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Peter Eisner, “MacArthur’s Spies: The Solider, the Singer, and the Spymaster Who Defied the Japanese in WWII” (Viking, 2017)

Peter Eisner
MacArthur's Spies
The Soldier, the Singer, and the Spymaster Who Defied the Japanese in World War II
Viking, 2017

New Books in Biography New Books in East Asian Studies New Books in History New Books in Military History New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Southeast Asian Studies New Books Network July 20, 2017 Mark Klobas

The conquest of the Philippines in 1942 brought thousands of Americans under the control of the empire of Japan. While most of them were interned or imprisoned for the duration of the war, a remarkable few evaded capture and fought… Read More

Isabella Ginor and Gideon Remez, “The Soviet-Israeli War, 1967-1973: The USSR’s Intervention in the Egyptian-Israeli Conflict” (Oxford UP, 2017)

Isabella Ginor and Gideon Remez
The Soviet-Israeli War, 1967-1973
The USSR's Intervention in the Egyptian-Israeli Conflict
Oxford University Press/Hurst, 2017

New Books in History New Books in Journalism New Books in Middle Eastern Studies New Books in Military History New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Russian and Eurasian Studies New Books Network July 19, 2017 Jay Lockenour

The title of Isabella Ginor and Gideon Remez‘s The Soviet-Israeli War, 1967-1973: The USSR’s Intervention in the Egyptian-Israeli Conflict (Oxford University Press/Hurst, 2017), tells you that this is a revisionist history, which argues that the Six Day War (1967)… Read More

Jennifer T. Roberts, “The Plague of War: Athens, Sparta, and the Struggle for Ancient Greece” (Oxford UP, 2017)

Jennifer T. Roberts
The Plague of War
Athens, Sparta, and the Struggle for Ancient Greece
Oxford University Press, 2017

New Books in European Studies New Books in History New Books in Military History New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books Network July 16, 2017 Mark Klobas

The Peloponnesian War was one of the first subjects of historical inquiry, and one that has been the subject of many works ever since Thucydides wrote his famous account of the conflict. Yet these works typically focus just on the… Read More

Patrick N. Hunt
Hannibal

Simon and Schuster, 2017

New Books in African Studies New Books in Biography New Books in European Studies New Books in History New Books in Military History New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books Network July 13, 2017 Mark Klobas

In 218 BCE, the Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca launched an invasion of Italy designed to bring the Roman Republic to its knees. Yet for all of his success in defeating Rome’s legions on the battlefield, Hannibal ultimately failed in his… Read More

Robert M. Browning Jr., “Lincoln’s Trident: The West Gulf Blockading Squadron during the Civil War” (U. of Alabama Press, 2015)

Robert M. Browning Jr.
Lincoln's Trident
The West Gulf Blockading Squadron during the Civil War
University of Alabama Press, 2015

New Books in American Studies New Books in History New Books in Military History New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books Network July 10, 2017 Mark Klobas

Though the U.S. Navy’s blockade of the Confederacy has not received the attention devoted to the bloody campaigns on land, it was an important contributor to the Union’s victory in the Civil War. In Lincoln’s Trident: The West Gulf Blockading … Read More