Michigan War Studies Review
Reviews, surveys, original essays, and commentary in the field of military studies.
Submissions
Persons interested in writing for the Michigan War Studies Review should (a) subscribe to the Review and (b) indicate their qualifications and areas of expertise by contacting us. Book Review Guidelines are available. Responses to reviewers are welcome, even encouraged, particularly to clear up misunderstandings or erroneous attributions. The MiWSR is also interested in publishing original essays, surveys of literature (see, e.g., 2005.04.02), memoirs, and photo albums (see 2005.10.01). Contact us to inquire about such projects.

Inquiries from publishers wishing to have books reviewed in MiWSR are welcome; contact the editor.

Currently available books:

Anthropology at War: World War I and the Science of Race in Germany
By Andrew D. Evans
Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 2010. Pp. ix, 293. ISBN 978-0-226-22268-4.
Armies of Heaven: The First Crusade and the Quest for Apocalypse
By Jay Rubenstein
New York: Basic Books, 2011. Pp. xiv, 402. ISBN 978-0-465-01929-8.
Baldwin of the Times: Hanson W. Baldwin, A Military Journalist's Life, 1903-1991
By Robert B. Davies
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2011. Pp. x, 399. ISBN 978-1-61251-048-4.
The Battle of Adwa: African Victory in the Age of Empire
By Raymond Jonas
Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press, 2011. Pp. x, 413. ISBN 978-0-674-05274-1.
The Captain Who Burned His Ships: Captain Thomas Tingey, USN, 1750-1829
By Gordon S. Brown
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2011. Pp. viii, 200. ISBN 978-1-61251-044-6.
Dividing the Spoils: The War for Alexander the Great's Empire
By Robin Waterfield
New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2011. Pp. xxv, 273. ISBN 978-0-19-539523-5.
Early Carolingian Warfare: Prelude to Empire
By Bernard S. Bachrach
Philadelphia: Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, 2011 [hc 2001]. Pp. xii, 430. ISBN 978-0-8122-2144-2.
The Envoy: The Epic Rescue of the Last Jews of Europe in the Desperate Closing Months of World War II
By Alex Kershaw
Cambridge, MA: Da Capo, 2010. Pp. x, 294. ISBN 978-0-306-81557-7.
Fatal Crossroads: The Untold Story of the Malmédy Massacre at the Battle of the Bulge
By Danny S. Parker
Cambridge, MA: Da Capo, 2012. Pp. xi, 390. ISBN 978-0-306-81193-7.
Fighting for MacArthur: The Navy and Marine Corps' Desperate Defense of the Philippines
By John Gordon
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2011. Pp. viii, 370. ISBN 978-1-61251-057-6.
Fighting Patton: George S. Patton, Jr., through the Eyes of His Enemies
By Herry Yeide
Minneapolis: Zenith Press, 2011. Pp. xiii, 514. ISBN 978-0-7603-4128-5.
Free France's Lion: The Life of Philippe Leclerc, De Gaulle's Greatest General
By William M. Moore
Philadelphia: Casemate, 2011. Pp. xx, 508. ISBN 978-1-61200-068-8.
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
Minneapolis: Zenith Press, 2011. Pp. xiii, 354. ISBN 978-0-7603-4115-5.
The Gods of Prophetstown: The Battle of Tippecanoe and the Holy War for the American Frontier
By Adam Jortner
New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2012. Pp. x, 310. ISBN 978-0-19-976529-4.
Nuclear Jihad: A Clear and Present Danger?
By Todd M. Masse
Washington: Potomac Books, 2011. Pp. xvii, 339. ISBN 978-1-59797-528-5.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Civil War
By William L. Barney
Rev. ed. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 2011. Pp. 378. ISBN 978-0-19-978201-7.
The Pacific War Uncensored: A War Correspondent's Unvarnished Account of the Fight against Japan
By Harold Guard
Ed. John Tring. Philadelphia: Casemate, 2011. Pp. 236. ISBN 978-1-61200-081-7.
Pearl Harbor: FDR Leads the Nation into War
By Steven M. Gillon
New York: Basic Books, 2011. Pp. xvi, 224. ISBN 978-0-465-02139-0.
Philip II of Macedonia
By Ian Worthington
New Haven: Yale Univ. Press, 2008. Pp. xx, 303. ISBN 978-0-300-12079-0.
Preparing for Victory: Thomas Holcomb and the Making of the Modern Marine Corps
By David Ulbrich
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2011. Pp. xiv, 285. ISBN 978-1-59114-903-3.
Prisms of British Appeasement: Revisionist Reputations of John Simon, Samuel Hoare, Anthony Eden, Lord Halifax, Alfred Duff Cooper
By Terrance L. Lewis
Portland, OR: Sussex Acad. Press, 2011. Pp. vi, 233. ISBN 978-1-84519-422-2.
Sacrifice on the Steppe: The Italian Alpine Corps in the Stalingrad Campaign, 1942-1943
By Hope Hamilton
Philadelphia: Casemate, 2011. Pp. xiii, 366. ISBN 978-1-61200-002-2.
Shadow of the Sultan's Realm: The Destruction of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East
By Daniel A. Butler
Washington: Potomac Books, 2011. Pp. xiii, 271. ISBN 978-1-59797-496-7.
Skorzeny's Special Missions: The Memoirs of Hitler's Most Daring Commando
By Otto Skorzeny
Minneapolis: Zenith Press, 2011. Pp. xi, 223. ISBN 978-0-7603-4034-9.
Such Men as These: The Story of the Navy Pilots Who Flew the Deadly Skies over Korea
By David Sears
Cambridge, MA: Da Capo, 2010. Pp. xi, 395. ISBN 978-0-306-81851-6.
The Sword of St. Michael: The 82nd Airborne Division in World War II
By Guy LoFaro
Cambridge, MA: Da Capo, 2011. Pp. xiii, 746. ISBN 978-0-306-82023-6.
Utmost Gallantry: The U.S. and Royal Navies at Sea in the War of 1812
By Kevin D. McCranie
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2011. Pp. xv, 365. ISBN 978-1-59114-504-2.
Vanished Armies: A Record of Military Uniform Observed and Drawn in Various European Countries during the Years 1907 to 1914
By A.E. Haswell Miller
New York: Shire, 2009. Pp. 128. ISBN 978-0-74780-739-1.
Voices of the Bulge: Untold Stories from Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge
Ed. Michael Collins & Martin King
Minneapolis: Zenith Press, 2011. Pp. vi, 314. ISBN 978-0-7603-4033-2.
The War of 1812 in Person
Ed. John C. Fredriksen
Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2010. Pp. v, 324. ISBN 978-0-7864-4792-3.
War Stories: Suffering and Sacrifice in the Civil War North
Ed. Frances M. Clarke
Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 2011. Pp. xiv, 251. ISBN 978-0-226-10862-9.
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