New Books in Military History
Gerald Gems, “Sport and the American Occupation of the Philippines: Bats, Balls, and Bayonets” (Lexington Books, 2016)
Gerald Gems
Sport and the American Occupation of the Philippines
Bats, Balls, and Bayonets
Lexington Books, 2016

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Military HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Southeast Asian StudiesNew Books in SportsNew Books Network August 14, 2018 Keith Rathbone

Today we are joined by Gerald Gems, Professor of Kinesiology at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois, and the author of several books on sports history including Sport in American History: From Colonization to Globalization (2017), Sport and the American Occupation of the Philippines (2016), and Blood and Guts to... Read More
Nick Dybek, “The Verdun Affair: A Novel” (Scribner, 2018)
Nick Dybek
The Verdun Affair
A Novel
Scribner, 2018

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in Historical FictionNew Books in LiteratureNew Books in Military HistoryNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network August 14, 2018 Jay Lockenour

In a break with protocol, I decided to interview a novelist rather than a military historian. Nick Dybek, a creative writing professor at Oregon State University has written a terrific novel, The Verdun Affair: A Novel (Scribner, 2018). It’s protagonist is Tom, an American living in France after World War I,... Read More
John M. Curatola, “Bigger Bombs for a Brighter Tomorrow: The Strategic Air Command and American War Plans at the Dawn of the Atomic Age, 1945-1950” (McFarland, 2016)
John M. Curatola
Bigger Bombs for a Brighter Tomorrow
The Strategic Air Command and American War Plans at the Dawn of the Atomic Age, 1945-1950
McFarland & Company, 2016

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Military HistoryNew Books in National SecurityNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network August 1, 2018 Bob Wintermute

Conventional wisdom has long held the position that between 1945 and 1949, not only did the United States enjoy a monopoly on atomic weapons, but that it was prepared to use them if necessary against an increasingly hostile Soviet Union.  This was not exactly the case, our guest John M.... Read More
William D. Godsey, “The Sinews of Habsburg Power: Lower Austria in a Fiscal-Military State, 1650-1820” (Oxford UP, 2018)
William D. Godsey
The Sinews of Habsburg Power
Lower Austria in a Fiscal-Military State, 1650-1820
Oxford University Press, 2018

New Books in Eastern European StudiesNew Books in European StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Military HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network July 17, 2018 Mark Klobas

During the 17th and 18th centuries, Austria established itself as one of the dominant powers of Europe, despite possessing much more limited fiscal resources when compared to its counterparts. In The Sinews of Habsburg Power: Lower Austria in a Fiscal-Military State, 1650-1820 (Oxford University Press, 2018), William D. Godsey uses... Read More
Guy Laron, “The Six-Day War: The Breaking of the Middle East” (Yale UP, 2017)
Guy Laron
The Six-Day War
The Breaking of the Middle East
Yale University Press, 2017

New Books in HistoryNew Books in Israel StudiesNew Books in Middle Eastern StudiesNew Books in Military HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in World AffairsNew Books Network July 16, 2018 Zeb Larson

The title of Guy Laron’s The Six-Day War: The Breaking of the Middle East (Yale University Press, 2017) says it all. As Laron notes in this interview, the fact that the war led to ongoing conflicts in the Middle East is an accepted interpretation of the war’s meaning. However, through his... Read More

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