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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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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