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MILITARY HISTORY SPecial DiScoUnt offer University Press of Kansas Phone: (785) 864-4155 • Fax: (785) 864-4586• www.kansaspress.ku.edu 1 Modern War Studies General Editor: Theodore A. Wilson University of Kansas Series Editors: Raymond A. Callahan University of Delaware J. Garry Clifford University of Connecticut Jacob W. Kipp Command & General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth Jay Luvaas U.S. Army War College Allan R. Millett Ohio State University Carol Reardon Pennsylvania State University Dennis E. Showalter Colorado College David R. Stone Kansas State University The Modern War Studies series provides a forum for the best of the new military history. The scope of this series is global, comparative, and comprehensive. It embraces topics as diverse as operations; biography; strategy and politics; civil-military relations; institutional, organizational, and social history; and the impact of technology on warfare from the mid-eighteenth century to the present. “The University Press of Kansas’s Modern War Studies series is one of the most vital sources for military titles today.” Stone & Stone Second World War Books “The University Press of Kansas publishes important, even groundbreaking, titles in military history, in particular Russian area studies.” Von Hardesty, author of Red Phoenix: The Rise of Soviet Air Power, 1941–1945 “The University Press of Kansas stands at the front ranks of publishers in military history.” Ed Strauss, Publisher, MHQ Special Discount offer 10% discount on one book 20% discount on order of 2–4 books 25% discount on order of 5 or more books contents World War II Vietnam Civil War Other wars and general military history Title Index Author Index Order form 3 14 19 28 44 46 47 2 University Press of Kansas • 2502 Westbrooke Circle • Lawrence KS 66045 World War II World War ii Main Selection of the Military Book Club from Stalingrad to Pillau Master of the German Air War A Red Army Artillery Officer Remembers James S. Corum “Field Marshal Wolfram von Richthofen was the Great Patriotic War Wolfram von richthofen one of the major figures within the German Isaak Kobylyanskiy Luftwaffe, the ground-attack commander par Edited by Stuart Britton excellence. Corum’s book—filled from beginning “A candid, accurate, and revealing picture of to end with really good myth-busting—is the life in a combat formation that played a first scholarly biography of this crucial figure significant role in many important Red Army and an essential addition to any library on the battles and operations during the Great war.”—Robert M. Citino, author of The German Patriotic War. . . . Covers forgotten or Way of War and Death of the Wehrmacht neglected aspects of the war in unprecedented “One of the most important books on the detail.”—David Glantz, author of Colossus Luftwaffe to appear in recent years.”—Edward Reborn: The Red Army at War, 1941–1943 Homze, author of Arming the Luftwaffe “A very good read, and a significant contribution 416 pages, illustrated to the work of scholars such as myself who (1598) $34.95 cloth take a keen interest in the social aspects of Fall 2008 soldiering in the Red Army.”—Roger Reese, author of Red Commanders: A Social History of through the Maelstrom the Soviet Army Officer Corps, 1918–1991 Boris Gorbachevsky Translated and edited by Stuart Britton Foreword by David M. Glantz 800 Days on the eastern front “This extraordinary memoir describes the A Russian Soldier Remembers wartime experiences of a rank-and-file Soviet World War II soldier who served for almost three harrowing Nikolai Litvin years as a front-line infantryman in four Red Translated and edited by Stuart Britton Army rifle divisions. With refreshing candor “Absorbing and thought-provoking, Litvin’s and a keen eye for detail, Gorbachevsky story reveals the perseverance, resourcefulness, describes both the tactical fighting in which and astonishing toughness of the typical Red he took part and the personalities and command Army soldier, and is a must-read for anyone styles of his superior commanders. . . . His interested in the Eastern Front or soldiers’ memoir is a superb literary work recalling the experiences in World War II.”—Reina grand style and eloquence of traditional Pennington, author of Wings, Women, and Russian literary works—in the spirit of the War: Soviet Airwomen in World War II Combat legendary Leo Tolstoy.”—David Glantz, from 176 pages, illustrated the Foreword Military Book Club Selection (1517) $24.95 cloth 496 pages, illustrated (1605) $34.95 cloth Fall 2008 Phone: (785) 864-4155 • Fax: (785) 864-4586• www.kansaspress.ku.edu 328 pages, illustrated (1566) $29.95 cloth A Red Army Soldier’s War on the Eastern Front, 1942–1945 3 World War II History Book Club Selection Military Book Club Selection Main Selection of the Military Book Club churchill and His Generals Death of the Wehrmacht Raymond Callahan Robert M. Citino “Incisive and informed, yet highly readable, this “This is a winner across the board by one of the excellent book will surprise and provoke even masters of operational history. The capstone to those who think they really know the Second his four-volume study on modern mobile World War. It puts Churchill in his place, warfare (see pages 6 and 39), it solidifies firmly yet fairly. Ranging across North Africa, Citino’s position among the very best scholars Europe, and Southeast Asia, Callahan turns who have written on the ‘German way of Britain’s ‘Forgotten Army’ in Burma into the war.’ ”—Dennis Showalter, author of Patton memorable centerpiece of this vivid story.” and Rommel —David Reynolds, author of In Command of 424 pages, illustrated (1531) $34.95 cloth History: Churchill Fighting and Writing the Second World War 336 pages, illustrated (1512) $34.95 cloth Winner of the Francis Parkman Prize The German Campaigns of 1942 Prelude to the final Solution The Nazi Program for Deporting Ethnic Poles, 1939–1941 the first Summit Roosevelt and Churchill at Placentia Bay, 1941 Revised Edition Theodore A. Wilson “The new material puts this book once again on the cutting edge of the historical debate. A most important book.”—J. Garry Clifford, author of The First Peacetime Draft 338 pages (0485) $17.95 paper Phillip T. Rutherford “Bit by bit, we are coming to understand the whole bizarre, cruel complex of Nazi racist policies. Rutherford has filled in an important section of that mosaic, illuminating the fate of those all-but-forgotten Polish victims and also showing us the links to the more deadly deportations to follow.”—Geoffrey P. Megargee, author of Inside Hitler’s High Command 344 pages, illustrated (1506) $34.95 cloth forgotten Survivors Battlefield chaplains Catholic Priests in World War II Polish Christians Remember the Nazi Occupation Donald F. Crosby, S.J. Foreword by Martin Blumenson “Crosby gives us a story never before told, in a style characteristic of the finest examples of America’s vast World War II literature.” —Eric Hammel, author of Guadalcanal 328 pages, illustrated (0814) $19.95 paper Edited by Richard C. Lukas “Lukas pays special attention to the sufferings of Poland’s Catholic majority, presenting stories from the resistance and the risings, from Auschwitz and Mauthausen, and from the death marches and forced labor camps. A wonderful testament to the survival of the human spirit in adversity.”—Norman Davies, author of God’s Playground: A History of Poland 240 pages, illustrated (1350) $29.95 cloth 4 University Press of Kansas • 2502 Westbrooke Circle • Lawrence KS 66045 World War II History Book Club Selection Military Book Club Selection Reader’s Subscription Selection Winner of the Colby Award Hitler’s Jewish Soldiers Hitler Strikes Poland Blitzkrieg, Ideology, and Atrocity Alexander B. Rossino “Up to now, Operation Tannenberg, the Nazi assault on Poland, has been overshadowed by the enormous literature on Operation Barbarossa. Rossino’s book more than corrects that imbalance with a gripping account that conveys a real feel for those grim times and places.”—Michael Burleigh, author of The Third Reich: A New History 360 pages, illustrated (1234) $34.95 cloth (1392) $17.95 paper History Book Club Selection The Untold Story of Nazi Racial Laws and Men of Jewish Descent in the German Military Bryan Mark Rigg “An unexplored and confounding chapter in the history of the Holocaust.”—Warren Hoge, New York Times “The revelation that Germans of Jewish blood, knowing the Nazi regime for what it was, served Hitler as uniformed members of his armed forces must come as a profound shock. It will surprise even professional historians of the Nazi years.”—John Keegan, author of The Face of Battle and The Second World War 496 pages, illustrated (1178) $29.95 cloth (1358) $16.95 paper the Gi’s rabbi World War II Letters of David Max Eichhorn Hitler’s Police Battalions Edited by Greg Palmer and Mark S. Zaid Edward B. Westermann Introduction by Doris L. Bergen Foreword by Dennis Showalter “An amusing, disturbing, and enlightening look “The first truly comprehensive analysis of how the at the American Army in Europe in World German police came to be transformed into an War II through the eyes of a Jewish chaplain. essentially militarized murder machine in the A great read.”—Gerhard L. Weinberg, author service of National Socialist ideology. An outof A World at Arms standing work of scrupulous research, profound 312 pages, illustrated insight, and balanced judgment.”—Gerhard L. (1356) $29.95 cloth Weinberg, author of A World at Arms Enforcing Racial War in the East the Bombing of auschwitz Should the Allies Have Attempted It? 256 pages, illustrated (1371) $34.95 cloth Edited by Michael J. Neufeld and Michael Berenbaum “An intense book and one that deserves a wide readership. . . . It cuts to the core of Allied policy on Jewish affairs during the war and on the changes that have transpired in attitudes toward the Holocaust since the war ended.” —Jewish Book World 368 pages, illustrated (1280) $17.95 paper in the Shadow of the Holocaust Nazi Persecution of Jewish-Christian Germans James F. Tent “An important book of great interest to all students of twentieth-century Germany.”—Walter Laqueur, editor of The Holocaust Encyclopedia 288 pages (1228) $29.95 cloth Phone: (785) 864-4155 • Fax: (785) 864-4586• www.kansaspress.ku.edu 5 World War II Main Selection of the Military Book Club Main Selection of the Military Book Club the German Way of War From the Thirty Years’ War to the Third Reich Battle for the ruhr The German Army’s Final Defeat in the West Robert M. Citino Derek S. Zumbro “Takes the reader on a sweeping march through “Superbly written and researched, this is one of 300 years of Prussian/German military history the best books about the closing days of World and operational thought as Citino explains the War II. Zumbro does a brilliant job of telling ‘why’ of the German style of waging operathe story of the collapse of the Third Reich tional war. Citino does an exceptional job from the German perspective.”—James S. explaining the operational conduct of the Corum, author of The Roots of Blitzkrieg German army during both world wars and how 464 pages, illustrated (1490) $34.95 cloth its style of fighting eventually contributed to the defeat of the Third Reich.”—Armor Winner of the Society for Military History “A fascinating and important book that Distinguished Book Award challenges many conventional ideas.” Main Selection of the History Book Club —Journal of Military History Geoffrey P Megargee . “In this meticulously documented work, Megargee does much to dispel the belief that History Book Club Selection in WW II the Third Reich failed because a Military Book Club Selection militarily incompetent Adolf Hitler and a Victory at Mortain small circle of yes-men consistently overrode Stopping Hitler’s Panzer the professional judgment of the German General Staff. An immensely illuminating Counteroffensive work that casts plenty of blame all around, Mark J. Reardon this will surely provoke much discussion.” “The definitive account of the defeat by the U.S. Army of the best operational counterattack —Publishers Weekly 352 pages, illustrated by the Wehrmacht during the D-Day campaign.” (1015) $34.95 cloth —Dennis E. Showalter, author of Tannenberg 384 pages, illustrated (1158) $39.95 cloth (1295) $15.95 paper (1187) $17.95 paper 448 pages, illustrated (1410) $34.95 cloth (1624) $24.95 paper inside Hitler’s High command Hitler’s Volkssturm arming against Hitler France and the Limits of Military Planning The Nazi Militia and the Fall of Germany, 1944–1945 Eugenia C. Kiesling “A brilliantly written and important book that adds substantially to our understanding of the French experience in 1928–1939.”—Robert Doughty, author of The Seeds of Disaster 274 pages (1109) $19.95 paper David K. Yelton “The best account on the Volkssturm, Hitler’s last levy of the too old and the too young. Exemplary in scope, thoroughness, and analysis.”—Horst Boog, editor of The Conduct of the Air War in the Second World War 344 pages, illustrated (1192) $39.95 cloth 6 University Press of Kansas • 2502 Westbrooke Circle • Lawrence KS 66045 World War II History Book Club Selection Main Selection of the Military Book Club in Deadly combat A German Soldier’s Memoir of the Eastern Front corps commanders of the Bulge Six American Generals and Victory in the Ardennes Harold R. Winton “An exceptional work that deftly blends biography, military history, and story-telling to illuminate the largest battle fought by the U.S. Army in World War II. Winton never loses sight of the men in the maelstrom, and his group portrait of six American corps commanders enhances our understanding of this epic fight.”—Rick Atkinson, Pulitzer Prizewinning author of An Army at Dawn 528 pages, illustrated (1508) $39.95 Winner of the Forrest C. Pogue Prize Winner of the New York Military Affairs Symposium Best Book Award Main Selection of the Military Book Club Gottlob Herbert Bidermann Translated and edited by Derek S. Zumbro “An unforgettable account of life and death under almost impossible circumstances. Released for the first time in English, Bidermann’s story offers battle descriptions of unprecedented detail.”—History Book Club Review 346 pages, illustrated (1122) $17.95 paper Winner of the Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award and the Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Book Award History Book Club Selection the Gi offensive in europe The Triumph of American Infantry Divisions closing with the enemy Peter R. Mansoor “From the mobilization of an ill-trained and poorly equipped army in 1940 to the juggernaut of 69 infantry divisions by 1945, Mansoor provides a thoughtful and highly readable analysis along the bloody road to victory over the German army. A powerful story; strongly recommended.”—Library Journal 362 pages, illustrated (1226) $17.95 paper How GIs Fought the War in Europe, 1944–1945 Michael D. Doubler “The best single book I have ever read on the GI and his officers. Destined to become a military classic.”—Stephen E. Ambrose, author of D-Day, June 6, 1944 368 pages, illustrated (0744) $17.95 paper Germany and the axis Powers From Coalition to Collapse Richard L. DiNardo Foreword by Dennis Showalter “An exceptionally informative and valuable exploration of one of the major reasons for German defeat—and one of the most striking contrasts between the Allied and Axis war efforts.”—World War II 320 pages, illustrated (1412) $34.95 cloth the Propaganda Warriors America’s Crusade Against Nazi Germany Clayton D. Laurie “An objective and powerful accounting of the U.S. propaganda campaign, invaluable to anyone interested in the history of propaganda and psychological warfare.”—Journal of Military History 352 pages, illustrated (0765) $35.00 cloth Phone: (785) 864-4155 • Fax: (785) 864-4586• www.kansaspress.ku.edu 7 World War II Hell in Hürtgen forest History Book Club Selection The Ordeal and Triumph of an American Infantry Regiment Stopped at Stalingrad Robert Sterling Rush “This book is superb! It is not only great combat history, but it provides a wealth of new information on how the United States Army fought the ETO campaign. Rush shatters long-held concepts on U.S. v. German performance and practice. He describes the horror and agony of close combat and puts the reader in the line with the infantryman. This provocative and informative volume is essential for the historian’s bookshelf.” —Edward G. Miller, author of A Dark and Bloody Ground 432 pages, illustrated (1360) $17.95 paper History Book Club Selection The Luftwaffe and Hitler’s Defeat in the East, 1942–1943 Joel S. A. Hayward “A comprehensive view of one of the most important air campaigns of World War II. A must read for anyone interested in airpower history.” —James S. Corum, author of The Luftwaffe: Creating the Operational Air War, 1918–1940 412 pages, illustrated (0876) $39.95 cloth (1146) $19.95 paper flak German Anti-Aircraft Defenses, 1914–1945 Hitler’s northern War The Luftwaffe’s Ill-Fated Campaign, 1940–1945 Adam R. A. Claasen “An important and original contribution to the history of military airpower in World War II.” —James Corum, author of The Luftwaffe 368 pages, illustrated (1050) $39.95 cloth Edward B. Westermann “This book will stand for years as the definitive history of flak and air defense in Europe in World War II.”—James Corum, author of The Luftwaffe “There is nothing comparable to Westermann’s account.”—Horst Boog, author of Die Deutsche Luftwaffenführung, 1935–1945 448 pages, illustrated (1420) $24.95 paper fDr and the Soviet Union The President’s Battles over Foreign Policy Mary E. Glantz “FDR fought two battles over his wartime policies toward the Soviet Union: one with that suspicious, recalcitrant ally—the other with his own bureaucrats and diplomats. Glantz’s fine study neatly places both battles within the complex context of Roosevelt’s maneuverings aimed at holding the Grand Alliance together while constructing a lasting postwar peace.” —Warren F Kimball, author of The Juggler: . Franklin Roosevelt as Wartime Statesman 264 pages (1365) $34.95 cloth Secret Messages Codebreaking and American Diplomacy, 1930–1945 David Alvarez “Lucid, comprehensive, and frequently entertaining. . . . The new archival records and other sources (including declassified NSA oral histories and the author’s own interviews with veterans) permit the first reconstruction of the mind-boggling work, the frustrations, the strokes of incredible luck, and the cast of extraordinary characters.”—Wilson Quarterly 302 pages, illustrated (1013) $35.00 cloth 8 University Press of Kansas • 2502 Westbrooke Circle • Lawrence KS 66045 World War II Military Book Club Selection Stalin’s Guerrillas attack of the airacobras Dmitriy Loza Kenneth Slepyan Translated and edited by James F. Gebhardt “Brilliantly researched and superbly written, this book is a stunning achievement that Foreword by Frank Borman promises to become an instant classic.” Introduction by Von Hardesty —Jeffrey Burds, author of Peasant Dreams and “Loza’s fascinating and insightful book shows Market Politics that the seemingly obsolete P-39 aircraft did “Opens a new window on Soviet politics and much more than ‘tank busting’ on the Eastern society by describing the contests over Front. Providing a rare insider’s look at Russian identity, citizenship, masculinity, and nation.” air operations, it’s a welcome addition to the —Mark von Hagen, author of Soldiers in the history of the air war in World War II.” Proletarian Dictatorship: The Red Army and the —Von Hardesty, author of Red Phoenix Soviet Socialist State, 1917–1930 392 pages, illustrated 424 pages, illustrated (1480) $34.95 cloth (1140) $34.95 cloth Soviet Partisans in World War II Soviet Aces, American P-39s, and the Air War against Germany Stalin’s Secret War Wings, Women, and War Soviet Counterintelligence against the Nazis, 1941–1945 Soviet Airwomen in World War II Combat Robert W. Stephan “Should be read by anyone interested in the history of intelligence or of World War II.” —John Ferris, author of Intelligence in the Second World War 384 pages, illustrated (1279) $34.95 cloth History Book Club Selection Reina Pennington Foreword by John Erickson “Pennington conveys wholly fresh, vivid, often unique and revealing insights. It is impossible not to be stirred, even appalled, by the fate of some of these women. This deeply moving book will make a considerable impact.” —John Erickson, author of The Road to Stalingrad 312 pages, illustrated (1145) $29.95 cloth (1554) $24.95 paper Sharing Secrets with Stalin How the Allies Traded Intelligence, 1941–1945 fighting with the Soviets Bradley F. Smith “This highly readable, impeccably researched, and brilliant book casts fascinating new light on the tense relations between the Americans, British, and Soviets during the war.” —International History Review “A very impressive and important work.” —Journal of Military History 328 pages (0800) $35.00 cloth The Failure of Operation FRANTIC, 1944–1945 Mark J. Conversino “Conversino’s story is as interesting as it is unfamiliar and succeeds in opening up FRANTIC’s many dimensions, including the personal, political, strategic, and operational.” —Dennis Showalter, author of Tannenberg 280 pages, illustrated (0808) $35.00 cloth Phone: (785) 864-4155 • Fax: (785) 864-4586• www.kansaspress.ku.edu 9 World War II History Book Club Selection “David Glantz is the foremost Western Stumbling colossus interpreter of the Soviet military in the The Red Army on the Eve of World War Second World War.” David M. Glantz —Journal of Military History “This book represents the most thorough and intensive examination of the state of the Red Army in 1941 yet to appear. It investigates colossus reborn every aspect of the Soviet military establishThe Red Army at War, 1941–1943 ment, command, deployment, mobilization, David M. Glantz reserves, the Soviet soldier himself, and above “A superb historian and a brilliant detective.” all, combat readiness, using Soviet and German archives. Glantz’s evidence is —New York Review of Books “Indisputably the West’s foremost expert on the unchallengeable, his sources unimpeachable, his conclusion incontestable.”—John subject.”—The Atlantic “Glantz’s unrivalled command of Soviet sources Erickson, author of The Road to Stalingrad “Accessible to the general reader and has produced a body of work that has fundaindispensable to the specialist.”—Journal of mentally revised our knowledge of the Eastern Military History Front in World War II.” —Slavic Review “The world’s top scholar of the Soviet-German War.”—Journal of Military History 816 pages, illustrated (1353) $39.95 cloth 424 pages, illustrated (0879) $39.95 cloth Main Selection of the History Book Club companion to Colossus Reborn Key Documents and Statistics Zhukov’s Greatest Defeat The Red Army’s Epic Disaster in Operation Mars, 1942 David M. Glantz David M. Glantz A volume for anyone who would like a richer “The Soviet dead, missing and wounded in Operation Mars were estimated at a staggering and more complete documentary and 335,000. Drawing upon recently declassified statistical foundation for Colossus Reborn. Its contents include key documents relating to the Russian archival materials, Glantz brings Operation Mars vividly to life. He describes every-day lives of the Red Army’s soldiers, a the appalling carnage that occurred in the full roster of the senior command cadre forests, mud, fog, freezing temperatures and during wartime, a description of the army’s raging snowstorms of western Russia.” weaponry and equipment, and an exhaustively —New York Times Book Review detailed listing of the Red Army’s and NKVD’s order of battle at six crucial points from June “This gripping study of the Soviet counter22, 1941, through December 31, 1943. offensive—a work of permanent value— 224 pages reveals the full extent of Zhukov’s failure.” (1359) $35.00 cloth —New York Review of Books “Vivid, powerful, compelling.”—World War II 448 pages, illustrated (0944) $39.95 cloth (1417) $19.95 paper 10 University Press of Kansas • 2502 Westbrooke Circle • Lawrence KS 66045 World War II Main Selection of the History Book Club Spring 1944 David M. Glantz and Jonathan M. House “The definitive analysis of Kursk. Ranks among David M. Glantz “Glantz’s study corrects a sixty-year misinterthe decade’s most distinguished works of pretation of Soviet Army operations along the military history.”—Dennis Showalter in the Romanian approaches to the Balkans in 1944 History Book Club Review and adds tremendously to our understanding “The most detailed, authoritative, and thorough of the war’s conduct in the east.”—Roger Reese, analysis of the massive battle that led to the author of Red Commanders: A Social History of final victory of the Red Army over the Germans. the Soviet Army Officer Corps, 1918–1991 This outstanding book deserves the highest praise.”—Malcolm Mackintosh, author of “With his usual command of the sources and Juggernaut: A History of Soviet Armed Forces devotion to detail, Glantz once again brings to light a little-known episode of the struggle on “An outstanding reference work on one of the the Eastern Front. . . . Essential reading for most significant battles of World War II.” students of World War II.”—Richard L. —Journal of Military History DiNardo, author of Germany and the Axis 496 pages, illustrated (0978) $34.95 cloth Powers: From Coalition to Collapse (1335) $17.95 paper “Glantz is once again at the top of his form.” —Dennis Showalter, author of Patton and Main Selection of the History Book Club Rommel: Men of War in the Twentieth Century the Battle of Kursk red Storm over the Balkans The Failed Soviet Invasion of Romania, When titans clashed How the Red Army Stopped Hitler 462 pages, illustrated (1465) $39.95 cloth David M. Glantz and Jonathan M. House “A remarkable account of the Red Army’s defeat History Book Club Selection of the Wehrmacht, arguably the most dramatic the Battle for leningrad, and defining event of the twentieth century.” 1941–1944 —History: Reviews of New Books David M. Glantz “Now, Western readers can learn for the first “An original and important contribution not time the full extent of the Soviet achievement. only to the Battle for Leningrad but also to a Essential reading for anyone wanting to know wider understanding of the Great Patriotic the true story of how the Red Army snatched War. Drawing upon previously unavailable or victory in 1945 from the jaws of defeat in neglected Soviet and German sources, it 1941.”—Washington Post Book World provides a major corrective to the shortcomings “The best book yet published on the epic of previous accounts and will stand as a Russo-German War of 1941–1945 and the significant and durable achievement on a first written entirely from the Soviet point of subject that continues to fascinate.”—John view, drawn completely from Russian archives Erickson, author of The Road to Stalingrad only recently declassified.”—World War II “An outstanding contribution to the study of “Required reading for all who seek to understand the Second World War as it was fought on the the Second World War and its aftermath.” Eastern Front.”—Malcolm Mackintosh, author —Journal of Military History of Juggernaut: A History of Soviet Armed Forces 432 pages, illustrated (0899) $17.95 paper 704 pages, illustrated (1208) $39.95 cloth Phone: (785) 864-4155 • Fax: (785) 864-4586• www.kansaspress.ku.edu 11 World War II History Book Club Selection tracking the axis enemy Macarthur’s Ultra The Triumph of Anglo-American Naval Intelligence Codebreaking and the War against Japan, 1942–1945 Alan Harris Bath “A fine work that demonstrates how the combined talents of the alliance produced a vastly superior intelligence product and shortened a fearsome war.”—John Prados, author of Combined Fleet Decoded 280 pages (0917) $34.95 cloth Edward J. Drea “This important study belongs in all World War II collections.”—Library Journal “A valuable source for understanding the interrelationship of ULTRA, personality, high strategy, and operations in the war against Japan.”—Journal of Military History 312 pages, illustrated (0576) $15.95 paper Main Selection of the History Book Club D-Day 1944 Edited by Theodore A. Wilson Macarthur’s Jungle War Foreword by John S.D. Eisenhower The 1944 New Guinea Campaign “Contains essays by the world’s leading Stephen R. Taaffe scholars on the invasion of France, covering “Taaffe shows how conflicting egos, interserall aspects of the greatest amphibious assault vice rivalries, enemy blunders, and human in history, combining new information and bravery combined to achieve an important scholarship in a highly readable and instructive victory in the Pacific war. A vibrant work of volume. Recommended without hesitation.” military history.”—Michael Schaller, author —Stephen E. Ambrose, author of The Great of Douglas MacArthur and Noble Undertaking 328 pages 390 pages, illustrated (0674) $22.50 paper (0870) $35.00 cloth History Book Club Selection Victory in europe 1945 Edited by Arnold A. Offner and Theodore A. Wilson In this provocative collection, senior scholars explore the transition from war to uneasy peace: how and why the war ended as it did, whether a different resolution was possible, and if the ensuing Cold War was inevitable. Contributors: Anna M. Cienciala, J. Garry Clifford, Ronan Fanning, David Hogan, Warren F Kimball, Arnold A. Offner, Vladimir . V. Pozniakov, Mark A. Stoler, Hal E. Wert, Theodore A. Wilson, Randall Woods. 320 pages (1039) $39.95 cloth Hitler’s Japanese confidant – General Oshima Hiroshi and MAGIC Intelligence, 1941–1945 Carl Boyd Foreword by Peter Paret “One of the finest works yet to appear in the growing field of World War II communications intelligence. Boyd has an unparalleled grasp of the MAGIC files.”—Journal of American History 296 pages, illustrated (1189) $19.95 paper 12 University Press of Kansas • 2502 Westbrooke Circle • Lawrence KS 66045 World War II General Walter Krueger Kevin C. Holzimmer the Birth of the Postwar World J. Robert Moskin “This important volume makes a convincing case for Krueger in the pantheon of American With a new preface by the author military heroes.”—Army “A notable achievement in making a complex“Holzimmer has done a remarkable job of and crucial-period of history accessible to the setting the record straight. Anyone interested ordinary reader.”—Wall Street Journal in the Second World War in the Pacific, or the 408 pages exercise of senior level command, would be (1184) $19.95 paper well served to read this work.”—Journal of History Book Club Selection Military History 344 pages, illustrated (1500) $39.95 cloth Unsung Hero of the Pacific War Mr. truman’s War The Final Victories of World War II and Macarthur’s airman Secret Weapons and World War ii Japan in the Shadow of Big Science General George C. Kenney and the War in the Southwest Pacific Walter E. Grunden “A path-breaking tour de force. There’s no work quite like it in its comprehensive coverage across a range of major weapons systems, in the 368 pages, illustrated depth of its analysis, or in its expert use of the (0909) $39.95 cloth most important Japanese as well as Englishlanguage sources.”—Mark R. Peattie, coauthor Prisoners in Paradise of Sunburst: The Rise of Japanese Naval Air Power American Women in the Wartime “Beautifully written and impressively researched, South Pacific Grunden’s splendid work is a real gem.” Theresa Kaminski —Michael A. Barnhart, author of Japan “Some of the least known but most interesting Prepares for Total War World War II narratives involve the experiences 304 pages, illustrated of civilian and military American women (1383) $39.95 cloth living in the South Pacific during the Japanese occupation.”—Library Journal Thomas E. Griffith, Jr. “A model work of military history that brings to life the drama of air warfare in the Southwest Pacific.”—Michael Schaller, author of Douglas MacArthur Since You Went away Bombs, cities, and civilians Edited by Judy Barrett Litoff and David C. Smith American Airpower Strategy in “A wonderful volume, full of admirable women World War II struggling in a difficult situation, doing their Conrad C. Crane best for their families and their country. “A welcome and especially timely contribution Highly recommended.”—Stephen E. Ambrose, to the debate on the morality of strategic author of Eisenhower bombing.”—American Historical Review 310 pages, illustrated (0714) $16.95 paper 208 pages, illustrated (1103) $17.95 paper Phone: (785) 864-4155 • Fax: (785) 864-4586• www.kansaspress.ku.edu World War II Letters from American Women on the Home Front 294 pages, illustrated (1003) $34.95 cloth 13 Vietnam Vietnam Military Book Club Selection the cambodian campaign the oSS and Ho chi Minh Unexpected Allies in the War against Japan Dixee R. Bartholomew-Feis “A gripping and insightful account of America’s John M. Shaw first foray into the quagmire of Vietnam. “As a military history, this book succeeds Highly recommended for the specialist and brilliantly. Shaw deftly recounts the planning, the lay reader alike.”—William J. Duiker, execution, and results of the invasion. . . . An author of Ho Chi Minh: A Life important addition to the revisionist literature on this under-explored episode of the Vietnam “A fascinating book that captures the sense of intrigue and frustration in Indochina in the experience. It is recommended for those seeking closing days of World War II. . . . An essential to understand the military aspects of the volume for understanding later U.S. involveconflict, as well as the Nixon administration’s ment in Vietnam.”—Edward J. Drea, author efforts to bring the war to a satisfactory of MacArthur’s ULTRA: Codebreaking and the conclusion.”—Journal of American History War against Japan, 1942–1945 “Our leaders in Washington and Baghdad “Indispensable reading.”—Dale Andradé, should add this book to their reading lists.” author of America’s Last Vietnam Battle —Proceedings, U.S. Naval Institute 236 pages, illustrated (1405) $34.95 cloth 446 pages, illustrated (1431) $34.95 cloth The 1970 Offensive and America’s Vietnam War arVn Diem’s final failure Life and Death in the South Vietnamese Army Prelude to America’s War in Vietnam Robert K. Brigham “A major contribution to our understanding of the Republic of Vietnam and its armed forces, of the reasons for U.S. failure in Vietnam, and, more important, of the human impact of that failure.”—International History Review “As we struggle to help create a new army in Iraq today, we can find in Brigham’s narrative a host of insights and lessons that could have direct application in Southwest Asia. I recommend it unreservedly to today’s armor officer of any grade. . . . This book serves as a great case study in how not to build an army, an extremely valuable lesson for today.” —Armor 192 pages, illustrated (1433) $29.95 cloth Philip E. Catton “A fresh and provocative look at a neglected but crucial period during the Vietnam War. Catton’s penetrating study explodes the contrasting portrayals of Ngo Dinh Diem as villain or savior to present a more nuanced view of one of the war’s most tragic figures.”—William J. Duiker, author of Ho Chi Minh: A Life “In reminding readers of our tendency not to understand the forces at work in situations like Vietnam, Catton has served up a lesson that is most relevant to the times, as American forces and administrators struggle mightily to exploit military success in tribal environments like Afghanistan and Iraq.”—Parameters 280 pages, illustrated (1220) $39.95 cloth 14 University Press of Kansas • 2502 Westbrooke Circle • Lawrence KS 66045 Vietnam Military Justice in Vietnam William Thomas Allison Martial of Lieutenant Calley “For anyone interested in military justice during Michal R. Belknap the Vietnam War, this fascinating and well“A wise, discerning, and powerful account of a written book will be must reading. Without notable trial that illuminates the larger meaning ignoring the most familiar high-profile war of the Vietnam War. Belknap’s extraordinary crimes cases, Allison reaches far beyond them, analysis of the My Lai story skillfully explores exploring the diverse legal issues posed by the atrocities, the cover-up, and the political ordinary criminal prosecutions, military manipulation of the affair, and takes us beyond discipline, the drug problem, and even black contemporary journalism to the complex market dealings and currency manipulations. history of what happened-and why.”—Stanley He provides a unique look at how all of the Kutler, author of The Wars of Watergate services dealt with these concerns, while also 272 pages conveying what it was like to be an ordinary JAG (1212) $15.95 paper lawyer in Vietnam.”—Michal R. Belknap, author of The Vietnam War on Trial: The My Lai Massacre facing My lai and the Court-Martial of Lieutenant Calley Moving Beyond the Massacre “A unique and valuable book, based on Edited by David L. Anderson exemplary research, amazingly accurate in “An all-encompassing, multidimensional concept and detail, and wonderfully well examination of the massacre by a distinguished written.”—William G. Eckhardt, Chief group of historians, military journalists, poets, Prosecutor at the My Lai War Crimes Trials and novelists.”—Kirkus Reviews 256 pages “What is impressive about this excellent book is (1460) $34.95 cloth that all sides of the arguments are presented. Readers will find it hard to put down.”—Vietnam Winner of the Richard W. Leopold Prize Contributors include Stephen Ambrose, History Book Club Selection Seymour Hersh, David Halberstam, Tim O’Brien. The Rule of Law in an American War the Vietnam War on trial The My Lai Massacre and the Court- reporting Vietnam Media and Military at War William M. Hammond “Today’s military professional can see throughout this text the birth of our modern public Black Prisoner of War affairs doctrine. . . . A must read for any A Conscientious Objector’s military officer or member of the national Vietnam Memoir security community responsible for developing James A. Daly and Lee Bergman plans or strategies that may have an impact on Introduction by Jeff Loeb public opinion.”—Naval War College Review “Offers a unique perspective on events that “This is one of the most important books not just about the media and the Vietnam War but have been contested in American culture for decades.”—H. Bruce Franklin, author of M.I.A. about the war in general.”—American 298 pages, illustrated Historical Review 376 pages, illustrated (0911) $34.95 cloth (0995) $19.95 paper (1059) $40.00 cloth (1060) $17.95 paper 258 pages (0864) $29.95 cloth (1057) $16.95 paper Phone: (785) 864-4155 • Fax: (785) 864-4586• www.kansaspress.ku.edu 15 Vietnam Winner of the Link-Kuehl Prize, Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations the Vietnam War files Winner of the Robert H. Ferrell Book Prize and the Ohio Academy of History Book Award History Book Club Selection Jeffrey Kimball “An indispensable book on a significant Jeffrey Kimball “As Kimball shows in this enlightening volume, subject.”—Reviews in American History the president’s strategy for ending the war was “An enormously impressive work that lays bare the real Nixon and, along the way, reduces neither as swift, nor as straightforward, as the Nixon’s version of the war to a legend of his American people were led to believe. . . . An own making. Will be the standard work for important and gripping work, this volume is a understanding Nixon and Vietnam—both must-read for any serious student of the central to our contemporary history.” war.”—Publishers Weekly —Stanley Kutler, author of Abuse of Power “Kimball finally exposes the reality behind the myths circulated about Nixon and Vietnam for 512 pages (1190) $24.95 paper the past thirty years.”—Richard Reeves, author of President Nixon: Alone in the White House 384 pages, illustrated (1283) $34.95 cloth Uncovering the Secret History of Nixon-Era Strategy nixon’s Vietnam War Uncertain Warriors David M. Barrett Edited by John Prados and “Belongs on the small shelf of truly first-class Margaret Pratt Porter books on American policy in the Vietnam “Exciting as history and compelling as law, this War.”—William P. Bundy, editor of The World book gives us the secret documents from this Economic Crisis famous case—and shows how thin the govern- 296 pages (0631) $15.95 paper ment’s legal and factual arguments actually were.”—Anthony Lewis, author of Make No Law: The Sullivan Case and the irreparable Harm First Amendment A Firsthand Account of How One “The most complete, incisive and persuasive Agent Took on the CIA in an Epic study of those documents yet published. . . . Battle Over Free Speech Reading the transcripts of Nixon’s telephone Frank Snepp calls about whether to send the government to court is itself well worth the price of admisForeword by Anthony Lewis sion.” —Floyd Abrams, co-counsel to the “Vital to understanding the history of covert New York Times in the Pentagon Papers case operations in American foreign policy.” 260 pages —American Historical Review (1325) $29.95 cloth (1423) $17.95 paper 416 pages (1091) $17.95 paper inside the Pentagon Papers Lyndon Johnson and His Vietnam Advisers 16 University Press of Kansas • 2502 Westbrooke Circle • Lawrence KS 66045 Vietnam america’s last Vietnam Battle Dale Andradé Lost Its War James H. Willbanks “One of the best books on the Vietnam War.” —Washington Post Book World “An eminently readable narrative account of the American decisions that led to the abandonment “A masterful account of the last great engageof its Vietnamese ally. This is the finest account ment of the Vietnam War in which American to date of American military and political policy forces participated. . . . Andradé does his subject proud and sets a high standard for any from the aftermath of the Tet Offensive to the ‘fall’ of Saigon and should be considered who follow.”—Kirkus Reviews required reading by all students of the American “Andradé gives us the full panorama of this War in Vietnam, whether they are in the important campaign, and does it in a style classroom, the newsroom, or the war room.” of classic military history.”—Journal of —Journal of American History Military History “An engaging and thoughtful analysis of 500 pages, illustrated (1131) $24.95 paper Vietnamization. As Willbanks demonstrates, no expenditure of firepower, blood, or personal heroics can redeem flawed strategies Decent interval and policies.”—Vietnam An Insider’s Account of Saigon’s Halting Hanoi’s 1972 Easter Offensive abandoning Vietnam How America Left and South Vietnam Indecent End Told by the CIA’s Chief Strategy Analyst in Vietnam Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition Frank Snepp Winner of the Richard W. Leopold Prize With a new foreword by Gloria Emerson History Book Club Selection Military Book Club Selection “A great service to everyone’s understanding of what happened in Vietnam in the spring of Spies and commandos 1975. . . . Other accounts of that time will How America Lost the Secret War in have to be measured against what Snepp, from North Vietnam his unique and highly informed vantage point, Kenneth Conboy and Dale Andradé has produced.”—Kevin Buckley, New York “From 1964 to 1972, the Defense Department Times Book Review oversaw one of the longest-running covert 636 pages, illustrated paramilitary operations in U.S. history. (1213) $24.95 paper Drawing upon extensive research and interviews, the authors have constructed a of Spies and lies readable, almost mission-by-mission account A CIA Lie Detector Remembers Vietnam of these operations. The book’s most riveting John F. Sullivan sections are the many suspenseful accounts of “Fascinating reading that’s revealing of both the cross-border missions.”—Publishers Weekly CIA’s Vietnam efforts and the daily life of agency “A marvelous book brimming with evidence officers in-country.”—John Prados, author of that a strategy of dealing with foreign The Hidden History of the Vietnam War dictators by plotting their removal is no 264 pages, illustrated strategy at all.”—Wall Street Journal (1168) $29.95 cloth 360 pages, illustrated (1147) $17.95 paper Phone: (785) 864-4155 • Fax: (785) 864-4586• www.kansaspress.ku.edu 384 pages, illustrated (1331) $39.95 cloth (1623) $24.95 paper 17 Vietnam launch the intruders The Marines at War in Vietnam Carol Reardon An Oral History “One of the finest cockpit views of the air war Otto J. Lehrack over Vietnam ever written. Reardon tells us the whole story of the war—from the missions “Many have tried to write about Vietnam, but flown and bombs dropped to the plight of the few—if any—can match the power, the candor, enlisted bomb handler and the story of the and the understated eloquence of Marines wives left behind. Her sensitivity for detail and telling their own stories in their own words.” context makes this book soar far above your —Col. John G. Miller, author of The Bridge typical squadron history or pilot memoir.” at Dong Ha —John Sherwood, author of Afterburner: 422 pages, illustrated (0534) $16.95 paper Naval Aviators and the Vietnam War “A winner! This is one of the finest small unit Winner of the Army Historical Foundation histories to come out of Vietnam or any other Distinguished Book Award war.”—John F. Guilmartin, Jr., author of A Very Short War: The Mayaguez and the Battle of Honorable Warrior Koh Tang General Harold K. Johnson and the Lewis Sorley “Sorley has crafted an excellent biography of Victory in Vietnam Johnson, using the general’s experiences during The Official History of the People’s Lyndon B. Johnson’s presidency to examine Army of Vietnam, 1954-1975 the policy-making processes that led to the American disaster in Southeast Asia. This superb Military History Institute of Vietnam work about a less-publicized leader is a useful Translated by Merle L. Pribbenow addition to the study of military history and “A rare insiders’ account of the history of the People’s Army of Vietnam. Carefully translated Vietnam.”—Journal of American History 374 pages, illustrated by Merle Pribbenow, it is chock-full of details (0886) $39.95 cloth about Hanoi’s decisions on war and politics. (0952) $19.95 paper Highly recommended.”—Douglas Pike, author of PAVN: People’s Army of Vietnam Vietnamese Women at War “Pribbenow’s fine translation of this important Fighting for Ho Chi Minh and PAVN official history of the war from 1954 to the Revolution 1975 contains much detail never before Sandra C. Taylor available in English. . . . A valuable resource “Proves that the Vietnam conflict was truly a for serious students of the Vietnam War.” revolutionary ‘people’s war’—not merely for —Edwin E. Moise, author of Tonkin Gulf and men but also for women. The general public the Escalation of the Vietnam War and the specialist can both benefit from reading 512 pages, 1 map (1175) $49.95 cloth this book.”—Journal of Military History 182 pages, illustrated (1256) $19.95 paper 440 pages, illustrated (1389) $34.95 cloth A Naval Attack Squadron in the Vietnam War, 1972 Winner of the Marine Corps Historical Foundation’s General Wallace M. Greene, Jr., Award no Shining armor Ethics of Command 18 University Press of Kansas • 2502 Westbrooke Circle • Lawrence KS 66045 Civil War civil War Edited by Steven E. Woodworth Earl J. Hess “These stimulating and insightful essays remind us of the collaborative nature of military “Generations of received wisdom and misconcommand and help us appreciate how Grant ception are laid to rest in this book, as at last persevered and ultimately prevailed in the real story of what soldiers thought of their weapons, how they used them, how good they directing the Union armies to victory.” —Brooks D. Simpson, author of Ulysses S. were—or weren’t—with them, and more are Grant: Triumph over Adversity, 1822–1865 brought to light. Did the rifle revolutionize warfare in the Civil War or didn’t it? Hess “A companion to Woodworth’s earlier collection addresses all this and more in a landmark of essays on top Union commanders that study.”—William C. Davis, author of The Cause matches the high quality of the original. . . . Lost: Myths and Realities of the Confederacy Offers incisive analysis of the men Grant entrusted with execution of his strategic plans. “This book is required reading, not just for Scholars and general readers will find much to students of the U.S. Civil War, but for anyone ponder in this fine book.”—Gary W. Gallagher, interested in the history of warfare.”—Mark author of The Confederate War Grimsley, author of Hard Hand of War 288 pages, illustrated (1607) $29.95 cloth Fall 2008 256 pages (1589) $34.95 cloth the rifle Musket in civil War combat Reality and Myth Grant’s lieutenants From Chattanooga to Appomattox Guide to the atlanta campaign Rocky Face Ridge to Kennesaw Mountain Edited by Jay Luvaas and Harold W. Nelson “These guides bridge the gap between sound military history and battlefield touring literature. They can be enjoyed without ever leaving the easy chair or they can become indispensable companions on tramps over the scenes of the greatest engagements of the Civil War.”—William C. Davis, author of Jefferson Davis: The Man and His Hour U.S. Army War College Guides to Civil War Battles (See page 27 more more information about this series.) 384 pages, illustrated, (1569) $39.95 cloth (1570) $17.95 paper Grant’s lieutenants From Cairo to Vicksburg Steven E. Woodworth The first of a two-volume reassessment of Grant’s officer corps, this book covers the war’s western theater through July 1863. Woodworth and his contributors demonstrate how each officer’s service contributed to Grant’s success, how interaction with Grant affected each officer’s career, and how the relationship ultimately contributed to the war’s final outcome. “In the long run, the relationships commanders forge with subordinates are no less important than the decisions they make on a battlefield. Informed, insightful and sometimes surprising, these essays extend and revise our perspective on Grant during the first three years of the Civil War. Highly recommended.”—Mark Grimsley, author of The Hard Hand of War 256 pages (1127) $29.95 cloth Phone: (785) 864-4155 • Fax: (785) 864-4586• www.kansaspress.ku.edu 19 Civil War History Book Club Selection Military Book Club Selection the War within the Union High command Winner of the Army Historical Foundation’s Distinguished Book Award History Book Club Selection Stephen R. Taaffe “This is one of the best Civil War books I have Thomas J. Goss read in a very long time. An insightful, elegantly “A detailed and comprehensive study of the written, thoroughly enjoyable narrative that rivalry between Union political and profesis informative, entertaining, and thoughtsional generals, acknowledging the virtues of provoking.”—Steven E. Woodworth, author of both, has been overdue. Goss has filled the need Nothing But Victory: The Army of the Tennessee, admirably.”—Russell F. Weigley in the 1861–1865 Washington Times “Subject to political interference from Washington “Goss’s argument is sure to create as much debate among modern readers as it did among and prone to nasty infighting among its officers, the Army of the Potomac wrestled mightily wartime participants. An important book.” with trying to establish a command team that —John F. Marszalek, author of Sherman: A would prevail over its Confederate counterpart, Soldier’s Passion for Order the Army of Northern Virginia. Sure to spark “A must read for all serious students of the discussion, Taaffe’s book offers a succinct Civil War and the institutional development overview of how generals rose—and fell—in the of the United States Army.”—Albert E. Union’s most famous field army.”—Brooks D. Castel, author of Decision in the West: The Simpson, author of Ulysses S. Grant: Triumph Atlanta Campaign of 1864 over Adversity, 1822–1865 320 pages, 1 figure (1263) $34.95 cloth 294 pages, illustrated (1451) $34.95 cloth Winner of the United States Civil War Center’s Best Book Award Politics and Generalship during the Civil War commanding the army of the Potomac citizen Sherman A Life of William Tecumseh Sherman Michael Fellman “Boldly argued and gracefully written.” —New York Times Book Review “Gripping and original, this is the definitive modern study of the Civil War’s most feared fighter.”—Chicago Tribune “A fascinating and readable book about a famous and furious man, brilliant, insightful, garrulous, complicated, tightly wound, energetic, aggressive, salty, angry, and racist.”—Washington Post Book World 500 pages, illustrated (0840) $19.95 paper the Union Soldier in Battle Enduring the Ordeal of Combat Earl J. Hess “The best book written on Civil War combat.” —Reid Mitchell, author of The Vacant Chair “Uniquely impressive, moving, haunting, profoundly illuminating.”—David Madden, Director, United States Civil War Center “The most telling examination of the experience of battle we have. It must be taken into account by all who would write or understand Civil War military history.”—William C. Davis, author of The Cause Lost 264 pages, illustrated (1421) $16.95 paper 20 University Press of Kansas • 2502 Westbrooke Circle • Lawrence KS 66045 Civil War Winner of the Henry Adams Prize History Book Club Selection lincoln and Davis lincoln’s rise to the Presidency William C. Harris “Illuminates Lincoln’s remarkable rise from obscurity to the presidency and shows in fresh detail how he acquired, and exercised, the political skills and the wisdom that made him a great leader when he got there.” —William Lee Miller, author of Lincoln’s Virtues: An Ethical Biography “An insightful account that convincingly portrays Lincoln as a tactically shrewd, strategically principled, and eloquently forceful leader and reconciler of the heterogeneous antislavery elements in both Illinois and the North at large.”—Michael Burlingame, author of The Inner World of Abraham Lincoln 424 pages, illustrated (1520) $34.95 cloth Imagining America, 1809–1865 Brian R. Dirck “Provides fascinating new insights into the personalities and policies of Lincoln and Davis. In the process, it explores the crucial issue of national identity that served as the fulcrum of nineteenth-century politics—and social psychology. Innovative, insightful, and well-written, it offers a fresh perspective on some of the oldest issues in American history.”—David Shi, author of America: A Narrative History 344 pages, illustrated (1137) $34.95 cloth lincoln Seen and Heard Harold Holzer “Witty, perceptive and full of historical wisdom, Holzer is as engaging in print as he is on the many podiums he has graced with lectures about Lincoln. Readers will find an important arena that academic historians often overlook— how iconography in an age before the general use of photography and the emergence of television can be used to understand our Civil War past. A lively and original investigation.” —Civil War History 240 pages, illustrated (1001) $29.95 cloth History Book Club Selection Jefferson Davis, confederate President Herman Hattaway and Richard E. Beringer “A sprawling and detailed chronicle of the Confederate presidency that touches on almost every aspect of Confederate history, ranging from battle accounts, to logistical matters, to fiscal policy, to the course of slavery.”—William J. Cooper, Jr., author of Jefferson Davis, American: A Biography “Offering more than just a review of Davis’s policies and actions, the authors have created nothing less than a panorama of the rise and fall of the Confederate States. They are admirably even-handed in their treatment of Davis and display extraordinary insight in their assessment of the challenges he faced.”—Daniel E. Sutherland, author of Seasons of War: The Ordeal of the Confederate Community, 1861–1865 576 pages, illustrated (1170) $39.95 cloth (1293) $19.95 paper over lincoln’s Shoulder The Committee on the Conduct of the War Bruce Tap “Tap vividly portrays how the committee polarized Congress and the army, limited Lincoln’s strategic options, demoralized the Union’s top generals, and ultimately prolonged the war. A perceptive and engaging account, thorough and remarkably unbiased.” —Publishers Weekly 344 pages, illustrated (0871) $39.95 cloth Phone: (785) 864-4155 • Fax: (785) 864-4586• www.kansaspress.ku.edu 21 Civil War History Book Club Selection Bleeding Kansas Bloody Bill anderson Contested Liberty in the Civil War Era The Short, Savage Life of a Civil War Guerrilla Nicole Etcheson “A wonderful addition to the scholarship of this important period. Etcheson has written a remarkably thorough social and political history of the conflict, from the debates over the Kansas-Nebraska act to the Exoduster migration in the decades after the war. . . . Highly recommended.”—North & South “This superb account, accessible to general readers, will serve as the standard work on its subject and a major contribution to the history of the crisis-ridden 1850s.”—History: Reviews of New Books “Prodigiously researched and boldly written, Etcheson’s study reopens an important story in a thought provoking and compelling way.”—Michael Fellman, coauthor of That Terrible War 384 pages, illustrated (1287) $35.00 cloth (1492) $17.95 paper Albert Castel and Tom Goodrich “Anderson [was] the most savage and sadistic of all Civil War guerrillas. There is gore galore in this authoritative yet pulse quickening narrative of ‘bitter bloodshed,’ for no other rebel guerrilla was more clearly motivated by revenge than Bloody Bill.”—Daniel Sutherland in Civil War History 180 pages, illustrated (1434) $14.95 paper civil War St. louis Louis S. Gerteis “St. Louis is as important as any urban center outside of Washington and Richmond to the story of the Civil War. Gerteis does a masterful job of unraveling the tangled mix of ethnic, racial, political, religious, economic, and kinship groups that defined this robust, cosmopolitan city. In so doing, he shows that not all the drama of the war took place on the battlefield.”—Daniel E. Sutherland, author of Seasons of War 416 pages, illustrated (1361) $17.95 paper Seeding civil War Kansas in the National News, 1854–1858 Craig Miner “An ambitious and impressive recasting of the Kansas conflict within the context of American popular culture during the 1850s.”—Kenneth J. Winkle, coauthor of The Oxford Atlas of the Civil War 304 pages, illustrated (1612) $34.95 cloth Fall 2008 civil War Kansas Reaping the Whirlwind The Authorized Edition with a New Preface Albert Castel “A classic in the genre.”—James M. McPherson, author of Battle Cry of Freedom “A model study that casts great light on the troubled history of the Western border.” —David Herbert Donald, author of Lincoln 268 pages, illustrated (0872) $15.95 paper 22 University Press of Kansas • 2502 Westbrooke Circle • Lawrence KS 66045 Civil War Winner of the Lincoln Prize New York Times Book Review Notable Book Named one of the 100 Best Books on the Civil War by Civil War Magazine History Book Club Selection Honoring the civil War Dead Commemoration and the Problem of Reconciliation Decision in the West The Atlanta Campaign of 1864 Albert Castel “Stunningly original. Written in the present tense, it illuminates the campaign in clear and sometimes moving prose.”—New York Times Book Review “One of the most important, original books on the Civil War published in the past decade. Castel’s sharply revisionist interpretation of Sherman is bound to arouse much controversy.” —David Herbert Donald, author of Lincoln “Well-written and absorbing. May well stand as the definitive battle narrative of the Atlanta Campaign.”—American Historical Review 688 pages, illustrated (0748) $19.95 paper John R. Neff “A moving and detailed look at how our ancestors dealt with war deaths and how they worked their feelings into the fabric of their national personality, thereby shaping not only remembrance, but their own understanding of history. A very important work.”—William C. Davis, author of The Cause Lost 304 pages, illustrated (1366) $34.95 cloth While God is Marching on The Religious World of Civil War Soldiers lee, Grant and Sherman A Study in Leaderhip in the 1864–65 Campaign Steven E. Woodworth “A full, sweeping study of religion in Civil War armies, teeming with soldiers’ quotations. Moves to the forefront of all books treating faith among Johnny Rebs and Billy Yanks.” —James I. Robertson, Jr., author of Stonewall Jackson 368 pages, illustrated (1099) $35.00 cloth (1297) $19.95 paper Chosen by Civil War magazine as one of the 200 best books on the war Alfred H. Burne Introduction by Douglas Southall Freeman Foreword and endnotes by Albert Castel Out of print for more than fifty years, this is an unrecognized classic of Civil War history that presaged current scholarship by decades. Burne assesses the military leadership of Grant, Lee, Sherman, Hood, Johnston, Early, and Sheridan from mid-1864 to Appomattox, contradicting prevailing perceptions of the generals and even proposing that Grant’s military capabilities were inferior to Lee’s. 260 pages, illustrated (1072) $29.95 cloth (1073) $16.95 paper a People’s contest The Union and Civil War, 1861–1865 Second Edition, with a New Preface Phillip Shaw Paludan “One of the most thoughtful books ever written about the Civil War.”—Don E. Fehrenbacher in the Journal of Southern History “As you read this splendid book, you can see the whole twentieth century simmering in the cauldron of the war.”—New York Times Book Review 524 pages, illustrated (0812) $16.95 paper Phone: (785) 864-4155 • Fax: (785) 864-4586• www.kansaspress.ku.edu 23 Civil War Winner of the Fletcher Pratt Award History Book Club Selection the confederacy’s last Hurrah Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville civil War Generals in Defeat Steven E. Woodworth, Editor Wiley Sword “This collection is refreshing and well written. “Civil War history superbly reported by a master Readers will not entirely agree with each of the authors’ conclusions, but they will find it storyteller. Rendered in vivid colors with flesh-and-blood characters—just as it occurred.” an insightful and worthwhile study of the losing side of war.”—Civil War History —Ron Gragg, author of Confederate Goliath 248 pages, illustrated “Compellingly recreates the heroism, missed (0943) $29.95 cloth chances, political backbiting, and flawed rebel leadership.”—Kirkus 528 pages, illustrated (0650) $16.95 paper Winner of the Fletcher Pratt Award History Book Club Selection Winner of the Fletcher Pratt Award Main Selection of the History Book Club Jefferson Davis and His Generals The Failure of Confederate Command in the West Steven E. Woodworth “Brings alive the whole landscape of the Steven E. Woodworth Confederate war in the west in a clear and “Based mostly on private papers, letters, and persuasive fashion. Exceptionally well other primary sources, this well-written and highly illuminating work is not only an incisive written.”—Journal of Military History “Well-documented, very readable, and study of military command but a penetrating psychological analysis of Davis, Lee, and other sprinkled with touches of subtle humor, Woodworth’s effort goes behind and among key figures of the Confederacy.”—New York the events of history to reveal personalities Times Book Review and human relations that helped shape 440 pages, illustrated America.”—West Virginia History (0718) $29.95 cloth Davis and lee at War for courageous fighting and confident Dying Union Chaplains in the Civil War Warren B. Armstrong “Through impressive research in primary documents—letters, diaries, journals, official government reports—Armstrong provides the reader with a comprehensive account of the deeds, motives, influence, and example that chaplains rendered to the Union armies. An excellent book.”—Civil War History 184 pages, illustrated (0912) $24.95 cloth 400 pages, illustrated (0567) $16.95 paper Main Selection of the History Book Club the cause lost Myths and Realities of the Confederacy William C. Davis “A wonderful book, written by a man with full command of, and great love for, his subject. Davis grasps the war in its totality, decently and respectfully.”—Washington Times “These essays range widely and usefully through ‘the delicious ironies’ of the War of the Rebellion.”—Wall Street Journal 228 pages, illustrated (0809) $24.95 cloth (1254) $15.95 paper 24 University Press of Kansas • 2502 Westbrooke Circle • Lawrence KS 66045 Civil War History Book Club Selection Edwin De Leon Steven H. Newton Edited by William C. Davis “A well-researched, well-argued, and well“A rare first-hand account of Confederate written book that challenges the long-held view diplomacy. Expertly introduced by Davis and that Johnston was a failure as commanding filled with invaluable personal sketches and general in Virginia and that his wound at opinionated assessments of diplomatic Seven Pines and the subsequent elevation questions, De Leon’s account adds important of Robert E. Lee to command saved the detail to our knowledge of the Civil War’s Confederacy from disaster. Should cause international dimensions.” —George C. Civil War historians to take another look at Rable, author of The Confederate Republic Old Joe.”—John F. Marszalek in the Journal of 256 pages, illustrated (1411) $35.00 cloth American History 296 pages (0921) $29.95 cloth History Book Club Selecton Joseph e. Johnston and the Defense of richmond Secret History of confederate Diplomacy abroad Stonewall of the West Patrick Cleburne and the Civil War the Union that Shaped the confederacy Robert Toombs and Alexander H. Stephens William C. Davis “From its beguilingly clever title to its concluding quotation from Wordsworth, this study of a Civil War friendship is captivating. An engrossing read that will stand out in the crowded field of Civil War studies.” —Publishers Weekly 304, illustrated (1088) $29.95 cloth Craig L. Symonds “The heroic story of an outstanding Confederate commander. Symonds combines wellresearched narrative history and biography with a highly readable style in exploring the life of this exceptional man. A deserved tribute to a remarkable career.”—Kirkus 340 pages, illustrated (0820) $34.95 cloth (0934) $16.95 paper History Book Club Selection the confederacy’s Greatest cavalryman Nathan Bedford Forrest Brian Steel Wills Foreword by Emory M. Thomas “Surprisingly, given Forrest’s well-deserved fame as a first-rate combat general, Wills is the first scholar to present a truly balanced, objective portrait of the most persistently controversial figure the Civil War produced.”—Journal of American History 480 pages, illustrated (0885) $19.95 paper Hard Marching every Day The Civil War Letters of Private Wilbur Fisk, 1861–1865 Edited by Emil and Ruth Rosenblatt Foreword by Reid Mitchell “One of the finest records I know of what it was like to fight and win the Civil War.” —Geoffrey C. Ward, coauthor of the PBS documentary The Civil War “An unmatched record of the common Union soldier’s life.”—Washington Post Book World 400 pages (0529) $27.50 cloth (0681) $15.95 paper Phone: (785) 864-4155 • Fax: (785) 864-4586• www.kansaspress.ku.edu 25 Civil War Dear catharine, Dear taylor The Civil War Letters of a Union Soldier and his Wife Edited by Richard L. Kiper “These are great letters! They offer an extraordinary window into the emotional, familial, intellectual, and military experiences of two thoughtful and articulate Americans.” —Drew Gilpin Faust, author of This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War “Few examples of Civil War husband-and-wife correspondence possess the magnitude and depth one finds in this volume.”—John F . Marszalek, author of Sherman: A Soldier’s Passion for Order 424 pages, illustrated (1205) $34.95 cloth Women on the civil War Battlefront Richard H. Hall “Hall discloses one fascinating story after another of women who cross-dressed, deceived, and lied about their purposes and identities to participate in the Civil War. His research is exhaustive and this book will become an essential source for anyone interested in women in the Civil War.”—Civil War History “Hall has discovered a great deal of fresh, compelling, and fascinating material. A goldmine of information for military historians.”—Journal of Military History 408 pages, illustrated (1437) $34.95 cloth the Sable arm after the Glory Black Troops in the Union Army, 1861–1865 The Struggles of Black Civil War Veterans Dudley Taylor Cornish Foreword by Herman Hattaway “One of the one hundred best books ever written on the Civil War.”—Civil War Times Illustrated “A path-breaking work, written with grace and clarity. After thirty years, during which it has been read, cited, and used as a model, this book has achieved the richly deserved status of a classic.”—Civil War History 360 pages (0328) $14.95 paper Donald R. Shaffer “This valuable and long-awaited work provides a powerful social history of race and gender. It is a saga of triumph and tragedy, of limited and ambiguous victories, of black men struggling to find true freedom in postwar America.”—John David Smith, editor of Black Soldiers in Blue: African American Troops in the Civil War Era 292 pages, illustrated (1328) $34.95 cloth History Book Club Selection Albert Castel “This rich personal narrative is as engrossing as The European Inheritance a novel.”—Civil War Book Review Jay Luvaas “An absorbing and emotionally wrenching “Far and away the best analysis of the impact of glimpse at the toll taken on an intelligent, the Civil War on European military thought.” sensitive man by the strains of combat and —Russell F. Weigley, author of The American separation from his family.”—Booklist Way of War 272 pages, illustrated 288 pages, illustrated (0379) $14.95 paper (1049) $29.95 cloth the Military legacy of the civil War tom taylor’s civil War 26 University Press of Kansas • 2502 Westbrooke Circle • Lawrence KS 66045 Civil War the U.S. army War college Guides to civil War Battles The guides combine eyewitness accounts with explicit details about advances and retreats, leadership strategies, obstacles, achievements, and blunders to bring the exploits to life. They provide directions to key points of interest on the battlefield and maps that illustrate the action and show details of troop positions, roads, rivers, elevations, and tree lines as they were 130 years ago. Used in the field, these guides will help recreate the battle’s setting and proportions, giving the reader a sense of the physical and psychological obstacles each soldier faced. “These guides bridge the gap between sound military history and battlefield touring literature. They can be enjoyed without ever leaving the easy chair or they can become indispensable companions on tramps over the scenes of the greatest engagements of the Civil War.”—William C. Davis, former editor of Civil War Times Illustrated “These are the most thorough, detailed, and accurate books of their kind. Indeed, they are unique. I have used them to lead guided tours of several battlefields, with great success.” —James M. McPherson, author of Battle Cry of Freedom “I most highly recommend this important and valuable series of guidebooks.”—Herman Hattaway, coauthor of How the North Won the Civil War Guide to the atlanta campaign Rocky Face Ridge to Kennesaw Mountain Edited by Jay Luvaas and Harold W. Nelson 384 pages, illustrated (1569) $39.95 cloth (1570) $17.95 paper Guide to the Battles of chancellorsville and fredericksburg Edited by Jay Luvaas and Harold W. Nelson 382 pages, illustrated (0785) $14.95 paper Guide to the Battle of Shiloh Edited by Jay Luvaas, Leonard Fullenkamp, and Stephen Bowman 232 pages, illustrated (0782) $29.95 cloth (0783) $12.95 paper Guide to the Battle of chickamauga Edited by Matt Spruill 208 pages, illustrated (0596) $14.95 paper Guide to the Battle of antietam Edited by Jay Luvaas and Harold W. Nelson 336 pages, illustrated (0784) $14.95 paper Guide to the Vicksburg campaign Edited by Leonard Fullenkamp 432 pages, illustrated (0922) $39.95 cloth (0923) $17.95 paper Guide to the Battle of Gettysburg Edited by Jay Luvaas and Harold W. Nelson 256 pages, illustrated (0686) $12.95 paper Phone: (785) 864-4155 • Fax: (785) 864-4586• www.kansaspress.ku.edu 27 Other wars and general military history other wars and general military history rumsfeld’s Wars The Arrogance of Power the cold War U.S. army Building Deterrence for Limited War Dale R. Herspring “A brilliant work that provides superb insights and valuable lessons learned. This is a must read for all those who desire to understand and never repeat the mistakes of the past.” —General Anthony C. Zinni, USMC (Retired) “An important analysis of the impact of the most influential secretary of defense in several generations. Highly recommended.” —John A. Nagl, author of Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and Vietnam 288 pages (1587) $34.95 cloth Ingo Trauschweizer “Few authors illuminate the details and interactions of strategy, organization, doctrine, and technology as well as Trauschweizer has done here.”—Dave Hogan, author of Centuries of Service: The U.S. Army, 1775–2004 “Fills a significant gap in the military history of the twentieth century and deserves the attention of soldiers, historians, and the general public.” —Jonathan M. House, author of Combined Arms Warfare in the Twentieth Century 416 pages, illustrated (1578) $39.95 cloth our Man in Mexico Decoding clausewitz Jon Tetsuro Sumida “This is a major statement by a leading military Jefferson Morley historian. Sumida offers a convincing reevaluation of Clausewitz’s thought, his Foreword by Michael Scott magnum opus On War, and his continued “Every decade or so, a talented writer provides relevance to modern warfare. Since it makes a a genuinely new glimpse into the CIA’s great deal of the current literature obsolete, shadowy history. Morley’s account of legendary spymaster Winston Scott chronicles and since much of that literature has been a life led in secret, stretching from the agency’s written by established and formidable scholars, it is also bound to be controversial.” founding through Scott’s tenure as station —Robert Citino, author of The German Way chief in Mexico City. Morley tells this story of War with literary energy and an eye for the dark “Sumida gives us a new and compelling reading moments when intelligence stops making of On War. His analysis is elegantly written and sense.”—Thomas Powers, author of The entirely convincing. It is the study many of us Man Who Kept the Secrets: Richard Helms and have waited for: a deep understanding of the CIA Clausewitz whole.”—George W. Baer, author 384 pages, illustrated (1571) $34.95 cloth of One Hundred Years of Sea Power 224 pages (1616) $29.95 cloth Fall 2008 Winston Scott and the Hidden History of the CIA A New Approach to On War 28 University Press of Kansas • 2502 Westbrooke Circle • Lawrence KS 66045 Other wars and general military history the enemy of My enemy The Alarming Convergence of Militant Islam and the Extreme Right U.S. Presidents and latin american interventions George Michael Cold War Michael Grow “At once fascinating, shocking, and deeply disturbing, this book should be required “A stunning account that defines for our reading for anyone concerned about the future lifetime the meaning of the term ‘hegemony,’ of this country and the West.”—Steven with a graceful, inviting style that foregoes the Emerson, author of American Jihad: The strident tone of much of the literature on Terrorists Living among Us intervention. . . . Should be at the top of Washington’s reading list.”—Lars Schoultz, “A lucidly written, well argued history and author of Beneath the United States: A History analysis.”—Peter Bergen, author of The of U.S. Policy toward Latin America Osama bin Laden I Know 406 pages “An important addition to the literature on U.S. (1444) $34.95 cloth policy toward Latin America and the general literature on U.S. foreign policy during the Sister in the Band of Brothers Cold War.”—William LeoGrande, author of Our Own Backyard: The United States in Embedded with the 101st Airborne Central America, 1977–1993 in Iraq 304 pages Katherine M. Skiba (1586) $34.95 cloth “Day by bad day, Skiba gives us an intimate chronicle of what it was really like to be an embedded reporter in Iraq. Her story is Patrolling Baghdad unromantic, uncensored, often funny, always A Military Police Company and the vividly detailed and peopled by a wild cast of War in Iraq uniformed characters.”—James Tobin, author Mark R. DePue of Ernie Pyle’s War: America’s Eyewitness to “This is the best unit memoir to come out of World War II the Iraq War to date and is sure to become a 320 pages, illustrated military classic. It deserves the widest possible (1382) $29.95 cloth readership.”—Michael D. Doubler, author of Civilian in Peace, Soldier in War: The Army airpower in Small Wars National Guard Fighting Insurgents and Terrorists “DePue vividly captures the experiences of James S. Corum and Wray R. Johnson America’s citizen-soldiers at war. One can “An extraordinarily timely and illuminating almost taste the dust and feel the heat of work. With the United States embroiled in a Baghdad between the pages.”—Peter R. new era of quasi-imperial small wars, Corum Mansoor, director of the Counterinsurgency and Johnson make a major contribution to Center at Ft. Leavenworth and author of The our understanding of what airpower can and GI Offensive in Europe cannot do in such conflicts.”—Andrew J. 320 pages, illustrated Bacevich, author of American Empire: The (1498) $34.95 cloth Realities and Consequences of U.S. Diplomacy 560 pages, illustrated (1240) $24.95 paper Pursuing Regime Change in the Phone: (785) 864-4155 • Fax: (785) 864-4586• www.kansaspress.ku.edu 29 Other wars and general military history Military tribunals and Presidential Power in the name of national Security Louis Fisher Louis Fisher “Deeply researched, wonderfully written, Fisher’s book shines the light of reason on a “Fisher’s riveting account is at once authoritadark and dense area of law too often abused in tive and invaluable as a guide to the perplexthe name of national security. It is difficult to ing problem of coping with real and imagined terrorism in our time. Superb.”—Stanley Kutler, imagine a more timely work.”—John W. Dean, author of Worse Than Watergate: The Secret author of Abuse of Power Presidency of George W. Bush “Exhaustively researched and superbly well “A ripping good story and the best account I written, Fisher’s book is a ‘must read’ for any have read of how the executive branch lies its serious student of presidential power in time way to power. . . . Fisher has become a national of war. It also could not be more timely.” treasure and is the most rigorous and thought—Scott L. Silliman, Executive Director, ful contemporary scholar of our constitutional Duke University Center on Law, Ethics and system of government.”—William G. Weaver, National Security coauthor of Law and Presidential Secrecy 296 pages (1375) $35.00 cloth (1376) $16.95 paper 256 pages (1464) $34.95 cloth American Revolution to the War on Terrorism Unchecked Presidential Power and the Reynolds Case Presidential War Power Second Edition, Revised Louis Fisher Spanning the life of the Republic from the Revolutionary Era to the nation’s post–9/11 wars, this new edition covers military initiatives including the Use of Force Act, the Iraq Resolution of 2002, George W. Bush’s “preemption doctrine,” and his order authorizing military tribunals. “Intelligent and convincing.”—Washington Post Book World 334 pages (1332) $35.00 cloth (1333) $16.95 paper commanders in chief Presidential Leadership in Modern Wars Edited by Joseph G. Dawson III Foreword by Raymond G. O’Connor “A thoughtful and provocative evaluation of the character and abilities of the modern presidents at war. Worthwhile for both the classroom and the interested lay reader.” —Presidential Studies Quarterly 240 pages, illustrated (0579) $14.95 paper the Draft, 1940–1973 George Q. Flynn “An essential source for military, political, and diplomatic historians, and, indeed, for any student of the military in a democratic society.”—Journal of American History 406 pages, illustrated (1105) $24.95 paper the first Peacetime Draft J. Garry Clifford and Samuel R. Spencer “An excellent interpretive analysis of the emergence of peacetime conscription.” —American Historical Review 336 pages, illustrated (1102) $19.95 paper 30 University Press of Kansas • 2502 Westbrooke Circle • Lawrence KS 66045 Other wars and general military history the Pentagon and the Presidency Civil-Military Relations from FDR to George W. Bush the Kremlin and the High command Presidential Impact on the Russian Military from Gorbachev to Putin Dale R. Herspring Dale R. Herspring “A probing analysis of an important and Foreword by David M. Glantz enduring challenge for American democracy “An important and authoritative study that as current as today’s headlines.”—Peter D. provides one of the most perceptive, readable, Feaver, author of Armed Servants: Agency, and sure-footed analyses of a complex Oversight, and Civil-Military Relations phenomenon. . . . Essential reading for anyone “Unprecedented in breadth on this vital trying to understand the condition of Russia’s subject, The Pentagon and the Presidency will army and how it relates to civil authorities.” be regarded as one of the seminal works on —Richard Sakwa, author of Putin: Russia’s Choice U.S. civil-military relations. Sure to generate “Clearly and cogently catalogs the many debate, Herspring’s work is a must-read for problems the Russian state and its armed anyone interested in the critical national forces face, all the while suggesting solutions security issues that our nation will face in within the context of what has occurred in the the next decade.”—H. R. McMaster, author past.”—David M. Glantz, author of Colossus of Dereliction of Duty: Johnson, McNamara, Reborn: The Red Army at War, 1941–1943 the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies that Led 280 pages to Vietnam (1467) $34.95 cloth “Turns the discussion of civilian control of the military on its head. . . . Well written and the Soviet-afghan War highly recommended.” —John Allen Williams, How a Superpower Fought and Lost Chair and President, Inter-University Seminar The Russian General Staff on Armed Forces and Society Translated and Edited by Lester W. Grau 512 pages, illustrated and Michael A. Gress (1355) $45.00 cloth “This superb translation will generate wide(1491) $19.95 paper spread and unprecedented interest in the subject. Offering a candid view of a war that recruiting for Uncle Sam played a significant role in the ultimate demise Citizenship and Military Manpower of the Soviet Union, this book presents Policy analysis absolutely vital to Western policyDavid R. Segal makers, as well as to political, diplomatic, and “Brilliantly documented and powerfully military historians and anyone interested in presented.”—Charles Moskos, author of A Russian and Soviet history. It also provides Call to Civic Service insights regarding current and future Russian “In an area where muddled thinking is not struggles in ethnic conflicts both at and within uncommon, Segal’s book is a beacon of sound their borders, struggles that could potentially thought.”—Parameters destroy the Russian Federation.”—David M. 232 pages Glantz, coauthor of The Battle of Kursk (0549) $16.95 paper 392 pages, illustrated (1186) $17.95 paper Phone: (785) 864-4155 • Fax: (785) 864-4586• www.kansaspress.ku.edu 31 Other wars and general military history Xiaobing Li, Allan R. Millett, and Bin Yu, Translators and Editors “A fascinating volume offering insights into A House Burning what remains one of the most emotional and Allan R. Millett still controversial issues in modern Chinese “A superb, path-breaking, and highly revealing history—the Chinese experience in the narrative.”—Chen Jian, author of China’s Korean War. Until now the recollections of Road to the Korean War “Millett, one of the very best military historians China’s top military personnel, among them the most colorful and powerful in the Chinese writing today, has uncovered a wide variety of Communist leadership, have been inaccessible American and South Korean sources, heretoto most Americans. This volume helps us to fore unused or not fully exploited, to create a begin reconstructing the views of the ‘other rich narrative and analysis. His book far side’ in the not-so-Cold War.”—Gordon surpasses any other in describing and Chang, author of Friends and Enemies analyzing the military dimensions of events 344 pages, illustrated leading up to North Korea’s attack on South (1095) $39.95 cloth Korea in June 1950.”—William Stueck, author of The Korean War in World History History Book Club Selection Military Book Club Selection Mao’s Generals remember Korea the War for Korea, 1945–1950 366 pages, illustrated (1393) $39.95 cloth History Book Club Selection Mao’s Military romanticism China and the Korean War, 1950–1953 american airpower Strategy in Korea, 1950–1953 Conrad C. Crane “A thought-provoking, sophisticated, lessonpacked examination of how the United States waged this strategic air campaign.” —Military History “A first-class piece of work and significant contribution to the Korean War literature. This book is a winner.”—David R. Mets, author of Master of Air Power “This outstanding book is well-written, tightly argued, and up to date. It is must reading not only for students of the Korean War but also for those interested in airpower application in a limited war.”—Aerospace Power Journal 264 pages, illustrated (0991) $35.00 cloth Shu Guang Zhang “Extraordinary. Among the issues candidly discussed are the Soviet role in Korea and simultaneously in Vietnam, the disagreements about strategy among China’s top commanders, disputes with Kim Il-Sung, Chinese assessments of American strategy, and the mixed results of psychological warfare and mass mobilization campaigns.”—American Historical Review 352 pages (0723) $49.95 cloth Bernard Brodie and the foundations of american nuclear Strategy Barry H. Steiner “An outstanding contribution to the debate about the nature of national security and the appropriate ways of developing defense policy.”—Peter Paret, coeditor of The Makers of Modern Strategy 384 pages (0441) $40.00 cloth 32 University Press of Kansas • 2502 Westbrooke Circle • Lawrence KS 66045 Other wars and general military history Winner of the Herbert Hoover Book Award Raymond J. Batvinis “A richly detailed account of the FBI’s response to the world crisis of the 1930s and 1940s that Kenneth Osgood overturns much accepted ‘wisdom’ about FBI “Osgood’s path-breaking book could not be intelligence failures and turf battles. Batvinis more relevant today. Elegantly written and powerfully argued, it reminds us that pens and stays close to his sources while telling an engrossing story that should become the new microphones can be as important as guns and standard account of FBI counter-intelligence. bombs in defending U.S. national security. It A stimulating and fascinating work.” belongs on the shelf of core texts for under—Richard Gid Powers, author of Secrecy and standing U.S. foreign relations.”—Timothy Power: The Life of J. Edgar Hoover Naftali, author of Blind Spot: The Secret 344 pages, illustrated History of American Counterterrorism (1495) $39.95 cloth “Absorbing and readable.”—Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists red Spies in america “Provocative and disturbing. Deserves a wide Stolen Secrets and the Dawn of the audience.”—Journal of American History 520 pages, illustrated (1445) $45.00 cloth (1590) $24.95 paper Winner of the North American Society for Oceanic History’s John Lyman Award total cold War the origins of fBi counterintelligence Eisenhower’s Secret Propaganda Battle at Home and Abroad Cold War the Pueblo incident A Spy Ship and the Failure of American Foreign Policy Mitchell B. Lerner “Lerner has produced a detailed, lively account 384 pages, illustrated of one of the most dangerous and complex (1351) $39.95 cloth episodes in twentieth-century American history. (1555) $24.95 paper Every perspective—diplomatic, political, cultural, psychological—is covered.”—Randall Bennett treasonable Doubt Woods, author of Fulbright: A Biography The Harry Dexter White Spy Case “Engrossing analysis of Vietnam-era diplomacy, R. Bruce Craig naval history, and Cold War politics—embed“A fascinating book, illuminating legal, political, ded with fascinating parallels between the and moral issues that still affect us today.” events of 1968 and today’s crisis over —Michael Beschloss, PBS commentator terrorism.”—Kirkus Reviews 408 pages, illustrated “Sure to enliven the debate about Cold War (1171) $34.95 cloth espionage.”—Kathryn S. Olmsted, author of (1296) $16.95 paper Red Spy Queen: A Biography of Elizabeth Bentley 446 pages, illustrated (1311) $34.95 cloth Katherine A. S. Sibley “Sibley presents a balanced and perceptive account of how the Cold War began years before the construction of the Iron Curtain. She shows how Soviet intelligence operatives provoked a massive but belated response from the United States, and how each side adapted to their opponents’ moves.”—Michael Warner, coeditor of Venona, Soviet Espionage and the American Response Phone: (785) 864-4155 • Fax: (785) 864-4586• www.kansaspress.ku.edu 33 Other wars and general military history the cia’s Secret War in tibet Kenneth Conboy and James Morrison “The inside story of one of the CIA’s most tragic america’s Space Sentinels DSP Satellites and National Security covert operations. Agency officers in the Wild Jeffrey T. Richelson East; nationalist, religious, and ethnic conflict— this is the stuff of a great yarn which the “From the beginning with the MIDAS program authors tell in engaging detail.”—John Prados, to the present-day DSP system, Richelson author of Presidents’ Secret Wars: CIA and provides a wealth of new information. He Pentagon Covert Operations from World War II puts DSP operations in the context of world Through the Persian Gulf events—from Russian missile programs to the 320 pages, illustrated Gulf War. [Should] attract a diverse readership (1159) $34.95 cloth among those interested in Cold War and diplomatic history, national security issues, and the aerospace industry.”—Journal of Spies in the Himalayas American History Secret Missions and Perilous Climbs 350 pages, illustrated M.S. Kohli and Kenneth Conboy (1096) $17.95 paper “A riveting firsthand account of one of the darker moments of Cold War espionage, with Winner of the Richard W. Leopold Prize plenty of James Bondian flourishes: a CIAthe origins of SDi 1944–1983 backed spy mission to the roof of the world . . . Donald R. Baucom snowstorms and deadly frostbite . . . and a missing nuclear-powered eavesdropping “The best available record of the political device that threatens to leak lethal contamina- process surrounding the creation of SDI and a tion into the Ganges. What a ride!”—Frank valuable resource for scholars seeking to Snepp, former CIA agent and author of Decent understand U.S. defense decision making in Interval and Irreparable Harm the 1980s.”—American Historical Review 248 pages, illustrated (1223) $29.95 cloth 300 pages, illustrated (1100) $19.95 paper Winner of the Henry Adams Prize Winner of the Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award Spies in the Vatican Espionage and Intrigue from Napoleon to the Holocaust creating the Secret State David Alvarez “People have long contended that the Vatican possesses the world’s best intelligence network. But is it so? Intelligence historian David Alvarez here probes this myth with impeccable scholarship, exceptional insight, and great literary vigor. An outstanding book.”—David Kahn, author of Hitler’s Spies and The Codebreakers 352 pages (1214) $34.95 cloth The Origins of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1943–1947 David F. Rudgers “Essential reading for anyone interested in gaining an understanding of the political, historical, and theoretical background to the establishment of the CIA. Highly recommended.”—Library Journal “A model of historical research on intelligence policy, as well as on World War II and Cold War politics.”—History: Reviews of New Books 256 pages (1024) $35.00 cloth 34 University Press of Kansas • 2502 Westbrooke Circle • Lawrence KS 66045 Other wars and general military history red commanders A Social History of the Soviet Army Officer Corps, 1918–1991 russian War films On the Cinema Front, 1914–2005 Roger R. Reese “Reese, one of the foremost social historians of the Red Army, draws upon newly available sources from the Soviet Army archives to provide a balanced study filled with new insights.”—Mark L. von Hagen, author of Soldiers in the Proletarian Dictatorship 330 pages, illustrated (1397) $35.00 cloth Stalin’s reluctant Soldiers Denise J. Youngblood “An engaging, lucid, and comprehensive account of the vital role the war film has played in how Russians have remembered their history and how films not only reflected their times, but also shaped their times.” —Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema “Youngblood’s approach yields tangible rewards. This work is a pleasure to read, with a useful filmography of war-related films listed by war, director, or by title in both English and Russian.”—Journal of Military History 336 pages, illustrated (1489) $34.95 cloth A Social History of the Red Army, 1925–1941 Roger R. Reese they fought for the Motherland “Reese’s unique study shows how this huge Russia’s Women Soldiers in World War I crowd of conscripts, mostly semiliterate peasants and largely disaffected, were closer to and the Revolution Laurie S. Stoff a rabble than an army. This thoughtful and “An outstanding and gracefully written contriwell-written work is full of detail not found bution to women’s military studies and to the elsewhere. An intriguing study and a fast read military history of World War I.”—Linda Grant for both the scholar and the layperson.” DePauw, author of Battle Cries and Lullabies: —Publishers Weekly (starred review) Women in War from Prehistory to the Present 288 pages, illustrated (0772) $39.95 cloth Winner of The Historical Society’s Inaugural Best First Book Prize History Book Club Selection 304 pages (1485) $34.95 cloth the russian Way of War Operational Art, 1904–1940 Hammer and rifle The Militarization of the Soviet Union, 1926–1933 David R. Stone “The best analysis to date of the central role of militarization in the development of state, society, and economy in the U.S.S.R. between the end of the ‘New Economic Plan’ in 1926 and the conclusion of the first ‘Five-year Plan’ in 1933.”—Publishers Weekly 296 pages (1037) $39.95 cloth Richard W. Harrison “Harrison resurrects from an unquiet grave a huge and vibrant tradition of Russian military thought. This is an act of restitution long overdue and sorely needed, and it is supported by a virtual cornucopia of sources. An invaluable guide to a unique literature.”—John Erickson, author of The Road to Stalingrad “A pathbreaking and very readable account.” —Malcolm Mackintosh, author of Juggernaut: A History of Soviet Armed Forces 368 pages, illustrated (1074) $39.95 cloth Phone: (785) 864-4155 • Fax: (785) 864-4586• www.kansaspress.ku.edu 35 Other wars and general military history combined arms Warfare in the twentieth century Jonathan M. House “A superb example of military history written to guide the practicing soldier but at the same time fascinating to the general reader. From Cambrai in 1917 to the Persian Gulf War in 1991, with special attention to the Eastern Front in World War II and the Arab-Israeli Wars, he focuses on armored warfare and its technology to open new perspectives on the whole conduct of war.”—Russell F Weigley, . author of The American Way of War “A signal contribution to its subject. Should be a staple in any university where military history is taught.”—Dave R. Palmer, author of Summons of the Trumpet 372 pages, illustrated (1081) $45.00 cloth (1098) $19.95 paper Military Justice in america The U. S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 1775–1980 Jonathan Lurie “Both military and legal historians have tended to pay less attention to the history of military justice than the implications for their fields warrant. This book ought to override any excuse for persisting in neglect, because it makes the subject accessible with clear, direct prose, developing not only the full military and legal contexts but also the relevant developments in United States history at large.”—Russell F . Weigley, author of The American Way of War 400 pages (1080) $25.00 paper War and revolution The United States and Russia, 1914–1921 Norman E. Saul “An illuminating exploration of American and The United States and Soviet Russia, Russian perceptions of one another during a 1921–1941 cataclysmic period of war, revolution, Norman E. Saul intervention, and civil war. It is superb in “Saul caps one of the most significant historical revealing the changing patterns not only of projects of our time with a magnificently diplomatic and economic relations but also of researched (on both the Russian and American social and cultural affairs. A first-rate piece of sides) volume. . . . The pages on Henry Ford, research.”—Betty Miller Unterberger, author Armand Hammer, Averell Harriman, and of The United States, Revolutionary Russia, and American business’s attempts to build (and the Rise of Czechoslovakia richly profit from) the Soviet Union make an 456 pages, illustrated important contribution to our understanding (1090) $45.00 cloth of two decades which were turning points in twentieth-century history, but also decades in Voices from captivity which the leading actors repeatedly failed to Interpreting the American POW Narrative make the correct turns.”—Walter LaFeber, Robert C. Doyle author of America, Russia, and the Cold War, “Outstanding. Vignettes from each war, drawn 1945–2002 from diaries, autobiographies, and heart454 pages, illustrated rending poems illustrate the various themes (1448) $40.00 cloth while allowing the reader a terrifying peek through the bars.”—Journal of Military History friends or foes? 392 pages, illustrated (0663) $40.00 cloth 36 University Press of Kansas • 2502 Westbrooke Circle • Lawrence KS 66045 Other wars and general military history Winner of the Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Book Award Main Selection of the Military Book Club History Book Club Selection Main Selection of the Military Book Club the Big red one James Scott Wheeler “A rousing battle history of the Army’s most renowned major combat unit. Recounts the Big Peter S. Kindsvatter Red One’s role in defeating America’s enemies “A superb, compelling analysis of twentiethfrom the bloody trenches of World War I to the century American combat troops, from World barren deserts of the Persian Gulf War. The best War I doughboys to Vietnam War grunts, that history to date of any of the Army’s active duty never loses sight of the individual soldier. combat divisions.”—Michael D. Doubler, An important, meticulously documented author of Closing with the Enemy: How GIs contribution to our understanding of men-atFought the War in Europe, 1944–1945 arms.”—Rick Atkinson, author of An Army at Published in collaboration with the Cantigny Dawn and The Long Gray Line First Division Foundation and the Cantigny “A vivid portrayal of the savagery of war and its Military History Series, edited by Paul H. Herbert human dimensions.”—Michael D. Doubler, 600 pages, illustrated author of Closing with the Enemy (1552) $34.95 cloth american Soldiers America’s Legendary 1st Infantry Division from World War I to Desert Storm Ground Combat in the World Wars, Korea, and Vietnam 480 pages, illustrated (1229) $34.95 cloth (1416) $19.95 paper Women in the Barracks The VMI Case and Equal Rights Moral issues in Military Decision Making Second Edition, Revised Anthony E. Hartle Hartle has revised, updated, and expanded his classic work on the ethics of military leadership 448 pages, illustrated (1164) $34.95 cloth to reflect the new realities of a post-9/11 world. This edition covers the Gulf War, Bosnia, (1336) $19.95 paper 9/11, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. america’s first Black General “A clear, concise, and cogent study of the Benjamin O. Davis, Sr., 1880–1970 professional military ethic in a time of great international turmoil. Hartle writes perceptively Marvin E. Fletcher about the kinds of contemporary crises in which “This spendid study of the first black Army officers must provide both military and moral officer to attain flag rank is also a powerful leadership. A valuable and illuminating study analysis of race relations in the U.S. Army from that deserves a wide audience. Warmly recom- 1910 through World War II.”—Military Review mended!”—James H. Toner, author of True Faith “This definitive biography shows why Davis and Allegiance: The Burden of Military Ethics deserves a good deal more than passing comment 272 pages from historians.”—Washington Post Book World (1320) $35.00 cloth (1321) $16.95 paper 248 pages, illustrated (0963) $15.95 paper Phone: (785) 864-4155 • Fax: (785) 864-4586• www.kansaspress.ku.edu Philippa Strum “A balanced and very satisfying work. Should find a wide audience among scholars of military women, students of contemporary social change, and anyone interested in VMI.”—History: Reviews of New Books 37 Other wars and general military history america’s Deadliest Battle Meuse-Argonne, 1918 Winner of the Norman B. Tomlinson, Jr. Prize Robert H. Ferrell America and France in the Great War “Decidedly the best scholarly study of the Robert B. Bruce Meuse-Argonne—the greatest battle in American “An insightful book that adds considerably to military history in terms of the totals of our understanding of the Great War and the American troops involved [1.2 million], the significance of the Franco-American friendnumber of casualties they suffered [26,277 ship. Bruce reminds us that neither the French killed, 95,786 wounded], and the length of nor the Americans could have succeeded in time it lasted [47 days]. Ferrell has masterfully that war without the assistance of the portrayed America’s culminating campaign in other.”—Robert Doughty, author of Seeds of World War I in all of its complexity while Disaster: Development of French Army Doctrine, never forgetting that people planned and 1919–1939 fought the battle. . . . A significant book about a 384 pages, illustrated very significant battle.”—Edward M. Coffman, (1253) $39.95 cloth author of The War to End All Wars 208 pages, illustrated (1499) $29.95 cloth a fraternity of arms a Yankee ace in the raf Edited by John H. Morrow, Jr., and Earl Rogers Lucian K. Truscott, Jr. “Lucid, reflective, highly articulate, and touched with flashes of humor, these letters “No part of the American military past can illuminate the challenges of aviation training, exceed in romantic appeal the history of the Army’s old horse cavalry. Truscott writes about daily life at the aerodrome, the liberating wonders of flight, and the sobering truths of a the era both lovingly and eloquently.” devastating war.”—Over the Front —Russell F. Weigley in the Washington Post Book World “An invaluable look at what it was like for Americans flying with the British Royal Air “An incomparable introduction to the cavalry Force in World War I. ”—History: Reviews of by one of its most distinguished veterans.” New Books —Edward M. Coffman, author of The War to End All Wars 276 pages, illustrated the twilight of the U.S. cavalry Life in the Old Army, 1917–1942 The World War I Letters of Captain Bogart Rogers 220 pages (0932) $17.95 paper (0798) $24.95 cloth chemical Soldiers British Gas Warfare in World War I the aef and coalition Warmaking, 1917–1918 David F. Trask “An important book. Trask’s work adds in a significant way to the necessary questioning of American military and diplomatic history in the twentieth century.”—Reviews in American History 248 pages, illustrated (1115) $19.95 paper Donald Richter “Unquestionably the definitive work on the subject.”—Times Literary Supplement “Gripping and compelling”—Armed Forces and Society 296 pages (1113) $19.95 paper 38 University Press of Kansas • 2502 Westbrooke Circle • Lawrence KS 66045 Other wars and general military history Winner of the U.S. Army War College Best Book Award Winner of the Phi Alpha Theta Book Award after clausewitz German Military Thinkers before the Great War Winner of the Society for Military History’s Distinguished Book Award Winner of the American Historical Association’s Paul Birdsall Prize History Book Club Selection Blitzkrieg to Desert Storm Antulio J. Echevarria II “A tour de force.”—Holger Herwig, author of The Outbreak of World War I “An indispensable work.”—Arden Bucholz, author of Moltke and the German Wars 376 pages (1071) $39.95 cloth Winner of the New York Military Affairs Symposium Award History Book Club Selection The Evolution of Operational Warfare the roots of Blitzkrieg Robert M. Citino “A superlative and important book, well written, exhaustively researched, and exquisitely balanced. Brilliantly examining the operational art from its conceptual beginnings through its successes and failures, Citino is unsparingly critical when he needs to be.” —Washington Times “Vivid, incisive, laced with trenchant observations.”—Andrew J. Bacevich, author of American Empire 430 pages, illustrated (1300) $39.95 cloth History Book Club Selection Hans von Seeckt and German Military Reform James S. Corum “An invaluable study of how the German army rebuilt itself after World War I.” —Foreign Affairs “A thought-provoking analysis of the lessons learned by the German military from the events of World War I.”—Military Review 294 pages, illustrated (0628) $19.95 paper Main Selection of the History Book Club Quest for Decisive Victory From Stalemate to Blitzkrieg in Europe, 1899–1940 the luftwaffe Creating the Operational Air War, 1918–1940 James S. Corum “A new and innovative explanation of why the Luftwaffe proved so formidable against its British and French rivals. An impressive and groundbreaking study.”—History: Reviews of New Books 378 pages, illustrated (0836) $39.95 cloth (0962) $19.95 paper Robert M. Citino “Citino’s provocative work—with its broadspectrum coverage and unique time frame— makes a strong case for a continuity of thought and action from the turn of the century to 1940. A fine work from a master scholar.”—Dennis E. Showalter, author of Tannenberg: Clash of Empires “An excellent and important contribution to our understanding of twentieth-century Western warfare. Citino’s narrative skill and insightful analysis of military battles, operations, and campaigns are especially strong. This book should have broad appeal.” —James S. Corum, author of The Roots of Blitzkrieg and The Luftwaffe 368 pages, illustrated (1176) $39.95 cloth Phone: (785) 864-4155 • Fax: (785) 864-4586• www.kansaspress.ku.edu 39 Other wars and general military history civilian in Peace, Soldier in War The Army National Guard, 1636-2000 Michael D. Doubler “This is the best general history of the militia and the Philippine War, 1899–1902 National Guard currently available.”—Jerry M. Cooper, author of The Rise of the National Guard Brian McAllister Linn “The definitive study of this often misunder“A solid, balanced, and readable history [that] stood war.”—Parameters will be the standard work on the Army “A thoughtful, deeply researched, and wellNational Guard for a generation.”—Journal of written work about a war that teaches much Military History about the nature of revolutionary warfare— 488 pages, illustrated even today.”—Foreign Affairs (1249) $17.95 paper “Linn enhances his position as the leading authority on America’s military presence in West Point the Pacific before Pearl Harbor in this wellA Bicentennial History written, comprehensively researched volume.” Theodore J. Crackel —Publishers Weekly “West Point is fortunate to have a historian of 448 pages, illustrated Crackel’s intellect and talent. His fine history (1225) $19.95 paper will long be recognized as the standard work on the subject.”—Robert A. Doughty, coauthor the Spanish-american War and of Warfare in the Western World and chair of the U.S. Military Academy history department President McKinley 368 pages, illustrated Lewis L. Gould (1160) $34.95 cloth “The best study of the coming of the war, the (1294) $16.95 paper war itself, and the aftermath of the conflict.” —Paul S. Holbo, University of Oregon Selected for the U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff’s Professional Reading List Winner of the Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award U.S. army Special Warfare Its Origins Revised Edition 176 pages, illustrated (0227) $14.95 paper Winner of the Marine Corps Historical Foundation’s General Wallace M. Greene, Jr., Award Alfred H. Paddock, Jr. “Paddock’s updating of his formidable history on U.S. Army Special Warfare comes as a timely blessing for those who will direct these unique forces in the troubling times Americans now face. More than simply an impressive history, it is also an invaluable guide to understanding the mistakes of the past as well as the promise of the future.”—Colonel Mike Haas, author of In the Devil’s Shadow: UN Special Operations during the Korean War 248 pages, illustrated (1177) $34.95 cloth the Marine corps’ Search for a Mission, 1880–1898 Jack Shulimson “The definitive study of the Gilded Age Marine Corps.”—Allan R. Millett, author of Semper Fidelis “A lively recounting of the formative years of the modern Marine Corps.”—Graham A. Cosmas, coauthor of The U.S. Marines in Vietnam 256 pages, illustrated (0608) $35.00 cloth 40 University Press of Kansas • 2502 Westbrooke Circle • Lawrence KS 66045 Other wars and general military history History Book Club Selection Main Selection of the History Book Club Winfield Scott The Quest for Military Glory a Gallant little army The Mexico City Campaign Timothy D. Johnson “Well-written and meticulously researched. This is a masterful biography that will appeal to laymen and scholars alike.”—Journal of Military History “The definitive study. Johnson’s distinguished work gives a long-deserved but neglected credit to ‘Old Fuss and Feathers.’”—Kirkus Reviews 328 pages, illustrated (0914) $35.00 cloth History Book Club Selection Doniphan’s epic March The 1st Missouri Volunteers in the Mexican War Timothy D. Johnson “The most detailed analysis to date of Winfield Scott’s spectacular 1847 campaign to capture Mexico City. Highly recommended to anyone who wants to understand the battles in which so many future Civil War generals learned their first lessons in the art of war. Destined to become a classic.”—R. Bruce Winders, author of Mr. Polk’s Army: The American Military Experience in the Mexican War “Johnson brings this much-neglected military campaign out of the shadows and gives it the attention it deserves.”—Robert W. Johannsen, author of To the Halls of Montezumas: The Mexican War in the American Imagination 384 pages, illustrated (1541) $39.95 cloth Joseph G. Dawson, III “A compelling and well-researched study of a forgotten hero of one of America’s forgotten wars.”—Kirkus Reviews “This well-written book, analyzing in depth the military experience of one volunteer commander in the Mexican-American War, offers broad conclusions about the role of volunteer officers in American military history.”—Journal of the Early Republic 360 pages, illustrated (0956) $35.00 cloth nature’s army When Soldiers Fought for Yosemite Soldiers and Scholars The U.S. Army and the Uses of Military History, 1865–1920 Carol Reardon “An excellent description and analysis of the Army’s first real effort to include military history in the professional education of its officers. The issues Reardon discusses are of continuing importance today.”—Army 280 pages (1112) $19.95 paper Harvey Meyerson “A superb contribution both to military history and to the history of environmentalism and the West. The critical role of the United States Army in the creation of an effective National Park system is not well known. Meyerson has spelled out in detail the nature of that Army environmentalism as no one has done before. A compelling, well-written history.”—Russell F . Weigley, author of The American Way of War “An interesting story that most readers will find surprising. This book breaks new ground and does so in a very readable, lively style.” —Edward M. Coffman, author of The War to End All Wars 336 pages, illustrated (1121) $35.00 cloth Phone: (785) 864-4155 • Fax: (785) 864-4586• www.kansaspress.ku.edu 41 Other wars and general military history History Book Club Selection niagara 1814 the Philadelphia campaign, Richard V. Barbuto 1777–1778 “Barbuto meticulously details tactical operations, Stephen R. Taaffe bloody battles at Chippewa and Lundy’s Lane, “An impressively researched, well organized, and siege operations at Fort Erie, placing the concise, and judicious study of an important campaigns in the wider context of the war, and not hesitating to criticize the commanders campaign of the Revolutionary War.”—Charles Royster, author of A Revolutionary People at War on both sides.”—Publishers Weekly 432 pages, illustrated (1052) $39.95 cloth Winner of the Society for Military History’s Best Book Award 344 pages, 5 maps (1267) $39.95 cloth America Invades Canada Winner of the Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Book Award History Book Club Selection republican empire an american Profession of arms The Army Officer Corps, 1784–1861 William B. Skelton “One of those rare authoritative and original books that all students of military history should read.”—Civil War History “This book will quickly take its place as the standard work on the subject and a model for future studies.”—Journal of American History 504 pages, illustrated (1114) $24.95 paper Alexander Hamilton on War and Free Government Diplomacy, War and technology since 1830 Maurice Pearton “No other book combines so much of modern military history with so rich an exploration of related factors in industry, finance, education, and technology, as well as state-craft.” —Russell F. Weigley, author of The American Way of War 288 pages (0254) $14.95 paper Karl-Friedrich Walling “Throughout history, war has been the great destroyer of free government. In this remarkable book, Walling contends that the unprecedented ability of the United States to wage war while still preserving liberty is primarily the legacy of Alexander Hamilton. This is a book that Hamilton deserves. As Walling points out, Americans are still free for reasons that Hamilton explained.”—Mackubin Thomas Owens in the Washington Times “A compelling argument.”—Journal of Military History 368 pages (0970) $45.00 cloth History Book Club Selection napoleon’s last Victory and the emergence of Modern War Robert M. Epstein Foreword by Russell F. Weigley “A must for any collection on the Napoleonic Wars.”—Dennis E. Showalter, author of Tannenberg 220 pages, illustrated (0751) $14.95 paper 42 University Press of Kansas • 2502 Westbrooke Circle • Lawrence KS 66045 Other wars and general military history Beating Plowshares into Swords The Political Economy of American Warfare, 1606–1865 Planning War, Pursuing Peace The Political Economy of American Warfare, 1920–1939 Paul A. C. Koistinen Paul A. C. Koistinen “Koistinen, the author of several pathbreaking “A major contribution to a neglected period in articles on the military-industrial complex in American military history.”—Russell F . twentieth-century America, has launched Weigley, author of The American Way of War what promises to be a major contribution to “I’m awed by Koistinen’s grand design and military scholarship: a projected five-volume outstanding research. When completed, this study of the American experience with wartime series will be one of the most distinguished economic mobilization. Beating Plowshares feats of scholarship of our time.”—Edward M. into Swords lays the foundation.”—Journal of Coffman, author of The War to End All Wars Military History 440 pages 496 pages (0791) $39.95 cloth (0890) $45.00 cloth Mobilizing for Modern War arsenal of World War ii The Political Economy of American Warfare, 1865–1919 The Political Economy of American Warfare, 1940–1945 Paul A. C. Koistinen “A real tour de force. Based on prodigious research in the sources, this book provides a thorough and insightful account of the material basis for the U.S. military in one of the most important periods in American history.”—John Whiteclay Chambers II, author of To Raise an Army 416 pages (0860) $45.00 cloth Winner of the Henry Adams Prize Paul A. C. Koistinen “In this fourth installment of his magisterial history of the political economy of American warfare, Koistinen provides a brilliant and probing analysis of the conflicts among New Dealers, corporate managers, and military leaders that created an industrial-military alliance in the face of declining reform and labor influence.”—Patrick D. Reagan, author of Designing a New America: The Origins of New Deal Planning, 1890–1943 672 pages (1308) $49.95 cloth Warmaking and american Democracy The Struggle over Military Strategy, 1700 to the Present america’s first Battles, 1776–1965 Charles E. Heller and William A. Stofft “An important contribution both to the literature of war and to the analysis and making of defense policy.”—Washington Post Book World “Must reading for the serious student of history, whether military or civilian.”—Military Review 432 pages (0277) $16.95 paper Michael D. Pearlman “An impressive and engaging study, filled with marvelous quotations and insightful logic. The provocative and articulate chapters on World War II and the Vietnam War are some of the best in the literature.”—History: Reviews of New Books 464 pages, illustrated (1191) $24.95 paper Phone: (785) 864-4155 • Fax: (785) 864-4586• www.kansaspress.ku.edu 43 title index Abandoning Vietnam, 17 AEF and Coalition Warmaking, 38 After Clausewitz, 39 After the Glory, 26 Airpower in Small Wars, 29 American Airpower Strategy in Korea, 1950-1953, 32 American Soldiers, 37 American Profession of Arms, 42 America’s Deadliest Battle, 38 America’s First Battles, 1776-1965, 43 America’s First Black General, 37 America’s Last Vietnam Battle, 17 America’s Space Sentinels, 34 Arsenal of World War II, 43 ARVN, 14 Arming Against Hitler, 6 Attack of the Airacobras, 9 Battle for Leningrad, 1941-1944, 11 Battle for the Ruhr, 6 Battle of Kursk, 11 Battlefield Chaplains, 4 Beating Plowshares into Swords, 43 Bernard Brodie and the Foundations of Nuclear Strategy, 32 Big Red One, 37 Black Prisoner of War, 15 Bleeding Kansas, 22 Blitzkrieg to Desert Storm, 39 Bloody Bill Anderson, 22 Bombing of Auschwitz, 5 Bombs, Cities, and Civilians, 13 Cambodian Campaign, 14 Cause Lost, 24 Chemical Soldiers, 38 Churchill and His Generals, 4 CIA’s Secret War in Tibet, 34 Citizen Sherman, 20 Civil War Generals in Defeat, 24 Civil War Kansas, 22 Civil War St. Louis, 22 Civilian in Peace, Soldier in War, 40 Closing with the Enemy, 7 Cold War U.S. Army, 28 Colossus Reborn, 10 Combined Arms Warfare in the Twentieth Century, 36 Commanders in Chief, 30 Commanding the Army of the Potomac, 20 Companion to Colossus Reborn, 10 Confederacy’s Greatest Cavalryman, 25 Confederacy’s Last Hurrah, 24 Corps Commanders of the Bulge, 7 Creating the Secret State, 34 D-Day 1944, 12 Davis and Lee at War, 24 Dear Catharine, Dear Taylor, 26 Death of the Wehrmacht, 4 Decent Interval, 17 Decision in the West, 23 Decoding Clausewitz, 28 Diem’s Final Failure, 14 Diplomacy, War and Technology since 1830, 41 Doniphan’s Epic March, 41 Draft, 1940-1973, 30 800 Days on the Eastern Front, 3 Enemy of My Enemy, 29 Facing My Lai, 15 FDR and the Soviet Union, 8 Fighting with the Soviets, 9 First Peacetime Draft, 30 First Summit, 4 Flak, 8 For Courageous Fighting and Confident Dying, 24 Forgotten Survivors, 4 Fraternity of Arms, 38 Friends or Foes?, 36 From Stalingrad to Pillau, 3 Gallant Little Army, 41 General Walter Krueger, 13 German Way of War, 6 Germany and the Axis Powers, 7 GI Offensive in Europe, 7 GI’s Rabbi, 5 Grant’s Lieutenants, 19 Guide to the Atlanta Campaign, 19, 27 Guide to the Battle of Antietam, 27 Guide to the Battle of Chickamauga, 27 Guide to the Battle of Gettysburg, 27 Guide to the Battle of Shiloh, 27 Guide to the Battles of Chancellorsville and Fredericksburg, 27 Guide to the Vicksburg Campaign, 27 Hammer and Rifle, 35 Hard Marching Every Day, 25 Hell in Hürtgen Forest, 8 Hitler’s Japanese Confidant, 12 Hitler’s Jewish Soldiers, 5 Hitler’s Northern War, 8 Hitler’s Police Battalions, 5 Hitler Strikes Poland, 5 Hitler’s Volkssturm, 6 Honorable Warrior, 18 Honoring the Civil War Dead, 23 In Deadly Combat, 7 In the Name of National Security, 30 In the Shadow of the Holocaust, 5 Inside Hitler’s High Command, 6 Inside the Pentagon Papers, 16 Irreparable Harm, 16 Jefferson Davis, Confederate President, 21 Jefferson Davis and His Generals, 24 Joseph E. Johnston and the Defense of Richmond, 25 Kremlin and the High Command, 31 44 University Press of Kansas • 2502 Westbrooke Circle • Lawrence KS 66045 Launch the Intruders, 18 Lee, Grant and Sherman, 23 Lincoln and Davis, 21 Lincoln Seen and Heard, 21 Lincoln’s Rise to the Presidency, 21 Litvin, Nikolai, 4 Luftwaffe, 39 MacArthur’s Airman, 13 MacArthur’s Jungle War, 12 MacArthur’s ULTRA, 12 Mao’s Generals Remember Korea, 32 Mao’s Military Romanticism, 32 Marine Corps’ Search for a Mission, 1880-1898, 40 Military Justice in America, 36 Military Justice in Vietnam, 15 Military Legacy of the Civil War, 26 Military Tribunals and Presidential Power, 30 Mobilizing for Modern War, 43 Moral Issues in Military Decision Making, 37 Mr. Truman’s War, 13 Napoleon’s Last Victory and the Emergence of Modern War, 42 Nature’s Army, 41 Niagara 1814, 42 Nixon’s Vietnam War, 16 No Shining Armor, 18 Of Spies and Lies, 17 Origins of FBI Counterintelligence, 33 Origins of SDI, 1944-1983, 34 OSS and Ho Chi Minh, 14 Our Man in Mexico, 28 Over Lincoln’s Shoulder, 21 Patrolling Baghdad, 29 Pentagon and the Presidency, 31 People’s Contest, 23 Philadelphia Campaign, 1777-1778, 42 Philippine War, 1899-1902, 40 Planning War, Pursuing Peace, 43 Prelude to the Final Solution, 4 Presidential War Power, 30 Prisoners in Paradise, 13 Propaganda Warriors, 7 Pueblo Incident, 33 Quest for Decisive Victory, 39 Recruiting for Uncle Sam, 31 Red Commanders, 35 Red Spies in America, 33 Red Storm over the Balkans, 11 Reporting Vietnam, 15 Republican Empire, 42 Rifle Musket in Civil War Combat, 19 Roots of Blitzkrieg, 39 Rumsfeld’s Wars, 28 Russian War Films, 35 Russian Way of War, 35 Sable Arm, 26 Secret History of Confederate Diplomacy Abroad, 25 Secret Messages, 8 Secret Weapons and World War II, 13 Seeding Civil War, 22 Sharing Secrets with Stalin, 9 Since You Went Away, 13 Sister in the Band of Brothers, 29 Soldiers and Scholars, 41 Soviet-Afghan War, 31 Spanish-American War and President McKinley, 40 Spies and Commandos, 17 Spies in the Himalayas, 34 Spies in the Vatican, 34 Stalin’s Guerrillas, 9 Stalin’s Reluctant Soldiers, 35 Stalin’s Secret War, 9 Stonewall of the West, 25 Stopped at Stalingrad, 8 Stumbling Colossus, 10 They Fought for the Motherland, 35 Through the Maelstrom, 3 Tom Taylor’s Civil War, 26 Total Cold War, 33 Tracking the Axis Enemy, 12 Treasonable Doubt, 33 Twilight of the U.S. Cavalry, 38 Uncertain Warriors, 16 Union Soldier in Battle, 20 Union that Shaped the Confederacy, 25 U.S. Army Special Warfare, 40 U.S. Presidents and Latin American Interventions, 29 Victory at Mortain, 6 Victory in Europe, 1945, 12 Victory in Vietnam, 18 Vietnam War Files, 16 Vietnam War on Trial, 15 Vietnamese Women at War, 18 Voices from Captivity, 36 War and Revolution, 36 War for Korea, 1945-1950, 32 War within the Union High Command, 20 Warmaking and American Democracy, 43 West Point, 40 When Titans Clashed, 11 While God is Marching On, 23 Winfield Scott, 41 Wings, Women, and War, 9 Wolfram von Richthofen, 3 Women in the Barracks, 37 Women on the Civil War Battlefront, 26 Yankee Ace in the RAF 38 , Zhukov’s Greatest Defeat, 10 Phone: (785) 864-4155 • Fax: (785) 864-4586• www.kansaspress.ku.edu 45 author index Allison, William Thomas, 15 Alvarez, David, 8, 34 Anderson David L., 15 Andradé, Dale, 17 Armstrong, Warren B., 24 Barbuto, Richard V., 42 Barrett, David M., 16 Bartholomew-Feis, Dixee R., 14 Bath, Alan Harris, 12 Batvinis, Raymond J., 33 Baucom, Donald R., 34 Belknap, Michal R., 15 Berenbaum, Michael, 5 Beringer, Richard E., 21 Bergman, Lee, 15 Bidermann, Gottlob Herbert, 7 Bowman, Stephen, 27 Boyd, Carl, 12 Brigham, Robert K., 14 Britton, Stuart, 3 Bruce, Robert B., 38 Burne, Alfred H., 23 Callahan, Raymond, 4 Castel, Albert, 22, 23, 26 Catton, Philip E., 14 Citino, Robert M., 4, 6, 39 Claasen, Adam R.A., 8 Clifford, J. Garry, 30 Conboy, Kenneth, 17, 34 Conversino, Mark J., 9 Cornish, Dudley Taylor, 26 Corum, James S., 3, 29, 39 Crackel, Theodore J., 40 Craig, R. Bruce, 33 Crane, Conrad C., 13, 32 Crosby, Donald F 4 ., Daly, James A., 15 Davis, William C., 24, 25 Dawson, Joseph G., III, 30, 41 De Leon, Edwin, 25 DePue, Mark R., 29 DiNardo, Richard L., 7 Dirck, Brian R., 21 Doubler, Michael D., 7, 40 Doyle, Robert C., 36 Drea, Edward J., 12 Echevarria, Antulio J., II, 39 Epstein, Robert M., 42 Etcheson, Nicole, 22 Fellman, Michael, 20 Ferrell, Robert H., 38 Fisher, Louis, 30 Fletcher, Marvin E., 37 Flynn, George Q., 30 Fullenkamp, Leonard, 27 Gebhardt, James F 9 ., Gerteis, Louis S., 22 Glantz, David M., 10, 11 Glantz, Mary E., 8 Goodrich, Tom, 22 Gorbachevsky, Boris, 3 Goss, Thomas J., 20 Gould, Lewis L., 40 Grau, Lester W., 31 Gress, Michael A., 31 Grow, Michael, 29 Griffith, Thomas E., Jr., 13 Grunden, Walter E., 13 Hall, Richard H., 26 Hammond, William M., 15 Harris, William C., 21 Harrison, Richard W., 35 Hartle, Anthony E., 37 Hattaway, Herman, 21 Hayward, Joel S.A., 8 Heller, Charles E., 43 Herspring, Dale R., 28, 31 Hess, Earl J., 19, 20 Holzer, Harold, 21 Holzimmer, Kevin C., 13 House, Jonathan M., 11, 36 Johnson, Timothy D., 41 Johnson, Wray R., 29 Kaminski, Theresa, 13 Kiesling, Eugenia, 6 Kimball, Jeffrey, 16 Kindsvatter, Peter S., 37 Kiper, Richard L., 26 Kobylyanskiy, Isaak, 3 Kohli, M.S., 34 Koistinen, Paul, A.C., 43 Laurie, Clayton D., 7 Lehrack, Otto J., 18 Lerner, Mitchell B., 33 Li, Xiaobing, 32 Linn, Brian McAllister, 40 Litoff, Judy Barrett, 13 Litvin, Nikolai, 3 Lukas, Richard C., 4 Loza, Dmitriy, 9 Lurie, Jonathan, 36 Luvaas, Jay, 19, 26, 27 Mansoor, Peter R., 7 Megargee, Geoffrey P 6 ., Meyerson, Harvey, 41 Michael, George, 29 Millett, Allan R., 32 Miner, Craig, 22 Morley, Jefferson, 28 Morrison, James, 34 Morrow, John H., Jr., 38 Moskin, J. Robert, 13 Neff, John R., 23 Nelson, Harold W., 19, 27 Neufeld, Michael J., 5 Newton, Steven H., 25 Offner, Arnold A., 12 Osgood, Kenneth, 33 Paddock, Alfred H., Jr., 40 Palmer, Greg, 5 Paludan, Phillip Shaw, 23 Pearlman, Michael D., 43 Pearton, Maurice, 42 Pennington Reina, 9 Porter, Margaret Pratt, 16 Prados, John, 16 Pribbenow, Merle L., 18 Reardon, Carol, 18, 41 Reardon, Mark J., 6 Reese, Roger R., 35 Richelson, Jeffrey T., 34 Richter, Donald, 38 Rigg, Bryan Mark, 5 Rogers, Earl, 38 Rosenblatt, Emil and Ruth, 25 Rossino, Alexander B., 5 Rudgers, David F 34 ., Rush, Robert Sterling, 8 Rutherford, Phillip T., 4 Saul, Norman E., 36 Segal, David R., 31 Shaffer, Donald R., 26 Shaw, John M., 14 Shulimson, Jack, 40 Sibley, Katherine A.S., 33 Skelton, William B., 42 Skiba, Katherine M., 29 Slepyan, Kenneth, 9 Smith, Bradley F 9 ., Smith, David C., 13 Snepp, Frank, 16, 17 Sorley, Lewis, 18 Spencer, Samuel R., 30 Spruill, Matt, 27 Steiner, Barry H., 32 Stephan Robert W., 9 Stoff, Laurie S., 35 Stofft, William A., 43 Stone, David R., 35 Strum, Philippa, 37 Sullivan, John F 17 ., Sumida, Jon Tetsuro, 28 Sword, Wiley, 24 Symonds, Craig L., 25 Taaffe, Stephen R., 12, 20, 42 Tap, Bruce, 21 Taylor, Sandra C., 18 Trask, David F 38 ., Trauschweizer, Ingo, 28 Tent, James F 5 ., Truscott, Lucian K., Jr., 38 Walling, Karl-Friedrich, 42 Westermann, Edward B., 5, 8 Wheeler, James Scott, 37 Willbanks, James H., 17 Wills, Brian Steel, 25 Wilson, Theodore A., 4, 12 Winton, Harold R., 7 Woodworth, Steven E., 19, 23, 24 Yelton, David K., 6 Youngblood, Denise J., 35 Yu, Bin, 32 Zaid, Mark S., 5 Zhang, Shu Guang, 32 Zumbro, Derek S., 6 46 University Press of Kansas • 2502 Westbrooke Circle • Lawrence KS 66045 All orders—except from institutions—must be accompanied by payment or charged to VISA, MasterCard, or American Express. 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