MHQ Reviews
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
The Austro-Prussian War: Austria's War with Prussia and Italy in 1866, by Geoffrey Wawro, Cambridge University Press, $64.95.The popular image of the 19th century after Napoleon is one of unremitting–and somewhat boring–peace; it wasn't. Wars were fought, some of …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
Chronicles of the Barbarians: Firsthand Accounts of Pillage and Conquest, From the Ancient World to the Fall of Constantinople, by David W. McCullough, Times Books, $35.We have met the enemy, and he is us. Does anyone believe that the …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
Crimson Sky: The Air Battle for Korea, By John R. Bruning, Brassey's, $24.95.A fast-paced thriller, full of firsthand pilots' war stories, this book weaves a number of fighting tales into an overall depiction and analysis of air power's contribution …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
Coming of Age in the Great Depression: The Civilian Conservation Corps Experience in New Mexico, 1933-1942 , by Richard Melzer, Yucca Tree Press, $25.During the Great Depression many industrialized countries, such as Germany, France, Austria, Switzerland, and Canada, for …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
John Peebles' American War: The Diary of a Scottish Grenadier, 1776-1782, edited by Ira D. Gruber, Stackpole Books, $49.95.Perhaps the best single primary source from the British side on the American Revolution has become widely available.One of a …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
Siege: Castles at War, by Mark Donnelly and Daniel Diehl, Taylor Publishing, $29.95.This book is a credible attempt to educate laymen in the fundamentals of medieval European siege warfare. The work sprang from the experience of its authors during …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
In the Devil's Shadow: U.N. Special Operations During the Korean War, by Michael E. Haas, Naval Institute Press, $29.95. Michael Haas, an experienced former special operations officer, has written the first comprehensive account of the United Nations forces' clandestine operations …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
The Rape of Nanking, by Iris Chang, Basic Books, $25.It may seem improbable that an account of a sixty-year-old atrocity has been on the best-seller lists for weeks. But apparently sales of The Rape of Nanking have been fueled …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
The Tao of Spycraft: Intelligence, Theory and Practice in Traditional China, by Ralph D. Sawyer, Westview Press, $35.In the late summer of 1950, Mao Tse-tung called in a North Korean liaison officer, pointed to a map of Korea, and …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace, By Robert A. Divine, Texas A&M UniversityPress, $14.95.Usually, assembling a book by putting lectures between two covers is a certain route to discordant reading and contradictions. But in this case Robert A. Divine, author …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
Thaddeus Kosciuszko: Military Engineer of the American Revolution, by Francis C. Kajencki, South Polonia Press, $49.50.This book is as definitive as any written account can be on the military career of Thaddeus Kosciuszko, barring the discovery of new documents …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
Tomorrow the World: Hitler, Northwest Africa, and the Path toward America, by Norman Goda, Texas A&M University Press, $39.95.This is an interesting, well-documented but somewhat illogical book about Adolf Hitler's intentions in northwest Africa and concerns during 1940-42. The …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
Brassey's Modern Fighters: The Ultimate Guide to In-Flight Tactics Technology, Weapons and Equipment, by Mike Spick, Brassey's, $27.95You cannot know the players without a program. Fighters have become so sophisticated and complex that those interested in things military simply …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
The United States Army in Vietnam: Combat Operations–Taking the Offensive, October 1966 to October 1967, by George L. MacGarrigle, Center of Military History, $44.No service public relations spin here in the first of the Army's Vietnam War combat operations …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
Feet to the Fire: Covert Operations in Indonesia, 1957-1958, by Kenneth Conboy and James Morrison, Naval Institute Press, $28.95. The CIA's 1958 covert support for Indonesian army rebels against the government in Jakarta is one of those failures that, like …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
Death of a Hero: Captain Robert Nairac, GC and the Undercover War in Northern Ireland, by John Parker, Metro, $29.95.A journalist and author of SBS: The Inside Story of the Special Boat Services, John Parker has written a highly …
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