuth [Review by William B. Boardman]

  2009.01.01

Scipio Africanus: Rome's Greatest General
By Richard A. Gabriel [Review by John David Lewis]