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AUTHOR TITLE TIME PERIOD GEOG. THEMATIC
Adcock, FE The Greek and Macedonian Art of War Ancient Greece General
Addison, Paul, and Angus Calder, eds. Time to Kill: The Soldier's Experience of War in the West 20th C Europe Soldier's Experience
Anderson, M. S War and Society in Europe of the Old Regime, 1618-1789 17th/18th C Europe War and Society
Anderson, Fred A People's Army: Massachusetts Soldiers and Society in the Seven Years' War 18th C U.S. War and Society
Anderson, John Military Theory and Practice in the Age of Xenophon Ancient Europe Military Theory
Asprey War in the Shadows: The Guerrilla in History N/A Global Insurgency
Astor, Gerald The Right to Fight: A History of African Americans in the Military 18th-20th C U.S. Race
Ball, Durwood Army regulars on the western frontier, 1848-1861 19th C U.S. General
Bell, P.M.H. The Origins of the Second World War in Europe 20th C Europe Politics
Best, Geoffrey War and Society in Revolutionary Europe, 1770-1870 18th/19th C Europe War and Society
Betaud The Army of the French Revolution 18th-19th C Europe War and Society/Combat Motivation
Bickel Mars Learning: The Marine Corps' Developtment of Small Wars Doctrine 1915-1940 20th C U.S. Insurgency
Bloch, Marc Strange Defeat 20th C France General
Bond, Brian War and Society in Europe, 1870-1970 19th/20th C Europe War and Society
Bourke, Joanna An Intimate History of Killing 20th C N/A Combat Motivation
Braudy, Leo From Chivalry to Terrorism: War and the Changing Nature of Masculinity N/A N/A Gender
Brodie, Bernard Sea Power in the Machine Age 19th/20th C N/A Naval
Browning, Robert S. Two if By Sea: The Development of American Coastal Defense Policy 20th C U.S. Naval/Strategy
Callwell, C.E. Small Wars 19th C Global Military Theory
Campbell The Emperor and the Roman Army Ancient Europe Civil-Military Relations
Cann Counterinsurgency in Africa: The Portuguese Way of War 20th C Europe/Africa Insurgency
Carp, E. Wayne To Starve the Army at Pleasure: Continental Army Administration and American Political Culture 1775-1783 18th C U.S. War and Society
Cave, Alfred A. The Pequot War 17th C U.S./England Operations
Chabal Amilcar Cabral: Revolutionary Leadership and People's War ? ? Insurgency
Chase, Kenneth Firearms Early Modern Global Technology
Chet, Guy Conquering the American Wilderness: The Triumph of European Warfare in the Colonial Northeast ? U.S. General
Clendenen, Clarence Clemens Blood on the border: the United States Army and the Mexican irregulars 19th C U.S. General
Clodfelter, Michael The Dakota War: the United States Army versus the Sioux, 1862-1865 19th C U.S. General/Operations
Coakley, Robert W. The Role of Federal Military Forces in Domestic Disorder 1789-1878 18th-19th C U.S. Civil-Military Relations (?)
Cobb, Richard The People's Armies 18th C France Insurgency
Coffman, Edward M. The War to End All Wars: The American Military Experience in World War I 20th C U.S. General
Corum, James The Luftwaffe: Creating the Operational Air War 20th C Germany Military Theory/Aviation
Corum, James The Roots of Blitzkrieg 20th C Germany Military Theory/Technology
Corum, James and Johnson Airpower in Small Wars 20th C Global Aviation
Corvisier, André Armies and Societies in Europe, 1494-1789 E.M. to 18th C Europe War and Society
Crackel, Theodore J Mr. Jefferson's army: political and social reform of the military establishment, 1801-1809 19th C U.S. War and Society
Crane, Conrad C. Bombs, Cities, and Civilians 20th C N/A Aviation
Cunliffe, Marcus Soldiers & Civilians: The Martial Spirit in America 1775-1865 18th-19th C U.S. Combat Motivation
Davidson, Phillip B. Vietnam at War: The History, 1946-1975 20th C Vietnam General
Deák, István Beyond Nationalism: A Social and Political History of the Habsburg Officer Corps, 1848-1918 19th/20th C Austria War and Society
Delbruk, Hans Medieval Warfare Middle Ages Europe Military Theory
Doughty Pyrrhic Victory 20th C Europe Strategy
Dowd, Gregory Evans War Under Heaven: Pontiac, The Indian Nations & the British Empire 17th-18th C England/Great Britain General
Downing, Brian The Military Revolution and Political Change in Early Modern Europe Early Modern Europe Military Revolution
Drake, James David. King Phillip's War: Civil War in New England, 1675-1676 17th C England/Great Britain General
Drea, Edward MacArthur's ULTRA: Code Breaking and the War Against Japan 1942-1945 20th C U.S. Intelligence
Duffy, Christopher Siege Warfare Early Modern Europe Military Revolution
Duffy, Christopher Experience of War in the Age of Reason Early Modern Global Military Theory
Duffy, Christopher Fortress: Siege Warfare in the Early Modern World Early Modern Europe Military Theory
Duffy, Christopher Russia's Military Way to the West 18th C Russia General
Edgerton, David England and the Aeroplane: An Essay on a Militant and Technological Nation 20th C England/Great Britain Aviation
Edmunds, R. David Tecumseh and the quest for Indian leadership 19th C U.S. General
Ekstein, Arthur Senate and General Ancient Europe Civil-Military Relations
Ekstein, Arthur Mediterranean Anarchy, Interstate War, and the Rise of Rome Ancient Europe Civil-Military Relations
Ellis, Richard N General Pope and U.S. Indian policy 19th C U.S. Civil-Military Relations
Elshtain, Jean Bethke Women and War N/A N/A Gender
Engels, Donald Alexander the Great and the Logistics of the Macedonian Army Ancient Europe Logistics
Erdkamp Hunger and the Sword Ancient Europe Military Theory
Erikson The Soviet High Command 20th C U.S.S.R. Civil-Military Relations
Fall, Bernard Street Without Joy ? ? Insurgency
Faulk, Odie B The Mexican War, changing interpretations 19th C U.S. General
Ferling, John E. Struggle for a Continent: The Wars of Early America 18th-19th C U.S. Operations (?)
Fishel et. Al. Uncomfortable Wars Revisited ? ? Insurgency
Francaviglia and Douglas W. Richmond eds Dueling eagles: reinterpreting the U.S.-Mexican War, 1846-1848 19th C U.S. General
Frank, Richard B. Guadalcanal 20th C U.S. Operations
Fredette Sky on Fire: the first Battle of Britain 1917-1918 20th C Europe Aviation
French, David Military Identities 19th/20th C England/Great Britain War and Society
Frey, Slvia R. The British Soldier in America: A Social History of Military Life in the Revolution period 18th C U.S. Culture
Fritz Frontsoldaten 20th C Europe Combat Motivation
Galula Counterinsurgency Warfare: Theory and Practice ? Global (?) Insurgency/Military Theory
Gat, Azar The Development of Military Thought: The Nineteenth Century 19th C Europe Military Theory
Geary, James W We need men: the Union draft in the Civil War 19th C U.S. War and Society
Giap People's Army, People's War 20th C Vietnam Insurgency/Military Theory
Glantz, David Stumbling Colossus 20th C Europe Operations
Glantz, David Colossus Reborn 20th C Europe Operations
Goldsworthy The Roman Army at War, 100BC-200AD Ancient Europe General
Grau and Gress ed. The Soviet-Afghan War: How a Superpower Fought and Lost 20th C Global Insurgency
Greene ed. The Guerrilla - and How to Fight Him ? Global Military Theory/Insurgency
Griffith, Paddy Battle Tactics on the Western Front: The British Army's Art of Attack, 1916-18 20th C England/Great Britain Tactics
Griffith, Paddy Battle Tactics of the Civil War 19th C U.S. Military Theory
Guthman, William H. March to massacre: a history of the first seven years of the United States Army 1784-1791 18th C U.S. General
Habeck, Mary R Storm of Steel: The Development of Armor Doctrine in Germany and the Soviet Union 1919-1939 20th C Europe Doctrine
Hagan, Kenneth J. This People's Navy: The Making of American Sea Power 17th-20th C U.S. Naval
Hagan, Kenneth J. ed. In Peace and War: Interpretations of American Naval History 1775-1978 18th-20th C U.S. Naval
Hagan, Kenneth J. and William R. Roberts ed. Against All Enemies: Interpretations of American Military History from Colonial Times to the Present 18th-20th C U.S. War and Society
Hamilton, Richard and Holger Herwig Causes of World War One 20th C Europe General
Handel, Michael L., ed. Strategic and Operational Deception in the Second World War 20th C Europe Intelligence
Hanson, Victor Davis Western War of War Ancient Europe Western Way of War
Hardesty, Von Red Phoenix 20th C U.S.S.R. Aviation
Harries Soldiers of the Sun 20th C Japan War and Society/Culture
Harris, William War and Imperialism in Republican Rome Ancient Europe Civil-Military Relations
Hart, Russell A. Clash of Arms: How the Allies Won in Normandy 20th C Europe General
Headrick Tools of Empire 20th C Europe/Africa Imperialism
Herwig, Holger The First World War: Germany and Austria-Hungary, 1914-1918 20th C Europe General
Herwig, Holger Luxury Fleet 19th-20th C Europe Naval
Higginbotham, Dom War and society in revolutionary America: the wider dimensions of the conflict 18th C Global General
Higonnet, Margaret R., Jane Jenson, Sonya Michel, and Margaret Collins Weitz, eds. Behind the Lines: Gender and the Two World Wars 20th C Europe Gender
Hinsley, F.H. British Intelligence in the Second World War: Abridged Version 20th C England/Great Britain Intelligence
Hoig, Stan The Sand Creek Massacre 19th C U.S. ?
Horne, Alistair The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916 20th C Europe General
Howard, Michael The Franco-Prussian War 19th C Europe General
Howard, Michael The Continental Commitment 19th/20th C England/Great Britain Military Theory
Howard, Michael British Intelligence in the Second World War, Vol.5: Strategic Deception 20th C England/Great Britain Intelligence
Howard, Michael War and the Liberal Conscience N/A Europe War and Society
Huntington, Samuel The Soldier and the State: The Theory and Politics of Civil-Military Relations N/A Global Civil-Military Relations
Hutton, Paul Andrew Phil Sheridan and his army 19th C U.S. General
Hurt, R. Douglass The Indian Frontier, 1763-1846 18th-19th C U.S. Operations
Huston, James Alvin The Sinews of War: Army Logistics 1775-1953 18th-20th C U.S. Logistics
Jackson, Gabriel The Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931-1939 20th C Spain General
Jacobs, James Ripley The beginning of the U.S. Army, 1783-1812 18th-19th C U.S. General
Jennings, Francis Empire of Fortune: Crowns, Colonies, and Tribes in the Seven Years War in America 18th C U.S. General
Joes Resisting Rebellion: The History and Politics of Counterinsurgency 19th-20th C Global Insurgency
Johannsen, Robert Walter To the halls of the Montezumas: the Mexican War in the American imagination 19th C U.S. Culture
Johnson, Timothy D Winfield Scott: the quest for military glory 19th C U.S. General
Kagan, D. The Peloponnesian War Ancient Europe General
Kahn, David The Codebreakers: The Story of Secret Writing 20th C Europe Intelligence
Keegan, John The Mask of Command N/A N/A Military Theory
Keegan, John A History of Warfare N/A Global General
Kennedy, Paul M The Rise and Fall of British Naval Mastery 17th-19th C England/Great Britain Naval
Kennedy, Paul M. The War Plans of the Great Powers, 1880-1914 19th C Europe Military Theory
Kennedy, Paul M. The Rise of the Anglo-German Antagonism 19th/20th C Europe Civil-Military Relations
Keppie The Making of the Roman Army Ancient Europe Civil-Military Relations
Kohn, Richard H Eagle and sword: the Federalists and the creation of the military establishment in America, 1783-1802 18th-19th C U.S. Civil-Military Relations
Lazenby Hannibal's War Ancient Europe General
Leach, Douglas Edward Flintlock and Tomahawk: New England in King Philip's War 18th C U.S. General
LeBlanc Constant Battles Ancient (?) Global General
Leonard, Thomas C Above the battle: war making in America from Appomattox to Versailles 19th-20th C U.S. Strategy
Lepore, Jill The Name of War: King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity 18th C U.S. War and Society
Lewin, Ronald Ultra Goes to War 20th C England/Great Britain Intelligence
Lupfer, Timothy Dynamics of Doctrine 20th C Europe Military Theory
Lynn, John A., ed. Tools of War: Instruments, Ideas, and Institutions of Warfare, 1445-1871 N/A N/A Civil-Military Relations
MacMillan, Margaret Paris 1919 20th C Europe Civil-Military Relations
Mahon, John K. History of the Second Seminole War, 1835-1842 19th C U.S. General
Mahon, John K. History of the Militia and the National Guard 17th-20th C U.S. General
Mansoor, Peter R. The G.I. Offensive in Europe 20th C U.S. General
Martin, James Kirby A respectable army: the military origins of the Republic, 1763-1789 18th C U.S. War and Society
Marwick, Arthur The Deluge: British Society and the First World War 20th C England/Great Britain War and Society
Massie Castles of Steel 20th C Europe Naval
Mattern Rome and the Enemy Ancient Europe General
McBride, William M. Technological Change and the United State Navy 1865-1945 19th/20th C U.S. Naval
Megargee Hitler's High Command 20th C Germany Civil-Military Relations
Meilinger Path to Heaven 20th C U.S./Europe Military Theory/Aviation
Miller et al. Military Strategy and the Origins of the First World War 20th c Europe Strategy
Miller, Edward S. War Plan Orange: The U.S. Strategy to Defeat Japan 1897-1945 19th-20th C U.S. Naval/Strategy
Millett, Allan R. and Peter Maslowski For the Common Defense: A Military History of the United States of America 18th-20th C U.S. General
Millett, Allan R., and Williamson Murray, eds. Calculations: Net Assessment and the Coming of World War II 20th C Global Intelligence
Morris The Washing of the Spears 19th C Africa Imperialism
Morrow, John H. German Air Power in World War I 20th C Germany Aviation
Murray, Williamson Luftwaffe 20th C Germany Aviation
Myerly, Scott Hughes British Military Spectacle from the Napoleonic Wars through the Crimea 19th C England/Great Britain Culture
Neillands, Robin The Bomber War: The Allied Air Offensive Against Nazi Germany 20th C Europe Aviation
O'Neill Insurgency and Terrorism: From Revolution to Apocalypse 20th C Global Insurgency
Oliphant, John Peace and War on the Anglo-Cherokee Frontier 1756-1763 18th C U.S. General
Oman, Charles Sir A History of the Art of War in the Sixteenth Century Early Modern Europe General
Osborn, William M. The Wild Frontier: Atrocities during the American-Indian War from Jamestown Colony to Wounded Knee 18th-19th C U.S. General
Palmer, Dave Richard 1794: America, its army, and the birth of the nation 18th C U.S. War and Society
Paret, Peter Imagined Battles: Reflections of War in European Art N/A Europe Culture
Paret French Revolutionary Warfare from Indochina to Algeria 19th-20th C Europe/Global Insurgency/Strategy
Parker, Geoffrey The Army of Flanders and the Spanish Road, 1567-1659 Early Modern Spain Logistics
Pearlman, Michael Warmaking and American Democracy: The Struggle over Military Strategy 1700 to the Present 18th-20th C U.S. Civil-Military Relations/Strategy
Polk Violent Politics: A History of Insurgency, Terrorism and Guerrilla War from the American Revolution to Iraq 18th-20th C Global Insurgency
Porch, Douglas The March to the Marne: The French Army, 1871-1914 19th C France Civil-Military Relations
Prucha, Francis Paul Broadax and Bayonet: The Role of the United States Army in the Development of the Northwest 1815-1860 19th C U.S. Civil-Military Relations (?)
Prucha, Francis Paul The Sword of the Republic: The United States Army on fhe Frontier 1783-1846 18th-19th C U.S. Operations
Pustay Counterinsurgency Warfare 20th C N/A Insurgency/Military Theory
Pryor, John H. Geography, Technology, and War: Studies in the maritime history of the Mediterranean 649-1571 Middle Ages/Early Modern Europe Naval
Quarles, Benjamin The Negro in the American Revolution 18th C U.S. Race
Record Beating Goliath: Why Insurgencies Win N/A N/A Insurgency
Remini, Robert Vincent Andrew Jackson & his Indian wars 19th C U.S. General
Ritter, Gerhard The Schlieffen Plan: Critique of a Myth 19C/20C Germany General
Rodger, N.A.M. The Safeguard of the Sea: A Naval History of Britain 1649-1815 Early Modern England/Great Britain Naval
Rodger, N.A.M. The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain 1649-1815 Early Modern England/Great Britain Naval
Rothenberg, Günther The Army of Francis Joseph 19C/20C Austria General
Sarkesian Revolutionary Guerrilla Warfare ? ? Insurgency
Samuels Doctrine and Dogma 20th C Europe Tactics
Sheffield Forgotten Victory 20th C England General
Sherry, Michael The Rise of American Air Power 20th C U.S. Aviation
Steele, Ian Kenneth Warpaths: Invasions of North America ? U.S. General
Skelton, William B. An American Profession of Arms: The Army Officer Corps 1784-1861 18th-19th C U.S. General
Stone, Norman The Eastern Front, 1914-1917 20th C Europe General
Strachan, Hew From Waterloo to Balaclava: Tactics, Technology, and the British Army, 1815-1854 19th C England/Great Britain General/Technology
Strachan, Hew Wellington's Legacy: The Reform of the British Army 1830-1854 19th C England/Great Britain Logistics
Starkey, Armstrong European and Native American Warfare 1675-1815 17th-19th C Global General
Streets, Heather Martial Races: The Military, Race and Masculinity in British Imperial Culture, 1857-1914 19th C England/Great Britain Culture
Stuart, Reginald C. War and American thought: from the Revolution to the Monroe Doctrine 18th-19th C U.S. Strategy/Military Theory
Sword, Wiley President Washington's Indian War: the struggle for the Old Northwest 1790-1795 18th C U.S. General
Taber War of the Flea: The Classic Study of Guerrilla Warfare ? ? Insurgency
Tallett, Frank War and Society in Early-Modern Europe, 1495-1715 E.M. to 18th C Europe War and Society
Tate, Michael L The frontier army in the settlement of the West 19th C U.S. General
Taylor, A. J. P. The Origins Of the Second World War 20th C Europe Civil-Military Relations
Taylor, A. J. P. The Struggle for Mastery in Europe, 1848-1918 19th/20th C Europe Civil-Military Relations
Titus, James The Old Dominion at War: Society, Politics, and Warfare in Late Colonial Virginia 18th C U.S. War and Society
Travers, Tim The Killing Ground: The British Army, the Western Front and Emergence of Modern Warfare 1900-1918 20th C England/Great Britain General
Trinquier Modern Warfare: A French View of Counterinsurgency 20th C Europe Insurgency
Utley, Robert Marshall Frontiersmen in blue: the United States Army and the Indian, 1848-1865 19th C U.S. War and Society/Race
Utley, Robert Marshall Frontier regulars: the United States Army and the Indian, 1866-1891 19th C U.S. War and Society/Race
Van Creveld, Martin Supplying War: Logistics from Wallenstein to Patton E.M. to 20th C Europe Logistics
Vance, Jonathan F. Death So Noble: Memory, Meaning, and the First World War 20th C Canada Culture
Walton The Myth of Inevitable U.S. Defeat in Vietnam 20th C Vietnam Strategy
Wawro, Geoffrey D. The Austro-Prussian War: Austria's War with Prussia and Italy in 1866 19th C Europe General
Webb, Stephen Saunders 1676: The End of American Independence 17th C U.S. General
Weigley, Russell F. Towards an American Army: Military Thought from Washington to Marshall 18th-20th C U.S. Military Theory/Strategy
Whittam, John The Politics of the Italian Army, 1861-1918 19th/20th C Italy Civil-Military Relations
Winter, Jay Sites of Memory, Sites of Mourning 20th C Europe Culture
Woodham-Smith, Cecil The Reason Why: A Behind-the-Scenes Account of the Charge of the Light Brigade 19th C England/Great Britain Culture
Wooster, Robert Allen The military and United States Indian policy, 1865-1903 19th-20th C U.S. General
Wright, Robert K The Continental Army 18th C U.S. General

 

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