Michigan War Studies Review
Reviews, surveys, original essays, and commentary in the field of military studies.
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

The Michigan War Studies Review (reference abbreviation MiWSR) 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 MiWSR should contact the editor.

LC ISSN: 1930-045x
2013 Volume
The Last Full Measure: How Soldiers Die in Battle 2013-045
The Last Full Measure: How Soldiers Die in Battle
By Michael Stephenson
A review by Andrew Burtch
The Battle of the Denmark Strait: A Critical Analysis of the Bismarck's Singular Triumph 2013-044
The Battle of the Denmark Strait: A Critical Analysis of the Bismarck's Singular Triumph
By Robert J. Winklareth
A review by Jonathan Beard
Elusive Victories: The American Presidency at War 2013-043
Elusive Victories: The American Presidency at War
By Andrew J. Polsky
A review by Edmund F. Byrne
The Archaeology of the Prussian Crusade: Holy War and Colonisation 2013-042
The Archaeology of the Prussian Crusade: Holy War and Colonisation
By Aleksander Pluskowski
A review by David S. Bachrach
Fire and Forget: Short Stories from the Long War 2013-041
Fire and Forget: Short Stories from the Long War
Ed. Roy Scranton and Matt Gallagher
A review by Nate Packard
Blue Moon over Cuba: Aerial Reconnaissance during the Cuban Missile Crisis 2013-040
Blue Moon over Cuba: Aerial Reconnaissance during the Cuban Missile Crisis
By William B. Ecker and Kenneth V. Jack
A review by Michael E. Weaver
Ostkrieg: Hitler's War of Extermination in the East 2013-039
Ostkrieg: Hitler's War of Extermination in the East
By Stephen G. Fritz
A review by Adam R. Seipp
Churchill: The Power of Words 2013-038
Churchill: The Power of Words
Ed. Martin Gilbert
A review by William I. Hitchcock
Wars of Plunder: Conflicts, Profits and the Politics of Resources 2013-036
Wars of Plunder: Conflicts, Profits and the Politics of Resources
By Philippe Le Billon
A review by Richard Tucker
From Boer War to World War: Tactical Reform of the British Army, 1902–1914 2013-035
From Boer War to World War: Tactical Reform of the British Army, 1902–1914
By Spencer Jones
A review by William Stewart
China and the World since 1750 2013-033
Restless Empire: China and the World since 1750
By Odd Arne Westad
A review by Grant W. Jones
Rückzug: The German Retreat from France, 1944 2013-031
Rückzug: The German Retreat from France, 1944
By Joachim Ludewig
A review by James D. Perry
The Battle for Tinian: Vital Stepping Stone in America's War against Japan 2013-030
The Battle for Tinian: Vital Stepping Stone in America's War against Japan
By Nathan N. Prefer
A review by Steven D. Mercatante
Hanoi's War: An International History of the War for Peace in Vietnam 2013-028
Hanoi's War: An International History of the War for Peace in Vietnam
By Lien-Hang T. Nguyen
A review by Terence Parker
Song of Wrath: The Peloponnesian War Begins 2013-025
Song of Wrath: The Peloponnesian War Begins
By J.E. Lendon
A review by Lawrence A. Tritle
World War Two: A Short History 2013-024
World War Two: A Short History
By Norman Stone
A review by William J. Astore
Blueprints for Battle: Planning for War in Central Europe, 1948–1968 2013-022
Blueprints for Battle: Planning for War in Central Europe, 1948–1968
Ed. Jan Hoffenaar and Dieter Krüger
A review by Kevin M. Woods
Counting the Days: POWs, Internees, and Stragglers of World War II in the Pacific 2013-021
Counting the Days: POWs, Internees, and Stragglers of World War II in the Pacific
By Craig B. Smith
A review by John J. Hurt
The Missile Next Door: The Minuteman in the American Heartland 2013-020
The Missile Next Door: The Minuteman in the American Heartland
By Gretchen Heefner
A review by Christopher Rein
The Union War 2013-019
The Union War
By Gary W. Gallagher
A review by Jonathan Beard
A Very British Experience: Coalition, Defence and Strategy in the Second World War 2013-018
A Very British Experience: Coalition, Defence and Strategy in the Second World War
By Andrew Stewart
A review by Antoine Capet
The War of 1812: Conflict for a Continent 2013-017
The War of 1812: Conflict for a Continent
By J.C.A. Stagg
A review by Hal M. Friedman
Bodies of War: World War I and the Politics of Commemoration in America, 1919–1933 2013-016
Bodies of War: World War I and the Politics of Commemoration in America, 1919–1933
By Lisa M. Budreau
A review by Larry A. Grant
Deliverance from the Little Big Horn: Doctor Henry Porter and Custer's Seventh Cavalry 2013-015
Deliverance from the Little Big Horn: Doctor Henry Porter and Custer's Seventh Cavalry
By Joan Nabseth Stevenson
A review by Douglas R. Cubbison
The German Aces Speak: World War II through the Eyes of Four of the Luftwaffe's Most Important Commanders 2013-013
The German Aces Speak: World War II through the Eyes of Four of the Luftwaffe's Most Important Commanders
By Colin D. Heaton and Anne-Marie Lewis
A review by Ralph M. Hitchens
Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam 2013-011
Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam
By Fredrik Logevall
A review by Gregory A. Daddis
The Complexity of Modern Asymmetric Warfare 2013-010
The Complexity of Modern Asymmetric Warfare
By Max G. Manwaring
A review by Terence Parker
In the Shadow of the General: Modern France and the Myth of De Gaulle 2013-007
In the Shadow of the General: Modern France and the Myth of De Gaulle
By Sudhir Hazareesingh
A review by Michael S. Neiberg
Illinois in the War of 1812 2013-005
Illinois in the War of 1812
By Gillum Ferguson
A review by Hal M. Friedman
El Alamein: The Battle That Turned the Tide of the Second World War 2013-004
El Alamein: The Battle That Turned the Tide of the Second World War
By Bryn Hammond
A review by Christopher Rein
Algeria: France's Undeclared War 2013-003
Algeria: France's Undeclared War
By Martin Evans
A review by Tal Tovy
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