This page comprises links to reviews, essays, and
commentary by (or about) members of the Group.


In Michigan War Studies Review


In Other Publications

Denver Brunsman, "The Knowles Atlantic Impressment Riots of the 1740s," Early American Studies 5.2 (2007) 324-366 <link>.

Robert M. Citino, "Military Histories Old and New: A Reintroduction," American Historical Review 112.4 (2007) <link>.

Robert M. Citino, Blitzkrieg to Desert Storm: The Evolution of Operational Warfare (Lawrence: U Pr of Kansas, 2004), review by William Shane Story, H-Net Reviews (Dec 2006) <link>.

Brad Kasal, My Men Are My Heroes: The Brad Kasal Story [as told to Nathaniel R. Helms] (Des Moines, IA: Meredith Books, 2007), review by Harold C. Hutchison, Strategy Page (7 Feb 2007) <link>.

Dennis J. Ringle, Life in Mr. Lincoln's Navy (Annapolis, MD: Naval Inst Pr, 1998)—featured book at the Navy Reading website, with an audio excerpt <link>.

Cecil D. Eby, Comrades and Commissars: The Lincoln Battalion in the Spanish Civil War (University Park, PA: Penn State U Pr, 2007)—publisher's notice with chapter 1 <link>.

David Fitzpatrick: Review of Ethan S. Rafuse, McClellan’s War: The Failure of Moderation in the Struggle for the Union (Bloomington: Indiana U Pr, 2005), Journal of Military History 71 (2007) 225-227 <link>.

George Cassar: Review of Ian F. W. Beckett & Steven J. Corvi, edd., Haig’s Generals (Barnsley, UK: Pen & Sword Military, 2006), Journal of Military History 71 (2007) 244-245 <link>.

Robert M. Citino, The German Way of War: From the Thirty Years' War to the Third Reich (Lawrence: U Pr of Kansas, 2005), reviewed by Adam R. Seipp, Journal of Military History 71 (2007) 253-254 <link>.

James P. Holoka: Review of Cathy Gere, The Tomb of Agamemnon (Cambridge, MA: Harvard U Pr, 2006), Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2006.12.22 <link>.

James P. Holoka: Review of Robert Bittlestone, Odysseus Unbound: The Search for Homer's Ithaca (Cambridge: Cambridge U Pr, 2005), New England Classical Journal 33.4 (Nov 2006) 301-304 <link>. See also, for recent developments, Thomas H. Maugh, "A Scientific Discovery on the Trail of Homer," LA Times (10 Jan 2007) <link>.

Kevin Horrigan, "Body Armor (The Rocket from Nat Helms' Basement)," St. Louis Post-Dispatch (15 Jan 2006) B3 <link>.

Denver Brunsman: Review of Jeremy Black, The British Seaborne Empire (New Haven: Yale U Pr, 2004), H-Net Reviews (Jun 2005) <link>.

Robert Citino: Review of Krisztián Ungváry, The Siege of Budapest: 100 Days in World War II (New Haven: Yale U Pr, 2005), World War II (Mar 2006) <link>.

Robert Citino, "Best Books of 2005," World War II (Dec 2005) <link>.

Robert Citino: Review of Christopher Bayly and Tim Harper, Forgotten Armies: The Fall of British Asia, 1941-1945 (Cambridge: HUP, 2005), World War II (Jan 2006) <link>.

James P. Holoka: Review of Perez Zagorin, Thucydides: An Introduction for the Common Reader (Princeton, NJ: Princeton U Pr, 2005), Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2006.02.53 <link>.

Robert Citino: Review of Danny S. Parker, Battle of the Bulge: Hitler’s Ardennes Offensive, 1944-1945 (Cambridge, MA: Da Capo, 2005), World War II (Nov 2005) <link>.

David Fitzpatrick: Review of Andrew J. Bacevich, The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War (NY: Oxford U Pr, 2005), Journal of Military History 70 (2006) 285-87 <link>.

Jake Hamric: Review of Michael Nolan, The Inverted Mirror: Mythologizing the Enemy in France and Germany, 1898-1914 (New York: Berghahn Books, 2005), H-Net Reviews (Oct 2005) <link>.

David Fitzpatrick: Review of Robert M.S. McDonald, ed., Thomas Jefferson’s Military Academy:  Founding West Point (Charlottesville: U Virginia Pr, 2004), Journal of the Early Republic 26 (2006) 133-36 <link>.

John Shy: Review of Michael McConnell, Army and Empire: British Soldiers on the American Frontier, 1758-1775 (Lincoln: U Nebraska Pr, 2004), Journal of Military History 69 (2005) 833-834 <link>.

Robert Citino: Review of Dennis Showalter, Patton and Rommel: Men of War in the Twentieth Century (NY: Berkley Caliber, 2005), World War II (Aug 2005) <link>.

Tom Collier, "Vietnam-Speak in Iraq," Informed Comment (4 Aug 2005) <link>.

James P. Holoka: Review of Joachim Latacz, Troy and Homer: Towards a Solution of an Old Mystery (Oxford: OUP, 2004), New England Classical Journal 32 (2005) 349-51 <link>.

David Fitzpatrick: Review of R.H. Beatie, Army of the Potomac, vol. 2: McClellan Takes Command, September 1861-February 1862 (Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Pr, 2004), Journal of Military History 69 (2005) 841-42 <link>.

Robert Citino: Review of Max Hastings, Armageddon: The Battle for Germany, 1944-1945 (NY: Knopf, 2004), World War II (Jun 2005) <link>.

John Shy: Review of John Buchanan, The Road to Valley Forge: How Washington Built the Army That Won the Revolution (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2004), Journal of Military History 69 (2005) 549-51 <link>.

Robert Citino: Review of Robert Pois and Philip Langer, Command Failure in War: Psychology and Leadership (Bloomington: Indiana U Pr, 2004), World War II (Apr 2005) <link>.

Dennis J. Ringle: Review of James D. Hornfischer, The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy’s Finest Hour (NY: Bantam, 2004), World War II (Apr 2005) <link>.

David Fitzpatrick: Review of Larry I. Bland and Sharon Ritenour Stevens, eds., The Papers of George Catlett Marshall, Vol. 5: “The Finest Soldier,” January 1, 1945–January 7, 1947 (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins U Pr, 2003), World War II (Apr 2005) <link>.

Robert Citino: Review of John Nelson Rickard, Patton at Bay: The Lorraine Campaign, 1944 (Washington: Brassey’s, 2004), World War II (Mar 2005) <link>.

Robert Citino: Review of Michael Dobbs, Saboteurs: The Nazi Raid on America (NY: Knopf, 2004), World War II (Jan/Feb 2005) <link>.

Robert Citino, "Rounding Up the Best Books of a Banner Year: 2004," World War II (Dec 2004) <link>.

Jonathan Marwil: Review of John Lynn, Battle: A History of Combat and Culture (Boulder, CO: Westview Pr, 2003), World War II (Nov 2004) <link>.

Robert Citino: Review of Joseph Balkoski, Omaha Beach: D-Day, June 6, 1944 (Mechanicburg, PA: Stackpole, 2004), World War II (Nov 2004) <link>.

David Fitzpatrick: Review of Perry D. Jamieson, Winfield Scott Hancock: Gettyburg Hero (Abilene, TX: McWhiney Foundation Pr, 2003) & Ethan S. Rafuse, George Gordon Meade and the War in the East (Abilene, TX: McWhiney Foundation Pr, 2003), Journal of Military History 68 (2004) 1264-66 <link>.

James P. Holoka: Review of Eckhard Deschler-Erb, Ad Arma! Römisches Militär des 1. Jahrhunderts n.Chr. in Augusta Raurica. Forschungen in Augst, Band 28 (Augst:  Römermuseum Augst, 1999), Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2002.01.15 <link>.

Jonathan Marwil: Review of Samuel Hynes, The Soldiers' Tale (NY: Penguin, 1997), Michigan Quarterly Review 37.1 (Win 1998) 155 <link>.

James P. Holoka: Review of Alex R. Furger and Paula Zsidi (edd.), Out of Rome, Augusta Raurica / Aquincum: Das Leben in zwei römischen Provinzstädten (Basel: Schwabe, 1997), Bryn Mawr Classical Review 98.6.13 <link>.

James P. Holoka, "Marathon and the Myth of the Same-Day March," Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies 38 (1997[2000]) 329-53 <link>.

Jonathan Marwil, "Paul Fussell's Wars" [review of Paul Fussell, Wartime (NY: OUP, 1989)], Michigan Quarterly Review 29 (1990) 431-52 <link>.