Book List for Review

Browse the books currently available for review by historical period, or jump directly to information about reviewing a book for Army History.

General

6 titles
  • Fight Like a Machine: The Combat Future of the Human Body

    Thomas M. Hunt. University of Oklahoma Press, 2026.

  • The Great Burns: How a War Hero & Football Coach Turned Vision into Victory

    Stu Whitney. North 61 LLC, 2026.

  • Leadership in Ukraine: Studies During Wartime

    Alexander I. Negrov and Ronald E. Riggio. Edward Elger Publishing, 2026.

  • Reasons We Fight: Tejanos and American Wars, 1836-1972

    Alex Mendoza. University of Oklahoma Press, 2026.

  • Soldiers in the Schoolhouse: A Military History of the Junior ROTC

    Arthur T. Coumbe. University Press of Kentucky, 2026.

  • Victory in Shanghai: A Korean American Family's Journey to the CIA and the Army Special Forces

    Robert S. Kim. Potomac Books, 2025.

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Pre-World War One

9 titles
  • A Desperate Fight: The Lives of Louisiana's Confederate Soldiers

    Henry B. Motty. Louisiana State University Press, 2026.

  • A Union Tested: The Civil War Letters of Cimbaline and Henry Fike

    Jeremy Neely, ed. University of Georgia Press, 2024.

  • The Battles of Spencer's Ordinary and Green Spring, 1781

    John R. Maass. Westholme, 2025.

  • The Devil's Own Purgatory: The United States Mississippi River Squadron in the Civil War

    Robert Gudmestad. Louisiana State University Press, 2025.

  • If I Can Get Home This Fall: A Story of Love, Loss, and a Cause in the Civil War

    Tyler Alexander. Potomac Books, 2025.

  • Key of America: Fortress West Point and the Highlands Department in the American Revolution

    James M. Johnson. West Point Press, 2026.

  • Richmond Views the West: Politics and Perceptions in the Confederate Capital

    Larry J. Daniel. University Press of Kansas, 2025.

  • Santa Anna's Army in the Texas Revolution, 1835

    Gregg Dimmick. Texas A&M University Press, 2026.

  • Walking the Line: Rediscovering and Touring the Civil War Defenses on Atlanta’s Modern Landscape (Second Edition)

    Lawrence Krumenaker. Hermograph Press, 2025.

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1914 to 1945

8 titles
  • 66 Hours to Manila: Survival and Liberation at Santo Tomas, 1942-1945

    Edward G. Miller. Texas A&M University Press, 2026.

  • A German Texan in World War II: The Diary, Letters, and Memorabilia of an 88th Infantry Officer

    Marilyn Melcher Maddox. Texas A&M University Press, 2025.

  • Mother of the Company: SGT. Percy M. Smith's World War II Reflections

    Philip M. Smith, ed. Texas A&M University Press, 2022.

  • My Darling Boys: A Family at War, 1941-1947

    Fred H. Allison. University of North Texas Press, 2023.

  • Private Milton L. Smith: Diary of a 78th Lightning” Division Machine Gunner in the Great War

    Patrick Bragdon McCormick, ed. McCormick, 2025.

  • Searching for John Dewitt: How 80 Forgotten Letters from the Trenches of WWI Revealed Timeless Lessons of Honor and Courage

    John Chase MD. Hellgate Press, 2024.

  • Through Blood and Brotherhood: Comrades and Enemies in WWII Yugoslavia.

    Brian R. Johnson. Casemate, 2024.

  • With the Deadeyes on Leyte and Okinawa: A Memoir of the 96th Infantry Division in the Pacific War

    Harvey R. Ball. Casemate, 2026.

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1946 to the Present

12 titles
  • Chaos in the Green Zone: My Time as an Iraq War Strategist

    Tom Mowle. University Press of Kansas, 2026.

  • Drawn Swords in a Distant Land: South Vietnam’s Shattered Dreams

    George J. Veith. Encounter Books, 2021.

  • The End of the Rope: The Ripcord Campaign and the American Disengagement in Vietnam

    James R. Smither. Casemate, 2026.

  • First Platoon: A Story of Modern War in the Age of Identity Dominance

    Annie Jacobsen. Dutton, 2021.

  • From Occupation to Integration: Recivilizing the French Zone of Post-Nazi Germany, 1945-1955

    Drew Flanagan. Louisiana State University Press, 2026.

  • The Gunner and the Grunt: Two Boston Boys in Vietnam with the First Cavalry Division Airmobile

    Michael L. Kelley and Peter Burbank. Casemate, 2023.

  • Just Another Day in Vietnam

    Keith M. Nightingale. Casemate, 2023.

  • My War with Vietnam: A Pilot's Healing Journey Home from War

    Richard W. Jellerson. McFarland & Company, 2025.

  • Riding into History: The Surprising Story of Sarah Keys Evens and the Fight to Desegregate Bus Travel

    Amy Nathan with Sarah Keys Evans. Duke University Press, 2026.

  • Vietnam on the Big Screen: How the Vietnam War Changed Hollywood

    Joseph Houlihan. Pen & Sword Military, 2026.

  • The War for Korea, 1951-1954: A Deep Trench

    Alan R. Millet. University Press of Kansas, 2026.

  • Western Military Expatriates in the Armed Forces of the UEA: History and Impact, 1965-2024

    Athol Yates. University of Exeter Press, 2026.

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About The CMH Book Review List

Book reviews are an important part of CMH's professional quarterly bulletin, Army History. Accordingly, we invite you to self-nominate to submit a review of a book from among those listed here. (The offerings will be updated over time, so you may wish to return occasionally to the book list.)

How the Review Process Works

  1. To self-nominate, contact Army History's Managing Editor at usarmy.mcnair.cmh.mbx.army-history@army.mil. Indicate which book from the list you propose to review.
  2. As part of your self-nomination, briefly state your qualifications, referring, as germane, to your education, previous published works, experience in the field, or other information you deem pertinent.
  3. Once the Managing Editor has approved your proposal, he will mail you a copy of the book. He will include a deadline for submission of the draft review.
  4. Upon receiving your draft book review, the Managing Editor will examine it for adequacy. Later, if the review is accepted, he will decide in which issue of Army History he aims to publish it, page makeup permitting; he will inform you of that decision as soon as he can.
  5. Before the review is published, the Managing Editor will read it for factual accuracy; however, the byline on the review makes the reviewer responsible for content. The Managing Editor will also review the draft for copyediting purposes. You will be asked to respond to queries of substance, as well as to review and approve the edits. That said, Army History will be the final arbiter of language usage and style.

Book Review Guidelines

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  • Look at some of the book reviews that appear in earlier issues of Army History, posted on this Web site.
  • Adhere to the CMH Style Guide 2023.
  • Write a review that's between 800 and 1,200 words.
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