U. S. Military History Review

U.S. Military History Review is a peer-reviewed e-journal that publishes scholarly articles on the military history of the United States.


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Volume 1, Number 1

Articles

Reactions and Non-Reactions: Lessons of the Korean War and the Public Debate over Containment and American National Military Strategy, 1950-1955

Hal M. Friedman ………………………………………………………………………… 3

Target Taiwan: Bombing Japan’s Model Colony

Eric Setzekorn …………………………………………………………………………… 25

Noteworthy Document

Admiral William S. Pye’s 1943 Evaluation of the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, November 13-15, 1942

James A. Smith ………………………………………………………………………….. 44

Revisiting the Classics

What was Mahan really saying? A Re-visitation of the Naval Theorist’s Classic Work, The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783

John T. Kuehn ………………………………………………………………………….. 66


Volume 2, Number 1

Altar of Ego: Personal Politics and the Loss of Fort Fisher

Joshua Shiver …………………………………………………………………………… 3

Back to the Cold War: The U.S. Army after Vietnam

Ingo Trauschweizer ……………………………………………………………………... 18

U.S. Cavalry Operations in the Philippine War, 1899-1902

Duane C. Young ………………………………………………………………………… 38


Volume 3, Number 1

Article

Were They So Unprepared?: Josephus Daniels and the United States Navy’s Entry into World War I

Dennis M. Conrad ………………………………………………...……………………… 5

Using History Today

Intercontinental Warfare: The Not-So-New American Way of War

John T. Kuehn …………………………………………………………………………... 20

Digging in the Archives

University of Tulsa McFarlin Library Special Collections World War I Collections

Anna "Joey" Petross ……………………………………………….…………………… 28


Volume 4, Number 1

Cost of Elitism?: Elitism and Group Identity among American Paratroopers in World War II

Martin Fransen …………………………………………………...……………………… 3

American Wunderwaffe: The History and Influence of Drones in World War II

Kevin T. Hall .…………………………………………………...……………………… 27

Pragmatic Leadership: The Move Toward Progressive Action on Integration in Korea

Jeremy P. Maxwell ...…………………………………………...…...……………………55


Volume 5, Number 1

Lee’s Re-treaded Tar Heels: The 26th North Carolina Infantry Regiment between Gettysburg and the Wilderness

Richard L. DiNardo ..……………………………………………...……………………… 3

Fighting for Air: The Struggle for Air Force COMINT, 1945-1952

Philip Shackelford ……………………………………………...…...…………………… 23


Volume 6, Number 1

Military History and the Whig Interpretation: A Tribute to Dennis Showalter

Jeremy Black ........................................................................................................................ 1

U.S. Policy Concerning Chemical Weapons, 1918-1996

Jonathan M. House ............................................................................................................. 17

Foundations in Tactical Nuclear Warfare, 1945-1953

David M. Walker ................................................................................................................. 29


Volume 7, Number 1

Articles

Ned King: The Forgotten Hero of Bataan

Joseph Connor --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1

U.S. Exercise Tiger and the Overlord Cover Plan

Nigel Lewis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 31

Revisiting the Classics

Air Theorist Guilio Douhet’s Classic Work, Command of the Air

C.C. Felker ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 51


Volume 8, Number 1

Rethinking the Rifle Musket: From Newspaper Debates to the Civil War Battlefield, 1848-1865

Alexandre F. Caillot --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1

Postwar Identity Crisis of the Confederate Navy’s Officer Corps

Neil P. Chatelain ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18


If you would like to submit an article for consideration, please consult our Guidelines for Submission. We welcome manuscripts from both new and established historians as well as graduate students.

To submit books for review, please see our Guidelines for Publishers.

Thank you for your support!

Sincerely,

Dr. Alexander Bielakowski, Editor-in-Chief

Dr. David Ulbrich, Associate Editor

Dr. Rae Bielakowski, Associate Editor


Editorial Board

Dr. William T. Allison, Georgia Southern University

Dr. M. Kathryn Barbier, Mississippi State University

Col. Robert Ehlers, Ph.D., U.S. Air Force (Ret.)

CAPT Craig C. Felker, Ph.D., U.S. Navy (Ret.)

Dr. Christopher R. Gabel, Emeritus

CDR John T. Kuehn, Ph.D., U.S. Navy (Ret.)

Dr. David Silbey, Cornell University

Dr. Mark Smith, Fort Valley State University

Dr. Bobby Wintermute, Queens College, CUNY