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Military History
Interviews with scholars of military history about their new books.
July 1, 2026
Conscripting Breadwinner Soldiers in the Late Ottoman Empire
Conscripting Breadwinner Soldiers in the Late Ottoman Empire: Family, Law and War (Edinburgh UP, 2026) by Dr. Kate Dannies examines the gender and fam…
June 30, 2026
Doom Town, USA
In March 1953 and May 1955, government officials—including the Federal Civil Defense Administration (FCDA), the US Department of Defense, and the Atom…
June 26, 2026
Imperfect Equilibrium
Why has Russia's military struggled to adapt to the challenges of contemporary warfare? Despite years of attempts to improve its military capabilities…
June 25, 2026
China's Mahan
In 2012, China debuted its first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, a refurbished Soviet-era ship from Ukraine. The debut of the Liaoning was largely tha…
June 23, 2026
Disabled Empire
Disabled Empire: The Colonial Body in First World War Britain (U Chicago Press, 2026) examines how imperial precedents and racial ideologies shaped th…
June 23, 2026
The Firearm Revolution
In Renaissance Italy, the gun was not only a tool of war but also a desirable object, a luxury item carried at court. Guns were in use on the battlefi…
June 21, 2026
The Man Who Knew Russia
He’s been called the man academics love to hate. One time, when the author disclosed that he worked with Pipes, the colleague responded, “I will forgi…
June 14, 2026
A Popular History of Idi Amin's Uganda
Idi Amin ruled Uganda between 1971 and 1979, inflicting tremendous violence on the people of the country. How did Amin's regime survive for eight …
June 12, 2026
War at Arm's Length
An in-depth examination of how the United States can build more effective partner militaries. Military assistance has a bad reputation. Large-scale a…
June 10, 2026
The Work of Empire
In 1898, on the eve of the Spanish-American War, the US Army seemed minuscule and ill-equipped for global conflict. Yet over the next fifteen years, i…
June 9, 2026
Understanding Themistocles
Themistocles is one of the great personages of ancient Athens, known for his heroics in warfare as well as for his overweening and ultimately tragic a…
June 9, 2026
Out of the Sky
Was it one of the war’s most memorable feats of valor or an act of desperation, even madness? In Out of the Sky: Heroism and Rebirth in Nazi Europe…
June 4, 2026
Days of Love and Rage
From Pulitzer and National Book Award finalist Anand Gopal, an epic and enthralling account of six Syrians fighting for a better world, in the traditi…
June 3, 2026
The Criminal State
The Criminal State: War, Atrocity, and the Dream of International Justice (Princeton University Press, 2026) offers a gripping account of how law has …
June 3, 2026
The Home Front
Prior to the American Revolution, the urban centers of colonial North America had little direct experience of war. With the outbreak of violence, Brit…
May 28, 2026
Everyday Occupation
Chunmei Du is an Associate Professor of History at Lingnan University. Her work focuses on the social and cultural history of modern China, specifical…
May 28, 2026
After Barbary
After Barbary: Algeria's Roles in the French and American Empires (Cornell University Press, 2025) by Dr. Timothy Mason Roberts explores the connectio…
May 25, 2026
Catastrophic Diplomacy
Catastrophic Diplomacy: US Foreign Disaster Assistance in the American Century (UNC Press, 2023) offers a sweeping history of US foreign disaster assi…
May 25, 2026
The Birth of Psychological War
Jeffrey Whyte's book The Birth of Psychological War: Propaganda, Espionage, and Military Violence from WWII to the Vietnam War (Oxford UP, 2023) explo…
May 25, 2026
The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
Jeremy Yellen’s The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere: When Total Empire Met Total War (Cornell University Press, 2019) is a challenging transnat…