Category: Book Reviews
The American Civil War and the Origins of Modern Warfare
A critical review of Edward Hagerman’s study of ideas, organization, and field command Edward Hagerman. The American Civil War and the Origins of Modern Warfare. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1988. Figure 1. 26th New York Infantry at Fort Lyon, Virginia, between 1861 and 1865. Library of Congress, LCCN 2012649362. Why This Book Matters The human…
A Review of Steven E. Woodworth’s Jefferson Davis and His Generals: The Failure of Confederate Command in the West.
Jefferson Davis and his Generals: The Failure of Confederate Command in the West. By Steven E. Woodworth. Lawrence: The University Press of Kansas, 1990. ISBN: 0-7006-0461-8. Illustrations. Bibliographic Essay. Index. Pp. 380. $36.95 (cloth) At the outset of the American Civil War, Confederate President Jefferson Davis outmatched President Abraham Lincoln in most respects, including political…
A Review of Edward Hagerman’s The American Civil War and the Origins of Modern Warfare: Ideas, Organization, and Field Command.
Edward Hagerman. The American Civil War and the Origins of Modern Warfare. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1988. The bloody four-year conflict of the American Civil War resulted in over 620,000 deaths and untold pain and suffering for those who lived through the war. This war not only changed American society but revolutionized the face of…
A Review of Peter R. Mansoor’s The GI Offensive in Europe: The Triumph of American Infantry Divisions, 1941-1945.
Peter R. Mansoor. The GI Offensive in Europe: The Triumph of American Infantry Divisions, 1941-1945. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1999. On December 8, 1942, the United States realized the inevitability of American intervention in World War II against the Japanese in the Pacific and Hitler’s Nazi Wehrmacht forces demolishing Allied resistance in Europe.…
A Review of Rick Atkinson’s Crusade: The Untold Story of the Persian Gulf War
Rick Atkinson. Crusade: The Untold Story of the Persian Gulf War. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1993. On August 2, 1990, multiple mechanized and armored divisions of Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi Army rushed across the desert border between Iraq and Kuwait, seizing Kuwait City and occupying the oil-rich emirate of Kuwait. President George H.W. Bush promptly…