Jensen's Web Sources for Wars & World Military History

Web Sources for Military History
by Richard Jensen

Jensen is a scholar with many books and articles; he was professor of history for over 35 years at several schools, including the University of Illinois, Harvard, Michigan, West Point, and Moscow State University. His recent books (coauthored) include The Civil War on the Web (2nd edition 2003), Trans-Pacific Relations : America, Europe, and Asia in the Twentieth Century (2003), World War II on the Web (2002) and Americans at War: Society, Culture, and the Homefront (2005). Write him at rjensen@uic.edu
February 2010
this is online at http://tigger.uic.edu/~rjensen/military.html

A. Searches/ General	B. Ancient	C. Medieval
D. 16th-17th centuries	E. 18th Century	F. American Revolution
G. Napoleonic Era	H. 19th Century	I. US Civil War
J. World War I	K. World War II	L. World War II: Pacific
M. Cold War	N. Third World	O. Korea
P. Vietnam	Q. Desert Storm to Present; Terrorism, Iraq	R. Air Power
S. Sea Power	send suggestions to RJensen@uic.edu

A. Searches/ General

"Military history" (2008) Citizendium article on historiography, with bibliography
"Military History Resources" topics links ed. by Thomas Pilsch recommended
Robert Cowley, Geoffrey Parker, eds Reader's Companion to Military History (1996) highly recommended
Encyclopedia Britannica complete text of monumental 11th edition (1910); excellent source for all topics as of that date; recommended
The Encyclopedia of World History Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Sixth Edition (2001) recomended
War Historian Mark Grimsley's informal and highly useful site on military history
Bibliography
Google Books full text of books published before 1923
dictionary of current military terminology & abbreviations
Library catalog for U California recommended
Scholarly Articles and Book Reviews
military history books: new or reprinted
America: History and Life Abstracts of 400,000+ history articles from ABC-CLIO; 1950-present; campus subscription required (check with Librarian) recommended some of the journals are available online in JSTOR, EBSCO or Project MUSE
Index to Military Periodicals from USAF Air University
Civil War History best scholarly resource; recent issues online via Project Muse and Infotrac; consult librarian
Journal of Military History many outstanding articles & reviews; online via JSTOR; consult librarian

JSTOR complete text online of all articles; also includes major journals in political science, economics, demography; free access if your school subscribes. recommended List of JSTOR schools
American Historical Review 1895-1999 recent issues online at History Cooperative; Journal of American History 1964-1999; recent issues online at History Cooperative; Mississippi Valley Historical Review 1914-1964; Journal of Economic History 1941-1999; Journal of Military History 1989-1999; [continuation of Military Affairs 1937-1988;] Journal of Modern History 1929-1999; Journal of Southern History 1935-1997; Speculum 1926-1997 [Medieval]; William and Mary Quarterly 1892-2000 [US to 1820]; also American Political Science Review 1906-1999; International Organization 1947-1997; International Security 1976-99; Journal of Politics 1939-1999; Political Science Quarterly 1886-1998 Journal of Asian Studies 1956-1999; Far Eastern Quarterly 1941-1956; Pacific Affairs 1928-1997;
For these journals, recent years are online in project Muse see Librarian; (they can be browsed but not searched) Bulletin of the History of Medicine; Civil War History; French Historical Studies; Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History; Journal of Interdisciplinary History; Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies; Journal of Policy History; Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences; Journal of World History; Reviews in American History [excellent reviews of new books]; Social Science History;
Parameters the US Army's senior professional journal, full text
Intelligence bibliography by J. Ransom Clark
intelligence studies mostly 1990s

historiography short list
Strategists & Military Theorists bibliographies
Jomini, Summary of the Art of War
Jomini
Clausewitz Homepage with full text of On War and more
books on Clausewitz
Moltke and the German Military Tradition scholarly article
Mahan & Corbett
Giulio Douhet airpower theorist
Pixley evaluates Douhet (scholarly article from Air and Space Power Journal (2005))
Links
Historical Text Archiveby Don Mabry recommended
Humanities & Social Sciences by Richard Jensen
posters
posters recommended
US Marine Corps posters & art
atlases
The West Point Atlases recommended
Historical Atlas (1923) by William R. Shepherd excellent for Europe recommended
Century Dictionary full text of major Cyclopedia & Atlas of 1890s
Periodical Historical Atlas of Europe
Popular History Popular articles, full text from The History Channel
More popular history
Biographies (short)
Ethics & Law
Just War from Internet Philosophy Encyclopedia
"War" from Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy recommended
Laws of War
Just War links
Just War & Iraq [1998]
Grotius 17th century founder of international law; full text of his On the Law of War and Peace (1625)
ethics & war bibliography
Constructing Death: Norms, War, and Civilian Casualties scholarly book review
General
H-WAR very well edited discussion list for scholars anyone reading this should subscribe
war movies
"War-Winning Weapons: The Measurement of Technological Determinism in Military History," by George Raudzens J Military History v 54 (Oct 1990) pp. 403-434 available in JSTOR
Samurai Archives on medieval Japanese military history and culture; many maps
Hugh Dubrulle. "Review of Daniel Moran and Arthur Waldron, eds, The People in Arms: Military Myth and National Mobilization since the French Revolution," H-War, H-Net Reviews, July, 2004. 17903 to present
Glossary of tactical combat
videos, graphics & computer animations
British Empire/Commonwealth
Maps good 1892 atlas
Australian War memorial
British Empire land forces
battle art good images & annotations; mostly British history
Reader's Guide to Canadian Military History recommended
Military history of Canada 1948 article
Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. short scholarly biographies of Canadians who died before 1921. Recommended
"Marching to Different Drums: Canadian Military History," by W. A. B. Douglas ; in The Journal of Military History in JSTOR, Vol. 56, No. 2 (April, 1992), pp. 245-260

Germany
Russian military history esp pre 1815
USA
US Army Military History Institute (esp bibliography)
American Military History (1989) full-length textbook
graphics
African-Americans: bibliography 1999 edition
African American military service From the Civil War to World War I

Medical; Casualties
Selected Death Tolls for Wars, Massacres and Atrocities Before the 20th Century not just casualties, but very detailed list of wars and bibliographic guide; recommended
Albert G. Love, ''War Casualties'' (1931) online] by a Lt. Colonel, Medical Corps, U.S. Army rcommended
A History of Military Medicine: Vol II: From the Renaissance Through Modern Times, by Richard A. Gabriel, Karen S. Metz (1992)
Leaders' Manual for Combat Stress Control (1994) with historical examples

Medical history US Army numerous official histories 1775-2001 recommended
Peace
Peace links from Swarthmore College
conflict resolution
Women
Minerva Center bibliography by Reina Pennington
Bibliographies (US)
"Women and Military Service: A History, Analysis and Overview of Key Issues" (1990) by Dr. Margaret C. Devilbiss recommended
Mattie E. Treadwell, The United States Army in World War II, Special Studies, The Women's Army Corps (1954) is the outstanding official history of the WAC and should not be missed; recommended
The Women's Army Corps, 1945-1978 (2000) excellent official history by Bettie J. Morden; complete text
Women in International Security
Women Warriors of Japan
Chinese women on the Long March scholarly book
women in combat annotated bibliography
popular site
Women in American military brief history
Women in American military brief history plus bibliographies
Donna M. Dean. "Review of Carol Burke, Camp All-American, Hanoi Jane, and the High-and-Tight: Gender, Folklore, and Changing Military Culture," H-Minerva, H-Net Reviews, October, 2004.
women veterans
"A History of Women in the Coast Guard" by John A. Tilley
"'They Either Need These Women or They Do Not': Margaret Chase Smith and the Fight for Regular Status for Women in the Military," by Janann Sherman in J Military History v 54 (Jan 1990) pp. 47-78 available in JSTOR
The Women's Army Corps, 1945-1978 (2000) excellent official history by Bettie J. Morden; complete text
Statistical Data
Armed Conflict Events Data very good encyclopedic coverage 1800-2000
Militarized Interstate Dispute (MID) data 1816-1992 compiled by the Correlates of War (COW) Project
Death tolls, 20th century conflicts
Statistics of US Wars
links to data sources
American women at war photos
Warfare
Ricardo A. Herrera. "Review of John A. Lynn, Battle: A History of Combat and Culture," H-War, H-Net Reviews, November, 2003
more on Lynn, Battle

B. Ancient

Guide
"One-Stop Ancient/Classical History" good short essays on Greek and Roman era, with much on military topics; from The History Net
Battles
Edward Creasy, Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World old excellent narrative of battles; written in 1851; should be checked against recent studies Project Gutenberg version of Creasy

Kevin Carroll. "Review of Robert E. Gaebel, Cavalry Operations in the Ancient Greek World," H-War, H-Net Reviews, April, 2004.
Janice J. Gabbert. "Review of Donald Kagan, The Peloponnesian War," H-War, H-Net Reviews, November, 2004.
West Point Atlas recommended The Battle of Marathon, B.C. 490
Defeat of the Athenians at Syracuse, B.C. 413
The Battle of Arbela, B.C. 331 Alexander the Great
The Battle of the Metaurus, B.C. 207 Rome whips Carthage

Interactive Maps (must see!)
Perseus Project
The Ancient World conflict, attitude and changing religions sophisticated textbook by Frank E. Smitha
maps
Bibliographies
documents
Society of Ancient Military Historians
Greek Wars
Trojan war scholarly overview written 1898
The History of the Peloponnesian War By Thucydides
Peloponnesian War modern views
Sparta essay by Josiah Ober
Alexander
Footsteps of Alexander PBS special, with teaching aids
good links
animated map of Alexander
"Alexander's Victory at Issus," by Benjamin Ide Wheeler (1899)
"Alexander's Invasion of India," by Benjamin Ide Wheeler (1899)
"Alexander the Great" by Edwyn Robert Bevan in Encyclopedia Britannica, (11th edition, 1910), vol 1, pp 545-550; best summary of older scholarship
Roman Wars
Atlas of Greek & Roman World
battle maps
Roman Army by Gary Brueggeman; excellent on infantry and cavalry tactics
The Roman Army in the Late Republic and Early Empire by Professor Barbara F. McManus
"Methodological Limits and the Mirage of Roman Strategy: Part I," by Everett L. Wheeler ; in The Journal of Military History in JSTOR, Vol. 57, No. 1. (Jan., 1993), pp. 7-41.
Helvetian War made famous by Julius Caesar Read Caesar's history
Romarch for Roman forts, archaeology
legionary fortress of Xanten, on the Rhine: clickable map
Barbarian Invasions & Collapse of Roman Empire
Maps of Europe A.D. 395-800
Who were the invaders?
Franks
Vikings
Lombards

overview
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1776 masterpiece by great historian Edward Gibbons
Victory of Arminius over the Roman Legions under Varus, A.D. 9
The Battle of Chalons, A.D. 451 Attila the Hun defeated by desperate Romans
Attila the Hun
Attila bio
Gaul and the Battle of Ch�lons

The Battle of Tours, A.D. 732 narrative by Creasy (1851) the Franks stop the Moslem advance in southern France
The Battle of Tours-Poitiers Revisited interpretation by William E. Watson (1993)
S. A. M. Adshead. "Tamerlane and the Global Arsenal, 1370-1405" scholarly essay (1993)
Reuven Amitai-Preiss, "Mamluks and Mongols" 1995 scholarly essay
Simon Coupland , "The Vikings on the Continent in Myth and History" scholarly article in the journal History Volume: 88 Number: 2 Page: 186 -- 203 online via Blackwell [subscription]. Shows the Vikings were ineed nasty, but so were the Franks

C. Medieval

basic overview
De Re Militari: The Society for Medieval Military History recommended; Includes good short scholarly articles; book reviews; hundreds of short primary documents
links & Resources from Soci�t� de l'Oriflamme
documents
Maps mostly from excellent Muir 1911 atlas
England--excellent maps from 1892 Atlas
"The Art of War in the Middle Ages" by Professor Valerie Eads; excellent annotated bibliography
Marguerite Ragnow. "Review of John B. Hattendorf and Richard W. Unger, eds, War at Sea in the Middle Ages and Renaissance," H-Atlantic, H-Net Reviews, June, 2004.
"The Military Revolution from a Medieval Perspective" By Andrew Ayton and J.L. Price scholarly essay
Housley, Norman, Religious Warfare in Europe 1400-1536 (2002) pp 1-32 of scholarly study
Spain: Reconquest & Expulsion of Moors, 1095-1492 scholarly article by Charles Julian Bishko (1975)
Technology & Soldiers
" Strategy and Tactics in Medieval Warfare" by Dillon Burke basic
Tilley, ed. Medieval France (1922) ch 3, Armies
"Caste, Skill, and Training: The Evolution of Cohesion in European Armies from the Middle Ages to the Sixteenth Century" By Dennis E. Showalter The Journal of Military History vol. 57 (1993) recommended
Runyan, Timothy J. European naval and maritime history, 300-1500. (1985) online via ACLS History E-book
"Medieval Siege Warfare: A Reconnaissance" by Bernard S. Bachrach, The Journal of Military History v.58 n.1 (1994)
Fortifications mostly eastern Europe
"Towns and Defence in Later Medieval Europe" by David Eltis 1989 scholarly article
"History of the Longbow" by Robert Sanderson
weapons
Chivalry of the knights
Military Orders
"Saracen Archers in Southern Italy" By Giovanni Amatuccio scholarly essay
Arthurson, Ian, "Espionage and Intelligence from the Wars of the Roses to the Reformation" 1991 scholarly article on England
Crusades
"Crusades" (2008) Citizendium article; full history with detailed bibliography and additional links
Crusades
Guide
Overview by Professor Skip Knox
maps
major article from 1908 Catholic Encyclopeda with maps & links to many articles on leaders, religious themes, countries & locations recommended
Bertrand, Marc, The First Crusade: A Military Analysis - scholarly MA thesis (1996)
primary sources: Letters
The Crusades from the Perspective of Byzantium and the Muslim World major scholarly essays edited by Angeliki E. Laiou and Roy Parviz Mottahedeh (2001)
Giles Constable, "The Historiography of the Crusades" major overview of scholarship (PDF)
Roy Parviz Mottahedeh and Ridwan al-Sayyid, "The Idea of the Jihad in Islam before the Crusades"
Third Crusade links Brand, Charles M. "The Byzantines and Saladin, 1185-1192: Opponents of the Third Crusade." Speculum 37 (1962): 167-81. [Available online via JSTOR]
"Crusaders' Castles of the Twelfth Century" by R. C. Smail Cambridge Historical Journal, Vol. 10, No. 2. (1951), pp. 133-149. in JSTOR
Kenneth M. Setton, ed. The History of the Crusades (1969-89), standard 6 vol scholarly full-scale history; with maps recommended
Asbridge, Thomas. The First Crusade: A New History: The Roots of Conflict between Christianity and Islam (2005)
Br�hier, Louis. "Crusades," in Catholic Encyclopedia (1908) vol 4. online
France, John. Western Warfare in the Age of the Crusades, 1000-1300 (1999)
Kagay, Donald J., and L. J. Andrew Villalon, eds. 'Crusaders, Condottieri, and Cannon: Medieval Warfare in Societies around the Mediterranean (2003)
Lane-Poole, Stanley. Saladin and the Fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem (1898) full text online free
Riley-Smith, Jonathan, ed. The Oxford History of the Crusades (1995).

The Hundred Years War, 1361-1453 France versus England. Short summary.
good overview
Battles
Links
Links; stress on 1422-53
Tales from Froissart
Joan of Arc as military leader overview of Joan
War of the Roses 1455-1487 battles
maps

D. 16th-17th centuries
1. West Point Atlas recommended
2. "The Military Revolution" -- historians have vigorously debated whether or not the great changes in warfare at this time constituted a "revolution" or just a big evolution.
  define the issues college syllabus with links
  "The Military Revolution: Origins and First Tests Abroad" by John F. Guilmartin, Jr. scholarly article from 1995 book
  new technology
  debate among historians
  The Making of a World Power, War and the Military Revolution in Seventeenth-Century England book review
  Black, Jeremy, "European Warfare 1494-1660 and the Military Revolution" History Review, March 2003 Issue 45, p 47-53; online via EBSCO/ Academic Search Elite
  "The Consequences of the Military Revolution in Muscovy: A Comparative Perspective," by Marshall Poe, in Comparative Studies in Society and History, Vol. 38, No. 4. (Oct., 1996), pp. 603-618.
  Alfred Kohler . "Review of James D. Tracy, Emperor Charles V, Impresario of War: Campaign Strategy, International Finance, and Domestic Politics," HABSBURG, H-Net Reviews, March, 2004.
  Spanish conquest of Mexico
  Inca Empire
  The Pioneers of France in the New World great classic by Francis Parkman (1865)
  ""Review Essay: Clio in Arms: The Role of the Military Variable in Shaping History," by John A. Lynn ; in The Journal of Military History in JSTOR, Vol. 55, No. 1 (Jan 1991), pp. 83-95, focus on state capabilities in early modern Europe
3. Spanish Armada overview
  Overview
  Overview (1907 essay from Catholic Encyclopedia)
  overview by Tilton and Mahan (1898)
  documents
  "The Spanish Story of the 1588 Armada Reassessed," by M. J. Rodriguez-Salgado The Historical Journal, Vol. 33, No. 2. (Jun., 1990), pp. 461-478.
  "Korean War of 1592-1598" (2008) Citizendium article with bibliography; Japan invaded Korea, which China defended; Japan lost
4. Technology and Science of War
  Latitude: The Art and Science of Fifteenth-Century Navigation highly detailed
  Fortifications mostly eastern Europe
  The Geometry of War, 1600-1750 stunning exhibit, esp. re artillery recommended
  uniforms modern illustrations by Velimir Vuksic
5. Thirty Years War 1618-1648 overview
  Thirty Years War
  primary sources
  Myron P. Gutmann, "The Origins of the Thirty Years' War," in Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Vol. 18, No. 4, (Spring, 1988), pp. 749-770. in JSTOR
  "Wallenstein and Gustavus Adolphus," essay by Eugene Lawrence (1871) Wallenstein was the leading Catholic general; Gustavus, King of Sweden, was the leading Protestant
  Gustavus Adolphus
6. "The Character of the Nine Years War, 1688-97" by George Clark, Cambridge Historical Journal, Vol. 11, No. 2. (1954), pp. 168-182. Also called War of the League of Augsburg or in America, King William's War.
7. English Civil Wars
  British Civil Wars and Commonwealth, 1638-1660 recommended
  English Civil War, 1642-48
  pamphlets
  documents
  Reenactments
  Battle of Naseby, 1645 Parliament defeats Royalists; maps
  Ian Gentles. "Review of Roger B. Manning, Swordsmen: The Martial Ethos in the Three Kingdoms," H-Albion, H-Net Reviews, October, 2004. URL:
  D. J. B. Trim. "Review of P�draig Lenihan, ed, Conquest and Resistance: War in Seventeenth-Century Ireland," H-Albion, H-Net Reviews, August, 2004.
8. Colonial/Indian wars
  Links
  Encyclopedia of North American Indians recommended
  King Philip's War, 1675-76, New England
  Count Frontenac and New France Under Louis XIV great classic by Francis Parkman (1877) focus on war between Canada and American colonies in 1690s
  "Just War And The Colonization Of The New World" scholarly essay by Courtney Campbell
  The Southern Frontier in Queen Anne�s War by scholar Verner W. Crane, in American Historical Review 24 (April 1919): 379-95; circa 1702
  "An Ethnohistorical Analysis of Iroquois Assault Tactics Used against Fortified Settlements of the Northeast in the Seventeenth Century," by Craig S. Keener pp. 777-807 of Ethnohistory, Vol. 46, No. 4, Warfare and Violence in Ethnohistorical Perspective, Autumn, 1999 (in JSTOR)
  "Iroquois Assault Tactics" scholarly 1999 article by Keener; includes excellent bibliography from Project Muse
9. What Went Wrong?: Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response (2002) by Bernard Lewis, ch 1, lessons Muslins learned in battle with Christian Europe
10. Andrew C. Hess, "The Evolution of the Ottoman Seaborne Empire in the Age of the Oceanic Discoveries, 1453-1525," American Historical Review, pp. 1892-1919 (Vol. 75, #7, Dec 1970) in JSTOR
11. Tipu Sultan defeated by British in Fourth Mysore War (1799)
E. 18th Century
1. Age of Louis XIV documents
2. 18th Century documents
3. Colonial wars documents
4. maps from 1892 Atlas
5. Seven Years War, 1756-1763
  Seven Years War: Overview
  Seven Years War in America teachers' guide to use of primary documents
  Mark Power Robison. "Review of Stephen Brumwell, Redcoats: The British Soldier and War in the Americas, 1755-1763," H-Atlantic, H-Net Reviews, August, 2004.
  maps
  articles
  French documents
  Seven Years War [Canada]
  Alfred Thayer Mahan, The Influence Of Sea Power Upon History 1660-1783 (1890) - Chapter VIII - Seven Years' War, 1756-1763
  Anderson, Crucible of War : The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766 (2000) chapter 1 of the best book on the subject
  Lance Janda. "Review of Guy Chet, Conquering the American Wilderness: The Triumph of European Warfare in the Colonial Northeast," H-Atlantic, H-Net Reviews, March, 2004.
  French and Indian War--French view
  Bibliography of French and Indian War
  Ticonderoga and Montcalm 1875 article
  Siege of Ft William Henry where the Indians massacred the British prisoners of war
  Pontiac's rebellion historiography (1763)
  "Lord Amherst" by Herbert B. Adams (1896) scholarly essay
  Lord Amherst proposes to use smallpox against the Indians
  More on Amherst's pox blankets
  Ruddock Mackay. "Review of M. John Cardwell, Arts and Arms: Literature, Politics and Patriotism during the Seven Years War," H-Albion, H-Net Reviews, November, 2004. British public opinion
6. Prussia & Frederick the Great
  Frederick the Great, esp maps
  short biography
  very long bio by Thomas Caryle, great English writer of 1850s; the style is very old-fashioned
  "The Prussian Campaign of 1758," scholarly 1897 article in American Historical Review by Herbert Tuttle
7. The Northern Wars [Scandinavia]
  Northern Wars
  Battles of the Great Northern War 1700-1721
  The Northern Wars: War, State and Society in Northeastern Europe, 1558-1721 historiography
8. "Sailors and Gentlemen of Parade: Some Professional and Technical Problems Concerning the Conduct of Combined Operations in the Eighteenth Century," by Richard Harding The Historical Journal, Vol. 32, No. 1. (Mar., 1989), pp. 35-55. in JSTOR
9. "Rebellion of the Regulars: Working Soldiers and the Mutiny of 1763-1764," by Peter Way William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 57, No. 4. (Oct., 2000), pp. 761-792. JSTOR reveals conditions & grievances of British privates (who thought of themselves as workers)
F. American Revolution
1. "American Revolution" (2008) Citizendium article with full history, detailed bibliography, and additional links
2. "American Revolution--Naval history" (2008) Citizendium article with full history, detailed bibliography, and additional links
3. Age of Revolution teachers' guides to using primary sources
4. George M. Wrong, Washington and His Comrades in Arms (1920) good short overview by Canadian scholar
5. Henry Cabot Lodge, Washington older biography
6. Higginbotham, Don. The war of American independence : military attitudes, policies, and practice, 1763-1789 best scholarly overview; online through ACLS History E-Book recommended
7. Allan R. Millett, Peter Maslowski, For the common defense: a military history of the United States of America, (1984) recommended textbook
8. Matloff, 'American Military History (1989) textbook
9. George Bancroft, History of the United States of America, from the discovery of the American continent. 10 vol 1837-60
10. Historiography
  " The Early American Way of War: Reconnaissance and Appraisal" by Don Higginbotham The William and Mary Quarterly 3rd Ser., Vol. 44, No. 2 (Apr., 1987), pp. 230-273
  Don Higginbotham, Don. "American Historians and the Military History of the American Revolution," The American Historical Review, 70#1 (Oct., 1964), pp 18-34. [ in JSTOR]
  Paul David Nelson, "British Conduct of the American Revolutionary War: A Review of Interpretations," The Journal of American History Vol. 65, No. 3 (Dec., 1978), pp. 623-653
  David Syrett, "The British Armed Forces in the American Revolutionary War: Publications, 1875-1998," 'The Journal of Military History Vol. 63, No. 1. (Jan., 1999), pp. 147-164. [ Bibliographies
11. Re-enactments, historic sites & links
12. Scholar's Showcase popular & scholarly essays & memoirs
13. Militia scholarly study
14. Hessians
15. Indians
16. Cameron, Margaret M. Canada & the American Revolution, 1774-1783. [1967] online through ACLS History E-Book
17. "Indians and the American Revolution," By leading scholar Wilcomb E. Washburn recommended
18. Allen, Robert S. His Majesty's Indian allies : British Indian policy in the defence of Canada, 1774-1815 (1992) online through ACLS History E-Book
19. Politics & Diplomacy
  Documents
  Perkins, France in the Revolution full text 1911 scholarly study, emphasizing military & naval role
  Benjamin Franklin links by R. Jensen and classic short scholarly biography by Carl Becker
  Political view from PBS
20. Prisoners
  Brunswicker (Hessian) prisoners
  naval prisoners from 1913 scholarly book
  American Prisoners of the Revolution by Danske Dandridge (1910)
  "Prisoner Exchange and Parole in the American Revolution," William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 48, No. 2. (Apr., 1991), pp. 201-222. in JSTOR
21. Spies
  Intelligence: by CIA
  spy letters from Clements Library
22. States
  Georgia
  Maryland Gazette pdf format
  Maryland Loyalists
  South Carolina strong on Tories
  The Revolution in Virginia by H. J. Eckenrode 1916 scholarly book
23. George Washington
  George Washington and his Army
  General George Washington from Library of Congress recommended
  Washington Papers complete 39 vol edition
  
  The Continental army
  Black soldiers
24. Jusserand, Rochambeau and the French in America 1916 essay by a French historian
25. Battles
  maps from West Point Atlas recommended
  Original Maps
  Lexington, 1775 from WPI
  Lexington British report
  Concord
  staff ride & background
  
  Bunker Hill from Massachusetts Historical Society
  "The Battle of Long Island" 1776 scholarly 1896 article American Historical Review by Charles Francis Adams
  Trenton, 1776
  Hessians at Trenton scholarly study by Edward J. Lowell (1884)
  
  Brandywine 1777
  Saratoga, 1777
26. Monmouth, 1778
  a British report
27. Southern Campaigns 1779-81
  Camden, 1780
  King's Mountain & Cowpens, 1780-81
  Cowpens
  "The Patriot" Mel Gibson 2000 movie -- fictional
  Cowpens, Guilford Courthouse, Yorktown
  Yorktown from PBS
28. Naval
  G. W. Allen, Naval History of American Revolution 1913 scholarly study
  "Admiral Earl Howe," 1894 essay by Alfred Thayer Mahan
  John Paul Jones
  biography
  Jones, seen by Brits
  extracts from Jones journals
  The Ranger commanded by Jones
29. Postwar
  Militia history
  General Arthur St. Clair postwar commander
  "St. Clair's Defeat," by Theodore Roosevelt 1791 epsode in West
  "American Indian Military Leadership: St. Clair's 1791 Defeat," by Leroy V. Eid ; in The Journal of Military History in JSTOR, Vol. 57, No. 1. (Jan., 1993), pp. 71-88.
  "America�s First Limited War," [Quasi War with France, 1798] 2000 article by Gregory E. Fehlings
  "Social Roots of the American Military Profession: The Officer Corps of America's First Peacetime Army, 1784-1789," by William B. Skelton J Military History v 54 (Oct 1990) pp. 435-452 available in JSTOR
G. Napoleonic Era
1. "Napoleon" (2008) Citizendium article with short history, detailed bibliography, and additional links
2. another overview
  Napoleon Series essays on military & related topics
3. Rothenberg, "The Origins, Causes, and Extension of the Wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon" Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Vol. 18, No. 4, (1988), pp. 771-793
4. France in 1790s
5. articles
6. popular guide to links
7. Jim McIntyre. "Review of Alexander Grab, Napoleon and the Transformation of Europe," H-War, H-Net Reviews, April, 2004.
8. Hugh Dubrulle. "Review of Daniel Moran and Arthur Waldron, eds, The People in Arms: Military Myth and National Mobilization since the French Revolution," H-War, H-Net Reviews, July, 2004. 17903 to present
9. Maps
  West Point Atlas recommended
  more battle maps
  Centennia Maps Europe, 1799-1815 in detail
  maps from 1892 Atlas
10. Peninsular War 1808-1814 from Encyclopedia Britannica 11th edition (1910); another copy
  War in Spain, 1808-14 in Spanish
  Peninsula campaign documents
11. Napoleon: Biography & Battles
  Biography of N from Encyclopedia Britannica 11th edition (1910); long (32,000 words) with a strong British bias another copy
  Guizot, History of France v7 of famous classic from 1820s; cover 1799-1812
  "Napoleon's International Politics: How Much Did He Owe to the Past?," by Orville T. Murphy in J Military History v 54 (Apr 1990) pp. 163-172 available in JSTOR
  Campaigns 1792-1800 from Encyclopedia Britannica 11th edition (1910)
  Valmy, 1792 Creasy's 1851 account
  Campaigns 1801-1815 from Encyclopedia Britannica 11th edition (1910)
  "From Berlin to Leipzig: Napoleon's Gamble in North Germany, 1813" by Michael V. Leggiere Journal of Military History 67.1 (2003) 39-84 in Project Muse
  The Napoleonic Guide links
  "Napoleon's Foreign Policy: A Criminal Enterprise," major scholarly article by Paul W. Schroeder, J Military History v 54 (Apr 1990) pp. 147-162 available in JSTOR
  excerpts from William Sloane's 4 volume biography (1896); good narrative
  Battle of the Piave, 1809
  Haiti & Toussaint L�Ouverture slave revolts after 1791
  Russian Campaign, 1812
  Battle of Borodino
  March to Moscow, 1812
  more on March to Moscow, 1812
  "Why Did Napoleon Invade Russia? A Study in Motivation and the Interrelations of Personality and Social Structure," Harold T. Parker, J Military History v 54 (Apr 1990) pp. 131-146 available in JSTOR
  
  Waterloo, 1815
  Overview
  overview by John C. Ropes (1888)
  100 Days & Waterloo by Sloane (1896)
  maps
  history from 11th edition Encyclopedia Britannica (1910); partly garbled
  
  Filmography
12. Naval
  "Napoleon and Sea Power," by J. Holland Rose, in Cambridge Historical Journal, Vol. 1, No. 2. (1924), pp. 138-157. in JSTOR
  "Battles of the Nile and Trafalgar," by Lamartine (1854)
  Trafalgar animation by BBC recommended
  "Nelson at The Nile," by A. T. Mahan (1897)
  Nelson at the Nile
  "Nelson at Copenhagen," by A. T. Mahan (1897)
  "Nelson at Trafalgar," by A. T. Mahan (1897)
  maps
  animated battle map from BBC
  
  British naval docs
  Admiral Nelson letters
  1813 bio of Nelson
13. Documents
14. Theorists & Historians; Clausewitz
  Jomini, Summary of the Art of War
  Jomini
  Clausewitz Homepage with full text of On War and more
  readings on Clausewitz
  Mahan & Corbett
15. War of 1812
H. 19th Century
1. Texas/Mexico/US
2. Crimean War, 1853-56
  basic
  Crimean War articles
  Crimean War 1853-56 from Encyclopedia Britannica (1911 edition)
  Crimean War documents
  History of the Russian Navy , a fine site in English from Russia
  Russian diplomacy college lecture
3. Imperialism
  imperialism maps
  British Empire map
  French Empire map
  Battle of Adwa, 1896 Ethiopia defeats Italy
  details on Adwa
4. British Empire
  British Colonial Wars: documents
  Sepy Rebellion in India, 1857
  "Global Violence and Nationalizing Wars in Eurasia and America: The Geopolitics of War in the Mid-Nineteenth Century," by Michael Geyer and Charles Bright, Comparative Studies in Society and History, Vol. 38, No. 4. (Oct., 1996), pp. 619-657. in JSTOR
  The war in Egypt and the Soudan; an episode in the history of the British Empire by Thomas Archer 1880s 4 vol.
  Kitchener full length 1915 bio of important general
  Omdurman 1898 map
  Northwest Campaign Canada, 1884
  Anglo Zulu War of 1879
  KwaZulu-Natal 1879
  battle of Khambula
  Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power by Victor Davis Hanson (2001) Compares the "Western" & "non-Western" styles of warfare at Salamis (480 BC); Gaugamela (331 BC); Cannae (216 BC); Poitiers (732); Tenochtitlan (1520-21); Lepanto (1571); Rourke's Drift (1879); Midway (1942) and Tet (1968).
  
  Boer War
  Boer War
  Boer War documents
  Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902 Bibliography
  Arthur Conan Doyle, The Great Boer War (1902) -- this is straight history, not Sherlock Holmes
  Boer War Australian site
  Canada in Boer War
  Matt Fitzpatrick. "Review of J�rgen Zimmerer and Joachim Zeller, eds, V�lkermord in Deutsch-S�dwestafrika: Der Kolonialkrieg (1904-1908) in Namibia und seine Folgen," H-German, H-Net Reviews, February, 2005.
5. France-Germany 1870-71
  overview
  Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71 from Encyclopedia Britannica (1911 edition)
  Franco-Prussian War documents
  History of the war between Germany and France. With biographical sketches of the principal personages engaged in the contest (1871) By James D. McCabe.
  Ian Reifowitz . "Review of Gordon Craig, The Battle of K�niggr�tz: Prussia's Victory over Austria, 1866," H-German, H-Net Reviews, May, 2004.
6. Manuals
  Cavalry Outpost Tactics (1893) by F. De Brack, translated from French
7. US Late 19th Century
  harbor & coastal defense
  Dennis Mahan A treatise on field fortification, containing instructions on the methods of laying out, constructing, defending, and attacking intrenchments, with the general outlines also of the arrangement, the attack and defence of permanent fortifications. (1856) lectures by famous West Point prof
  Interwar Years US Army textbook
  Indian Wars, 1865-1900 US Army textbook
  Territorial Kansas from State Historical Society; their excellent scholarly journal Kansas Historical Quarterly is online to 1977
  Lakota Indians Sioux warriors
  Army in Reconstruction & Indian Wars lectures by Professor Grimsley
  Red River War Texas, 1874-75
  "General Custer and the Little Bighorn Reconsidered--Again" by James B. Potts ; in The Journal of Military History in JSTOR, Vol. 58, No. 2. (Apr., 1994), pp. 305-314.
  military reforms late 19c
  Derby on US Navy 1880 essay from Harper's Monthly
  "Building the Military-Industrial Relationship The U.S. Navy and American Business, 1854-1883 scholarly 1999 article by Kurt Hackemer
8. 1898
I. US Civil War
1. "U.S. Civil War" (2008) Citizendium article with full history, detailed bibliography, and additional links
2. James Ford Rhodes, History of the Civil War, 1861�1865 (1918) best of older histories of the war years; strong on politics
  Military History of Civil War original essay by Richard Jensen, with hot links to documents, maps & URLs
  Allan R. Millett, Peter Maslowski, For the common defense: a military history of the United States of America, (1984) recommended textbook
  Matloff, 'American Military History (1989) textbook
  Abraham Lincoln, a History (10 vols, 1890) by John George Nicolay and John Hay; Nicolay and Hay were senior aides to Lincoln; This is the longest and most detailed scholarly history of the war, noted for completeness, clarity, and psycholoical and political insight into the men and challenges Lincoln faced; portions appeared in Century magazine, as listed below. recommended
3. War of the Rebellion complete; this major series of wartimne reports is conveniently available on inexpensive cd-rom.
  Other useful cd-roms on Civil War
4. Web Sites
  Links from LSU
  Links from Jim Janke; very good guide to topics
  Alice E. Carter and Richard Jensen The Civil War on the Web: A Guide to the Very Best Sites (2003) book and cd-rom, evaluates 400+ sites
  scholarly essays 1966 collection ed. Charles Crowe
5. A Nation Divided popular articles
6. Harper's Weekly valuable weekly newspaper 1857-1877; superb illustrations; available at 500+ academic libraries recommended
7. he American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1861 full text online and searchable at Google.books.com recommended 1862
8. African-Americans
9. Training manuals
  U.S. Infantry Tactics. for the instruction, exercise, and manoeuvres of the United States infantry, including infantry of the line, light infantry, and riflemen full text of official 460-page 1861 training manual; illustrated
  Military Dictionary: Comprising Technical Definitions; Information on Raising and Keeping Troops... by Henry Lee Scott, 1861; complete text
  Hardee's Manual light infantry tactics
  Manual of Arms for Sharps Rifle
10. Artillery
11. Border States
  Nicolay and Hay on Tennessee and Kentucky, 1861 (1888)
12. Ft Sumter 1861 recommended documents & analysis by leading historian
13. "English Opinion of the American War," by W. M. Rossetti (1866)
14. Homefronts
  Confederate Home Front original documents from U North Carolina recommended
  Gone With the Wind great novel of wartime
  conditions in Virginia
  Virginia & Pennsylvania in the war years from "Valley of the Shadow"
  Bibliography
  "The Enrollment and the Draft," by J. G. Nicolay and John Hay (1889)
  Lincoln Administration links by Richard Jensen
15. Gallagher, The Confederate War (1997) ch. 1
16. Generals links for leaders of both sides
17. Total War
  "Abraham Lincoln, John Pope, and the Origins of Total War," by Daniel E. Sutherland J Military History v 56 (Oct 1992) pp. 567-586 available in JSTOR
  "Shutting the Gates of Mercy: The American Origins of Total War, 1860-1880," by Lance Janda J Military History v 59 (Jan 1995) pp. 7-26; available in JSTOR
18. Main Battles
  1. General
    Battles and Leaders memoirs by leading generals; single best source recommended
    Military History of Civil War original essay by Richard Jensen, with hot links to documents, maps & URLs
    James Ford Rhodes, History of the Civil War, 1861�1865 (1918) best of older histories of the war years; strong on politics and character analysis of leaders recommended best overview of entire war
    Shotgun's Home of the American Civil War The most comprehensive single online source for Official Records, and other firsthand accounts of practically every major Civil War battle. Also includees biographies and much else. recommended
    Tabular Overview
    excellent links from LSU
    West Point Atlas recommended
    original maps
    Battles: original sources
    Official Records complete 127 volumes; This is the basic huge collection of original reports from both sides; by far the most-used source for specialists recommended Cornell Making of America edition of Official Records
    Lossing, A History of the Civil War complete text 1866 popular history; heavily illustrated
  2. Antietam, 1862
    guide, documents & memoirs recommended
    Antietam on the Web
    original news & illustrations from Harper's Weekly
    McClellan as strategist
  3. Atlanta 1864
    overview
    Timeline and narrative
    Grant's analysis
    Atlanta maps
    map
  4. Bull Run 1861 and 1862
    Bull Run 1861 map
    memoir by George A. Custer
    Nicolay and Hay on Pope's Virginia Campaign (1888)
    Second Manassas, 1862
  5. Cedar Creek, 1864
  6. Chancellorsville 1863
  7. Chattanooga 1863
    Grant on Chattanooga 1863
  8. Chicamagua 1863
    more Chicamagua 1863
    map
  9. Cold Harbor 1864
    Grant on Cold Harbor 1864
  10. The Crater, 1864
  11. Ft Donelson 1862
    Grant on Ft Donelson 1862
  12. Ft. Pillow Massacre (1864)
    overview
    Nicolay and Hay, (1889) scholarly article
    Official Records, vol. xxxii. part 1.
  13. Ft Sumter 1861 recommended documents & analysis by leading historian
  14. Ft Wagner, 1863 as shown in movie "Glory"
  15. Fredericksburg 1862 good overview, with documents
  16. Gettysburg
    1. Gettysburg 1863
    2. OR(Official Records)
    3. History of the battle (by James Ford Rhodes, a leading historian of 1890s)
    4. more Gettysburg
    5. Gordon on Gettysburg
    6. Meade on Gettysburg
    7. synopsis of best book on battle, by Coddington
    8. very large map of Gettysburg
    9. Longstreet
    10. Reardon on Picket's Charge (1997) ch 1 of book
    11. Jeffrey C. Hall. "Review of Steven E. Woodworth, Beneath a Northern Sky: A Short History of the Gettysburg Campaign," H-CivWar, H-Net Reviews, June, 2004.
  17. Stonewall Jackson & Valley Campaign, 1862
    Stonewall Jackson And The American Civil War by G. F. R. Henderson (1898) classic 2 vol biography
    Official Records
    General Imboden's essay
    "Jackson's Valley Campaign," by J. G. Nicolay and John Hay (1889)
    Gen Richard Taylor's 1878 memoir
  18. East Kentucky, 1861-62 James Garfield, "My Campaign in East Kentucky" --the author later became President
  19. Nashville 1864
    Grant on Nashville 1864
  20. Peninsular 1862
    Peninsular map
  21. Red River 1864
    more Red River 1864
    Battles and Leaders very good coverage
  22. Seven Days 1862
    Nicolay and Hay on Seven Days (1888)
  23. Sherman's March 1864
    Georgia campaign by General O. O. Howard
    Sherman's March 1864 by Grant
    Memoir by Capt. Oakley
    Sherman in South Carolina by General Slocum
    Sherman in North Carolina
  24. Shiloh 1862
    Grant on Shiloh
    Sherman on Shiloh
    Nicolay and Hay on The Mississippi and Shiloh (1888)
  25. Spottsylvania, 1864
  26. Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley, 1864
  27. Vicksburg, 1863
    Grant on campaign
    maps of Vicksburg 1863
    more Vicksburg 1863
  28. Wilderness 1864
    overview
    overview 2
    Lee in the Wilderness from Battles & Leaders
    Virtual Wilderness
    eyewitness
    map
    photographs
    Grant on Wilderness 1864
19. Legal: General Orders 100
20. Maps
21. Medical
22. Naval & Diplomatic
23. Prisons
  - detailed bibliography, links, maps and text by Rhodes
    Professor Rufus B. Richardson's article in the New Englander for Nov. 1880
    Extracts from the Minutes of Proceedings of the Standing Committee of the United States Sanitary Commission...1864 hair-raising details
    Appendix to the Report of the Sanitary Commission (1864) much more detail
24. Soldiers
25. States
26. Women & children:
27. Biographies, Memoirs & Letters: Confederate
28. Biographies & Memoirs: Yankee
29. Visuals, Photographs
  Illustrations from NY Historical Society recommended
  engravings
  Don Troiani's paintings (1990s)
J. World War I (First World War)
1. "World War I" (2008) Citizendium survey article with bibliography
2. "World War I, Homefront" (2008) Citizendium survey article with bibliography and links
3. Links
4. First World War.com excellent British site; includes encyclopedia of 1600 terms recommended
5. "WWI - Bibliography" (2008) Citizendium article on historiography, with bibliography
6. "WWI - Bibliography" (2008) Citizendium article on historiography, with bibliography
7. The Great War from PBS recommended
8. Interviews with historians from PBS, recommended
9. Adam R. Seipp. "Review of Stephane Audoin-Rouzeau and Annette Becker, 14-18: Understanding the Great War," H-German, H-Net Reviews, July, 2004.
10. Biographies (short)
11. Trenches on the Web international coverage
12. Pollard, A Short History of the Great War useful 1920 overview by English historian
13. Images and text
14. Origins & Diplomacy
  Primary documents: remarkable collection recommended
  more primary documents
  Diplomatic primary documents
  Sidney Fay, The Origins of the World War (1930) classic scholarly study; every nation shared guilt for starting the war
  Gerhard Altmann. "Review of Richard Hamilton und Holger Richard, Hrsg, The Origins of World War I," H-Soz-u-Kult, H-Net Reviews, March, 2004. URL:
  Diplomacy of Wilson & Lenin
  Foreign Relations of US complete text of US diplomatic documents, 1900-1918
  
  causes 1866-1914
  Author: May, Ernest R. The World War and American isolation, 1914-1917 (1959). Best scholarly monograph; online via ACLS History E-Book
  "The Importance of Energy in the First and Second World Wars" by W. G. Jensen, The Historical Journal, Vol. 11, No. 3. (1968), pp. 538-554. in JSTOR
  Handbook of War Facts and Peace Problems (1919) sophisticated American pamphlet; anti-German; good summary of effects of war on each country involved
15. Intelligence bibliography
16. Maps recommended
17. West Point Atlas recommended
18. Air War
  Australian Flying Corps
  German Zeppelins in WW1
19. Artillery
20. animations of battles
21. Western Front from BBC
22. Somme from BBC
23. Inside the tank from BBC
24. arts & propaganda
  - Poets
  - war poetry
  - Photographs (over 1100 originals)
  - French & American posters
  - Posters-America
  - Poster-Britain
  - Posters-Canada
  - Poetry & Literature
  - photographs
    Ernst Juenger German soldier who wrote powerful autobiography
  - WWI in current news
  - art
  - editorial cartoons
  - Punch cartoons British
  - wide ranging collection of photos, cartoons, art
  - songs
  - Candian songs
  - Films
  - Cary Nathenson . "Review of Bernadette Kester, Film Front Weimar: Representations of the First World War in German Films of the Weimar Period (1919-1933)," H-German, H-Net Reviews, February, 2004.
  - "Wellington House and British Propaganda during the First World War" by M. L. Sanders in The Historical Journal, Vol. 18, No. 1. (Mar., 1975), pp. 119-146. in JSTOR
  - Australia & New Zealand
    Official Histories 13 vol Gallipoli
    Gallipoli campaign NZ perspective
    Gallipoli: New Zealand experience
    "Strength against weakness: Ottoman military effectiveness at Gallipoli, 1915" by Edward J. Erickson, Journal of Military History 981-1012 65, no. 4 (Oct 2001): p. 981-1012 online via FirstSearch
  - Austria
    "The Austro-Hungarian Campaign Against Serbia in 1914," scholarly article by Gunther E. Rothenberg J Military History v 53 (Apr 1989) pp. 127-46 available in JSTOR
    "Disjointed Allies: Coalition Warfare in Berlin and Vienna, 1914," scholarly article by Holger H. Herwig J Military History v 54 (July 1990) pp. 265-280 available in JSTOR
  - Aviation Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Frederick A. Talbot (1915) very early report
    Christopher Parrish. "Review of Herbert A. Johnson, Wingless Eagle: U.S. Army Aviation through World War I," H-War, H-Net Reviews, April, 2004. URL:
  - Belgium
    Belgian Resistance
    "German policy"
    Les Francs-Tireurs
    "German "Atrocities" and Franco-German Opinion, 1914: The Evidence of German Soldiers' Diaries" scholarly article by John Horne and Alan Kramer, The Journal of Modern History, Vol. 66, No. 1. (Mar., 1994), pp. 1-33. in JSTOR
    Brian E. Crim. "Review of Larry Zuckerman, The Rape of Belgium: The Untold Story of World War I," H-German, H-Net Reviews, January, 2005.
    Alon Rachamimov. "Review of John Horne and Alan Kramer, The German Atrocities of 1914: A History of Denial," H-German, H-Net Reviews, September, 2004.
  - Britain
  - Canada
  - France
  - Germany
  - Medical, Gas, Trenches
    The Medical Front recommended
    Love, War Casualties (1931) manual for US Medical Corps; many statistics
    WW1 Medical
    trench life
    archaeology
    Anzacs
    Gas Warfare in World War I 21 studies of American divisions
    gas Medical Dept. history
    Mustard Gas
    memoir: by Alan Seeger (1917)
    The Middle Parts of Fortune: Somme and Ancre, 1916 by Frederic Manning (1882-1935)
    Australian Official Histories 3 vol on medical history
  - Mideast
    Seven Pillars of Wisdom T E Lawrence's great narrative history
  - Naval War
  - Russia
    Willard Sunderland. "Review of Joshua A. Sanborn, Drafting the Russian Nation: Military Conscription, Total War, and Mass Politics, 1905-1925," H-Russia, H-Net Reviews, May, 2004.
    Teddy J. Uldricks. "Review of Norman E. Saul, War and Revolution: The United States and Russia, 1914-1921," H-Diplo, H-Net Reviews, July, 2004.
  - Turkey
    Turkey
    memoirs of US ambassador Morgenthau good overview
    Armenians: Bryce Report of 1916
    "Strength against weakness: Ottoman military effectiveness at Gallipoli, 1915" by Edward J. Erickson, Journal of Military History 981-1012 65, no. 4 (Oct 2001): p. 981-1012 online via FirstSearch
  - USA
  - Economics
    The Economics of WW1: Overview scholarly article by Broadberry & Harrison (2004)
    Australia
  - Women
    Women: nurses
    memoir of British nurse
    Australian nurses
    Sophie de Schaepdrijver. "Review of Tammy M. Proctor, Female Intelligence: Women and Espionage in the First World War," H-Women, H-Net Reviews, March, 2004.
K. World War II
Douglas Smith and Richard Jensen, World War II on the Web: A Guide to the Very Best Sites (2002)
1. Timeline and links
2. General
  Hyperwar good links by Patrick Clancey, esp re American role; recommended
  annotated links
  Multimedia good slide shows
  "The Scholarship on World War II: Its Present Condition and Future Possibilities," by Richard H. Kohn ; in The Journal of Military History in JSTOR, Vol. 55, No. 3 (July 1991), pp. 365-394
  WW2 encyclopedia from Spartacus
  "The Importance of Energy in the First and Second World Wars" by W. G. Jensen, The Historical Journal, Vol. 11, No. 3. (1968), pp. 538-554. in JSTOR
  animations of battles from BBC
  Fall of France 1940 and Dunkirk
  North Africa
  El Alamein
  Overlord June 1944
  D-Day
  Arnhem
  Burma
  Auschwitz death camp
  
  Maps
  West Point Atlas recommended
  battle maps recommended
  Maps
3. US Army
  Hyperwar links
  Command Decisions, 1960 study of US Army's key decisions
  US Army bibliography of official histories, with some links to texts
  Reader's Guide to US Army guide to excellent "Green Book" series of US Army history of WW2 recommended
  "United States Army World War II Corps Commanders: A Composite Biography," by Robert H. Berlin J Military History v 53 (Apr 1989) pp. 147-168 available in JSTOR
  Eisenhower from Center of Military History
  Eisenhower's Legacy scholarly essays
4. Diplomacy & Causes of War
  Causes
  David J. Ulbrich. "Review of Robert Boyce and Joseph A. Maiolo, eds, The Origins of World War Two: The Debate Continues," H-War, H-Net Reviews, April, 2004.
  British War Blue Book (1939) primary documents on causes
  French "Yellow Book" diplomatic primary documents on causes
  Peter Jackson, "Post-War Politics and the Historiography of French Strategy and Diplomacy Before the Second World War," History Compass (2006) 4(5) , 870-905
  "Munich and the British Tradition," by Paul W. Schroeder The Historical Journal, Vol. 19, No. 1. (Mar., 1976), pp. 223-243.
  Strategic Planning for Coalition Warfare 1941-1942 outstanding official US Army history by Maurice Matloff and Edwin Snell (1990). Recommended for thorough coverage of American war planning
5. Air War
6. Britain
  links
  Homefront many documents
  homefront links
  W. K. Hancock and M.M. Gowing, British War Economy (1949) official history, recommended
  Problems of Social Policy, by Titmuss, Richard M. (1950)
  British War Production, by Postan, Michael M. 1952
  Statistical Digest of the War,by Hancock, W. K. 1951 recommended
  Memories
  "British Rearmament in the 1930s: A Chronology and Review" by J. P. D. Dunbabin, The Historical Journal, Vol. 18, No. 3. (Sep., 1975), pp. 587-609. in JSTOR
  SOE animation of secret operations in Europe
  Canada
  brief history of entire war from Canadian perspective
  Canadian Newspapers 144,000 clippings on WW2; searchable; good overviews; recommended
7. Europe: East
8. Europe: South
9. Europe: West
10. Coles and Weinberg, Soldiers Become Governors US military occupation
11. Finland
  "The Battles of the Winter War" 30 November 1939 - 13 March 1940, Finland vs USSR [Finland fought two wars against USSR; this is the first one; note that Germany at the time was allied with USSR]
  Commander in Chief Mannerhaim
12. France
13. Holland
14. Germany
  "Hitler" (2008) Citizendium article with full history, detailed bibliography, and additional links
  Feldgrau: German Armed Forces 1800 pages ed. Jason Pipes
  military production statistics
  Atomic bomb research
  The Atomkeller-Museum at Haigerloch bilingual; documents
  "Hitler's War and the German Economy: A Reinterpretation," important scholarly article by R. J. Overy in The Economic History Review, Vol. 35, No. 2. (May, 1982), pp. 272-291. via JSTOR
  David Bielanski. "Review of Karen Hagemann and Stefanie Sch�ler-Springorum, eds, Home/Front: The Military, War and Gender in Twentieth-Century Germany," H-German, H-Net Reviews, May, 2004.
  " Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg in the German Resistance to Hitler: Between East and West," by Peter Hoffmann in The Historical Journal, Vol. 31, No. 3. (Sep., 1988), pp. 629-650.
  "The Question of Western Allied Co-Operation with the German Anti-Nazi Conspiracy, 1938-1944," by Peter Hoffmann in The Historical Journal, Vol. 34, No. 2. (Jun., 1991), pp. 437-464. via JSTOR
15. Greece 1941
16. Holocaust & War Crimes
17. Intelligence & Science
18. secret history of WW2 newspaper series about spies
19. spies original FBI documents
20. "Scientists in Uniform: The Harvard Computation Laboratory in World War II" scholarly 1999 article by Kathleen Broome Williams.
21. Italy
  Kasserine Pass
22. Medical, POWs, Casualties
23. Mobilization of Homefronts
  Britain
  British links
  German military production statistics
  Mobilizing U.S. Industry in World War II excellent 1996 scholarly study by Alan L. Gropman
  U.S.
  US government pamphlets full text
  FDR secret papers
  American oral histories
24. Naval
  US: documents
  Overview: King Report 1946
  Navy Department, Report on the Navy and the War (1943)
  Navy Department, Third Report on the Navy and the War (1945)
  US Navy
  secret naval war plans, 1934-42 from FDR Library recommended
  "Ready or Not? The [British] Home Fleet at the Outset of World War II," 1998 article by James Levy
  "Plan Dog" US Navy's estimate of global situation, Nov 1940
  US Coast Guard
  Merchant marine
  Navy: photos
  warships
  German naval radar ; Germans lagged badly
  British carriers
  British naval aviation
  Submarine Warfare
  U-Boatsrecommended
  "Death of Convoy PQ-17" in 1942
  Battle of Atlantic Canadian perspective
  Battle of the Atlantic
  ULTRA against U-Boats NSA study
  "German U-boat Crews in World War II: Sociology of an Elite," Timothy P. Mulligan ; in The Journal of Military History in JSTOR, Vol. 56, No. 2 (April, 1992), pp. 261-281
  U-Boats
  timeline
  U-Boat shipyards
  Italian navy
  British technology
  convoys to Russia
25. Norway
  Invasion of Norway, by Earl Ziemke
  invasion stress on hardware
  Collaboration
26. Partisans
  "Incident at Baranivka: German Reprisals and the Soviet Partisan Movement in Ukraine, October- December 1941" by Truman Anderson, The Journal of Modern History, Vol. 71, No. 3. (Sep., 1999), pp. 585-623. JSTOR
27. Poland
  overview
  Warsaw
  Nazis in Poland
28. Propaganda, Film, Literature
  "World War II As Seen Through Children�s Literature" by Laura Pringleton curriculum unit
  Films
  Films
  war movies
  "Doing The Thinking For All Of Us: Casablanca And The Home Front" scholarly essay by Jack Nachbar. Journal Of Popular Film And Television, Wntr 2000 v27 #4 pp5+ available via INFOTRAC
  Laura L. Neitzel. "Review of David M. Rosenfeld, Unhappy Soldier: Hino Ashihei and Japanese World War II Literature," H-Peace, H-Net Reviews, February, 2005.
  Scott Denham. "Review of Susanne Vees-Gulani, Trauma and Guilt: Literature of Wartime Bombing in Germany," H-German, H-Net Reviews, January, 2005
  
  Posters
  Posters-American
  US posters
  Posters & war bond ads
  Posters-American
  Poster-British
  Nazi propaganda 100 original posters with new annotations; from Calvin College
  more German posters
  
  American photographs from FDR Library
  Tokyo Rose Japanese Army radio broadcasts to American troops; original FBI report
29. Race
  Race & US military
  Ulysses Lee, The Employment of Negro Troops (1963), excellent official US Army history; full text recommended
  African Americans & Military service
  "Recipe for Failure: Major General Edward M. Almond and Preparation of the U.S. 92d Infantry Division for Combat in World War II," by Dale E. Wilson ; in The Journal of Military History in JSTOR, Vol. 56, No. 3 (July1992), pp. 473-488
  Japanese in US
  National Japanese American Memorial
  Japanese American Relocation Sites by US National Park Service
30. Soldiers
  American oral histories
  "The civilians who joined up 1939-1945" by Mark Johnson statistics on recruits to Australian Army. Scholarly article from Journal of the Australian War Memorial (1996)
  Brent Watson. "Review of Peter S. Kindsvatter, American Soldiers: Ground Combat in the World Wars, Korea, and Vietnam," H-War, H-Net Reviews, February, 2004.
31. USSR
  Stalin as war leader
  Mary Kathryn Barbier. "Review of Albert Axell, Marshal Zhukov: The Man Who Beat Hitler," H-War, H-Net Reviews, May, 2004.
  "Soviet and Nazi Economic Planning in the 1930s," by Peter Temin The Economic History Review, Volume 44, Issue 4 (Nov., 1991), 573-593. in JSTOR
32. US Strategy
  Strategic Planning for Coalition Warfare 1941-1942 (1953) outstanding official US Army history by Maurice Matloff and Edwin Snell (1990 edition). Recommended for thorough coverage of American war planning; one of the best in "Green Series" from the Army Official History;
  Global Logistics and Strategy: 1940-1943 superb official US Army history by Richard M. Leighton and Robert W. Coakley; full text is not yet online one of the best in "Green Series" from the Army Official History; notes on vol 2
  Marshall Papers US chief of staff George Marshall papers, 1939-41
  Marshall Papers US chief of staff George Marshall papers, 1945-46
  US War Plans original war planning documents for FDR, 1939-43; called the "Safe Files", from FDR Library recommended
  1943 strategy
  Plans for invasion of Europe 1943 documents
33. Tanks
34. Charles M. Bailey, "Tank Myths" (2001) Christie's role in Russian T-34
35. Women
36. Yugoslavia 1941
L. World War II: Pacific
1. Strategic Planning for Coalition Warfare 1941-1942 (1953) outstanding official US Army history by Maurice Matloff and Edwin Snell (1990 edition). Recommended for thorough coverage of American war planning; one of the best in "Green Series" from the Army Official History;
2. United States Army in World War II: The War in the Pacific: Strategy and Command: The First Two Years by Louis Morton (1961) one of the best in "Green Series" from the Army Official History; recommended
3. Maps
  West Point Atlas recommended
  Maps from Australian War Memorial
  maps
4. Douglas MacArthur from PBS
5. Japan
  Japanese monographs prewar strategy & planning
  Emperor Hirohito
  Sino-Japanese War 1937-45 scholarship and documents
  "Rearming in a Vacuum: United States Navy Intelligence and the Japanese Capital Ship Threat, 1936-1945," by Malcolm Muir, Jr J Military History v 54 (Oct 1990) pp. 473-485 available in JSTOR
  Bix, Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan. (2000) book review
  Japan's decision for war, by Louis Morton (1960)
  Japan's strategy 1943 as estimated by US Intelligence
  Glossary of Japanese military terms
  strategic balance 1941
6. Pearl Harbor
  Japanese Plans
  Photos & Maps
  investigations
  popular culture responds
7. CBI (China-Burma-India)
  China Burma good overview by Center for Military History
  A Joint Study of the Sino-Japanese War, 1931-1945 [.pdf]
  US Army operations short official histories of numerous campaigns
  China-Burma-India documents
  Flying Tigers US Air Force in China
  "The `Singapore Strategy' and the Deterrence of Japan: Winston Churchill, the Admiralty and the Dispatch of Force Z(*)" major scholarly article by Christopher M. Bell re fall of Singapore The English Historical Review, June 2001 v116 i467 pp604+ available in INFOTRAC
  Malaya, 1941-42
  Burma British Army 1941-45
  British Navy
  U.S. Army Special Operations in World War II 1992 official history
8. Philippines, 1941-42
  Philippines, 1941-42
  United States Army in World War II: The War in the Pacific: The Fall of the Philippines by Louis Morton (1953) outstanding official history recommended in "Green Series"
  Bataan 1942
  Documents
9. Australia
  Australia & Japan
  Navies--Australia, NZ, Britain
10. Naval
  Maps & useful summaries
  bibliography with come links to official histories
  Imperial Japanese Navy Page by Jon Parshall
  Japanese Naval Aviation
  Japanese torpedoes
  US Navy useful overview of battles, admirals, weapons US Navy photos
  USS Washington BB56 good WW2 site
  secret naval war plans, 1934-42 from FDR Library
  
  Intelligence war
  "American Naval Intelligence of Japanese Submarine Operations Early in the Pacific War," by Carl Boyd J Military History v 53 (Apr 1989) pp. 169-189 available in JSTOR
  short overview
  
  Midway, 1942
  US Navy links
  Battle of Midway 1942
  "The Battle of Midway: Why the Japanese Lost" 2000 article by Dallas Woodbury Isom
  critique
  
  Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power by Victor Davis Hanson (2001) Compares the "Western" & "non-Western" styles of warfare US Submarines by Michel Poirier
  S-33
  
  Leyte Gulf 1944
  Timeline
  Island Warfare
  - "Bougainville: The Amphibious Assault Enters Maturity" [1943] 1997article by David C. Fuquea
  - Tarawa 1943 Marine conquest of Gilbert Islands more on Tarawa
  - Island Hopping by MacArthur
  - Douglas MacArthur PBS special, with teaching aids
  - Luzon, 1945
  - Iwo Jima, 1945
  - Iwo Jima
  - Okinawa, 1945
  - Okinawa
  - Okinawa: Thge Last Battle recommended full text of 1949 official Army history
11. Air War
  Hitting Home: The Air Offensive Against Japan short official history
  "B-29" (2008) Citizendium article with bibliography
  US combat short official histories
  statistics
  links
  Army Air Forces in World War II (7 vol 1948-53) ed by Craven and Cate recommended classic official history; very large PDF files
  Army Air Forces in World War II: Vol. I: Plans & Early Operations, January 1939 to August 1942 ed by Craven and Cate easy-to-handle small files
  Army Air Forces Statistical Digest
  
  Kamikazes, 1944-45
  damage to ships from Kamikazes
  Bombing of Tokyo March 1945
  "'It made a lot of sense to kill skilled workers': The firebombing of Tokyo in March 1945" by Thomas R. Searle, Journal of Military History 103-134 v 66 #1 (Jan 2002): pp. 103-134 online via FirstSearch; major scholarly study
  maps
  US Strategic Bombing Survey: Japan major source
12. Manhattan Project [Atomic Bomb]
  lecture notes
  Trinity Atomic Web Site History, Technology, and Consequences in Historic Documents, Photos, and Videos
  Building and Dropping the Bomb: US Perspectives excellent collection of US documents
  physics issues
  British role
  A-Bomb: Decision to use (1960 study)
  documents on decision
  Official 1946 A-Bomb report
  German research on atomic energy
  Hiroshima documents & videos
  Enola Gay controversy about controversia; museum exhibit
  Intelligence, Surrender & Hiroshima CIA official history, 1998
  "Tainted Decision: The Atom Bomb And America's Rush To End World War II" short book by Mayor Lee T. Wyatt, US Army (1986)
  "Racism And The Atomic Bomb" short book by Major Myron L. Hampton, USMC; racism was not a major factor
  U. S. Strategic Bombing Survey: The Effects of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (1946) official report
  Roleff, ed. The Atom Bomb (2000) book review
  Brotherhood of the Bomb documents re Oppenheimer case
13. Invasion of Japan, 1945-46
  annotated bibliography
  narrative overview by James Davis
  Overview from The History Channel
  Kyushu essay by scholar Jack Bauer
  "V [Marine] Amphibious Corps Planning for Operation Olympic and the Role of Intelligence in Support of Planning" research paper by Major Mark P. Arens, USMCR
  Casualty issue
  "Casualty Projections for the U.S. Invasions of Japan, 1945-1946: Planning and Policy Implications," by D. M. Giangreco in the Journal of Military History, 61 (July 1997): 521-82 recommended
  Giangreco on invasion plans
  Giangreco on casualties
  
  Arens, "V [Marine] Amphibious Corps Planning for Operation Olympic"
  Invasion map
  Bernstein, Barton J. "The Alarming Japanese Buildup on Southern Kyushu, Growing U.S. Fears, and Counterfactual Analysis: Would the Planned November 1945 Invasion of Southern Kyushu Have Occured?". Pacific Historical Review vol 68, no.4 (November 1999): 561-609. (online via Infotrac)
  recent books reviewed
  Japan's Defenses
  Japanese plans
  Ketsu-Go (Decisive) Operation
14. Medical, POWs
  US Medical Department, Armfield, Organization and Administration complete text of 1963 official history
  "Stripping Away the Veneer: P. O. W. Survival in the Far East as an Index of Cultural Atavism," by Charles G. Roland J Military History v 53 (Jan 1989) pp. pp. 79-94 available in JSTOR
  "A map to Paradise Road: A guide for historians" by Hank Nelson Journal of the Australian War Memorial (1999) Scholarly article about Japanese massacre of POW nurses and horrors of prison camps
M. Cold War
1. "Doing Cold War History: A Practical Guide" by historian Marc Trachtenberg recommended esp part 3 on Primary Sources
2. 1998 Overview by CNN
  Teaching Guide from CNN/Turner
  Cold War lecture notes by Prof Steven Schoenherr
  historiography short essay by a British scholar
  John T. Correll, The Air Force and the Cold War (2002), short official history of USAF
  Allan R. Millett, Peter Maslowski, For the common defense: a military history of the United States of America, (1984) recommended textbook
  Matloff, 'American Military History (1989) textbook
  Primary Documents
  Documents: Cold War International History project--major collection of translated Communist documents recommended
  "Did NATO win the Cold War?" documents
  Documents from National Security Archives
  spies original FBI documents
  Communist propaganda posters from East Germany
  more of same translated
  NSC-68 major policy document setting out American Cold War strategy in 1950
  
  Fakiolas, Efstathios T., "Kennan's Long Telegram and NSC-68: A Comparative Analysis" scholarly article; full text; from East European Quarterly, Vol. 31, no. 4, January 1998.
  review of Miller, To Save a City: The Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949
  NATO vs Warsaw Pact a parallel history
  bibliography Eisenhower years
  CIA's Analysis of USSR, 1947-1991
  Taylor, Brian D., "The Soviet Military and the Disintegration of the USSR" Journal of Cold War Studies 5.1 (2003) 17-66 in Project Muse
  Arms Control and Disarmament 1964-68 official US documents & summary
  Westad Brothers in Arms: The Rise and Fall of the Sino-Soviet Alliance, 1945-1963 (1998) book review
  Star Wars ch 1 of Way Out There in the Blue: Reagan, Star Wars and the End of the Cold War by Frances Fitzgerald
3. Nuclear Weapons
  Trinity Site
  Links
  Race for Superbomb, from PBS
  historical links
  Cost of Nuclear Weapons Brookings Study, 1940-1988
  High Energy Weapons Archives
  Nuclear Weapons, from CNN
  Citizen Kurchatov: Stalin's Bombmaker from PBS
4. Cuban Missile Crisis
  National Security Archive documents
  "Cuba, Castro, And The Cuban Missile Crisis" short 1995 book by LTC Maureen M. Lynch, US Marine Corps
  official US documents
  Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 (265 US documents)
  Kennedy audio tapes
  lesson plans for schools
5. Race & US Army 1952-54
6. Special Operations
7. National Security Action Memoranda of John F. Kennedy
8. Intelligence
  Bibliography
  CIA intelligence
  CIA exposed
  CIA History from New York Times
  CIA estimates of Soviet capabilities original documents, 1989-91
9. "Congress and the Cold War" scholarly article by Robert David Johnson Journal of Cold War Studies 3.2 (2001) 76-100 online through Project Muse
10. "Norms, Heresthetics, and the End of the Cold War" scholarly evaluation of debate on why the Cold War ended as it did, by Matthew Evangelista Journal of Cold War Studies 3.1 (2001) 5-35 online through Project Muse
11. John Gaddis on Reagan's strategic thought
N. Third World
1. Armed Conflict Events Data very good encyclopedic coverage 1800-2000 recommended
2. Arab-Israel
  Israel's 1948 War of Independence Li> Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East (2002) by Michael B. Oren
  1973 Yom Kippur War bibliography
  Eyal Ben-Ari. "Review of Chaim Herzog, The War of Atonement: The Inside Story of the Yom Kippur War," H-War, H-Net Reviews, July, 2004.
  West Point Atlas
  Israeli maps
3. China
  Chinese military power 21st century
  China: Civil War & Cold War from Turner Learning
  maps
  Mao's strategy in 1948
  China 1999 STRATFOR report
  Chinese Military Power recommended
  Report on China's military power by US Secretary of Defense (2000)
  Marshall Papers US chief of staff George Marshall was a presidential envoy to China in 1945-47
4. India-Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran
  USSR in Afghanistan
  India-Pakistan, 1971
  Kashmir 1998 from BBC
  Nuclear weapons in India-Pakistan Bibliography
  STRATFOR report
  Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini Iranian leader, 1979-89, from Time
5. "Just Cause" US in Panama, 1989
6. South Africa
O. Korea
1. documents & guides from Truman & Eisenhower presidential libraries
2. CNN 1998 report
3. NPR 1997 report
  links & teacher tools
  teacher's guide
4. Overview, with teaching aids & links from Truman Presidential Library
5. Maps
  West Point Atlas
  animated map
  Maps
  interactive map
6. Charles M. Dobbs. "Review of William Stueck, ed, The Korean War in World History," H-Diplo, H-Net Reviews, August, 2004.
7. Memoirs
8. Army textbook
9. "Introduction to the Korean War" by Allan R. Millett, Journal of Military History v65, no. 4 (Oct 2001): p. 921-935 online via First Search; background before 1945
10. Brent Watson. "Review of Peter S. Kindsvatter, American Soldiers: Ground Combat in the World Wars, Korea, and Vietnam," H-War, H-Net Reviews, February, 2004.
11. Bibliography
12. Schnabel, Policy and Direction: The First Year (1992) recommended official history
13. Appleman, South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu (1961) major combat history of 1950 campaigns recommended official history
14. "Korean War" (2008) Citizendium article with bibliography
15. Mossman, "Effectiveness of Air Interdiction" (1966) Army's view of USAF tactical air mission
16. Field, History of United States Naval Operations: Korea (2000) full-length official history
17. " The Inchon Landing: A Case Study in Amphibious Planning" 1998 reprint of 1967 article by Marine Colonel Robert D. Heinl
18. "Negotiated Joint Command Relationships: Korean War Amphibious Operations, 1950" prize-winning scholarly 2000 article by Donald Chisholm
20. Maj Roger F. Kropf, "The Us Air Force in Korea: Problems That Hindered the Effectiveness of Air Power," 'Airpower Journal (spr 1990)]
21. MacArthur PBS special, with teaching aids
22. Paul M. Edwards. "Review of Brent Byron Watson, Far Eastern Tour: The Canadian Infantry in Korea, 1950- 1953," H-War, H-Net Reviews, February, 2004.
23. US Army
24. infantry weapons
25. short stories bibliography by Philip Jason
26. 1999 situation STRATFOR report
27. "The Korean War Truce Talks: A Study in Conflict Termination" scholarly article by Donald W. Boose, PARAMETERS, US Army War College Quarterly - Spring 2000 v 30 #1
28. Russell Burgos. "Review of Richard Peters and Xiaobing Li, eds, Voices from the Korean War: Personal Stories of American, Korean, and Chinese Soldiers," H-War, H-Net Reviews, November, 2004.
P. Vietnam
1. Jensen bibliography online links at http://tigger.uic.edu/~rjensen/vietnam.html recommended
2. Bibliography by Ed Moise
3. Timeline (well done)
4. lecture notes Harvard Prof Ernest May
5. Powerpoint lecture by Richard Jensen (2007)
6. Richard Jensen, "Victory and Defeat in the Vietnam War". essay in Richard Jensen, Jon Davidann, and Yoneyuki Sugita, eds. Trans-Pacific Relations ( 2003) long scholarly essay
7. Links
8. encyclopedia articles and documents
9. History Research Files
10. Scholarly Papers, 1996 TTU
11. Allan R. Millett, Peter Maslowski, For the common defense: a military history of the United States of America, (1984) recommended textbook
12. Matloff, 'American Military History (1989) textbook
13. Battles
  West Point Atlas
  Dien Bien Phu 1954
  Marines 1967 from MSNBC
  US Army
  AFHSO Publications USAF Southeast Asia Monographs: seven short studies published by the Airpower Research Institute at Maxwell AFB,
  Air Battle for Khe Sahn, 1968 by Garrett Moritz
  documents on Khe Sahn
  Tet, 1968
  My Lai massacre, 1968 BBC report
  "Learning from History: Linebacker II and U.S. Air Force Doctrine" by Raymond W. Leonard in The Journal of Military History in JSTOR, Vol. 58, No. 2. (Apr., 1994), pp. 267-303.
  David Kieran. "Review of Mark Taylor, The Vietnam War in History, Literature, and Film," H-1960s, H-Net Reviews, June, 2004.
14. Documents
  Pentagon Papers complete text of 4 vol Gravel edition; recommended
  Foreign Relations, 1969-1976 Foundations of Foreign Policy, 1969-1972 official documents; interpretive emphasis; recommended
  Foreign Relations US: 1966: Vietnam Most important collection of documents available
  vol 5 1967
  other volumes in series
  
  "Intelligence and Vietnam" top secret 1969 State Department study [released in 2004]
  Mississippi State "Historical Text Archive"
  Pentagon Papers excerpts re: 1940-50
  Documents
  diplomatic documents and reports from Mt. Holyoke
  Vietnam Archive at Texas Tech
15. Wars for Vietnam by Robert Brigham
16. US Army & Irregular Warfare e-book by Prof John Gates
17. Maps from CNN
18. Intelligence bibliography
19. US Casualties database, name by name
20. war in Laos
21. Hammond, William. Public Affairs: The Military and the Media, 1962-1968 (1987). This is really a full-scale history of the war; an official history by U.S. Army; much broader than title suggests. Recommended. May be located in Government Documents division of library.
22. Hammond, William. Public Affairs: The Military and the Media, 1968-1973 (1995). Continuation; full-scale history of the war by U.S. Army; much broader than title suggests. Recommended May be located in Government Documents division of library.
Q. Desert Storm to Present; Terrorism; Iraq
1. Contemporary conflicts
2. "Canada's Global Role: A Strategic Assessment of its Military Power" by Joseph R. Nunez From Parameters, Autumn 2004, pp. 75-93.
3. Victoria Williams. "Review of Andrew J. Bacevich, American Empire," H-War, H-Net Reviews, July, 2004.
4. Gulf War
  historiography
  West Point Atlas
  "'An Inward Looking Time': The United States Army, 1973-1976" by Richard Lock-Pullan Journal of Military History 67.2 (2003) 483-511 in Project Muse. Argues that ending the draft, not Vietnam, shaped this period. Focuses on General William DePuy who promoted a trained, value-based, and doctrinal Army focused on the Soviet threat in Europe, & influenced by the the 1973 Arab-Israeli War.
  Iran-Iraq war 1980-88
  Gulf War US Army
  Whirlwind War US Army official history of Gulf War
  Lucky War: Third Army in Desert Storm (1994) very good official history by Richard Swain; complete text [7 meg]
  Gulf War from Mississippi State "Historical Text Archive"
  Air War
  photos of Gulf War
  Gulf War from PBS
  Lessons Learned by US Army
5. Defense Almanac 2001
6. FAS Military Analysis Network hostile to Pentagon
7. Greider, Fortress America (1998) chapter on tanks
8. FM 100-5 Operations 1993 edition of US Army guide to doctrine
9. clipart from Naval War College
  Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain (MOUT) FM 90-10 1979 US Army manual
  RMA debate "Revolution in Military Affairs" (RMA) relates to information war and asymmetric warfare; future oriented recommended
10. The DTIC Review technical reports US Defense Dept.
11. Kosovo & Bosnia
12. Afghanistan 2001, Iraq 2003-05: "Operation Iraqi Freedom"
  Yahoo links
  War Report 3000 links on Iraq & Afghanistan
  White House official site
  links
  overview
  news reports Australian site
  PBS historical report
  recent historical background
  Iraq Update from US State Department
  Saddam's Iraq 1999 US State Dept report
  US Central Command
  Briefings by US Central Command
  No Fly Zone
  Historical essays & commentary by scholars
  oil
  lesson plans for schools
  editorial cartoons from US & world
  British report
  Iraq's weapons of Mass Destruction Programs CIA report
13. Terrorism, 9-11-2001
  - news & government links
  - Terrorism Research Center
  - 9-11 links
  - Burcak Keskin-Kozat. "Review of Mary L. Dudziak, ed, September 11 in History: A Watershed Moment," H-USA, H-Net Reviews, January, 2004.
  - Journal of Homeland Security
  - links re terrorism
  - military links
  - "Sociology and Psychology of Terrorism," report from Library of Congress
  - scholarly essays on roots of 9-11 recommended
  - Middle East press
  - State Dept. reports and profiles
  - The 9/11 Report by The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks (2004); not yet published
  - Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities before and after the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001 official Congressional report (Dec 2002)
  - Weapons used recommended
  - Countering the Changing Threat of International Terrorism Report of the National Commission on Terrorism (Jan 2001)
  - Toward a National Strategy for Combating Terrorism (Dec 2000) from RAND
  - anthrax as weapon
  - Afghanpedia encyclopedia of Afghanistan
  - Afghan-USSR war maps 1979-89
  Historical
  history of domestic terrorism in US
  Greenberg, A short history of terrorism.
  CHRONOLOGY OF BOMBINGS IN US HISTORY
  terrorism of the Barbary Pirates. 1803-4
  Edgerton, The terrorist who started World War I. 1914
  Shaffer, The failed campaign to get Pancho Villa 1916
  Leon Trotsky frighteningly frank tract, "Terrorism and Communism" (1920)
  Chalmers Johnson Blowback.
  Jason Roberts. "Review of Tracey C. German, Russia's Chechen War," H-Russia, H-Net Reviews, May, 2004.
14. Defense Dept Almanac 2003
15. Defense Dept. Annual Report 1995-2004
16. Defense Strategy Review American strategy for 21st century
17. Skaine, Women at War: Gender Issues of Americans in Combat (1999) book review
18. Civilian Control
  "The American Military and the Principle of Civilian Control from McClellan to Powell," by Russell F. Weigley ; in The Journal of Military History in JSTOR, Vol. 57, No. 5, (Oct., 1993), pp. 27-58.
  "The President as Commander in Chief: A Study in Power," by Norman A. Graebner ; in The Journal of Military History in JSTOR, Vol. 57, No. 1. (Jan., 1993), pp. 111-132.
R. Air Power/Aero-Space
1. Links
2. Air University Press many online books and monographs recommended
3. Air Force official histories recommended
4. Bibliographies: from Air University Library (many full-text)
5. USAF Historical Studies (listed only, no text)
6. Army Air Forces in World War II (7 vol 1948-53) ed by Craven and Cate recommended classic official history; very large PDF files
  Army Air Forces in World War II: Vol. I: Plans & Early Operations, January 1939 to August 1942 ed by Craven and Cate easy-to-handle small files
7. WW2 Air Force photos
8. Rise of the Fighter Generals: The Problem of Air Force Leadership (1945-1982) (1997) valuable scholarly monograph by Michael Worden; recommended
9. links
10. John T. Correll, The Air Force and the Cold War (2002), short official history of USAF
11. "George Owen Squier and the Origins of American Military Aviation," scholarly article by Charles J. Gross J Military History v 54 (July 1990) pp. 281-306 available in JSTOR
12. Aircraft
  great airplanes great visuals
  Aircraft
  NASA-Dryden aircraft photos --a stunning collection
  Engines
  Zeppelins in WW1
  US AAF planes WW2
  RAF bombers recommended
  Axis warplanes WW2
  Messerschmitt aircraft
  Me 262 WW2 German jet plane
  B-52
  Helicopter: AH-64 Apache
13. US Naval Aviation
14. Rockets & Missiles
  US Army Redstone Arsenal complete text of 15 official histories recommended
  Redstone Arsenal Air & rocket technology mostly US, 1915-30
  original films
  Air & rocket technology mostly US, 1930-45
  Air & rocket technology mostly US, 1945-58
  "The Weapon the Military Did Not Want: The Modern Strategic Cruise Missile," scholarly article by Kenneth P. Werrell J Military History v 53 (Oct 1989) pp. 419-438 available in JSTOR
  "Hitler, the V-2, and the Battle for Priority, 1939-1943," by Michael J. Neufeld ; in The Journal of Military History in JSTOR, Vol. 57, No. 3. (Jul., 1993), pp. 511-538.
  Michael Petersen . "Review of Andr� Sellier, A History of the Dora Camp: The Untold Story of the Nazi Slave Labor Camp that Secretly Manufactured V-2 Rockets," H-German, H-Net Reviews, April, 2004.
15. Space Flights
  Apollo moon landing, from Smithsonian
  USSR and Russia
  Soviet efforts in space
  Russian Aerospace Guide
  Soviet flights
  History of Sputnik from NASA
  Harford, "Korolev's Triple Play: Sputniks 1, 2, and 3" short scholarly study
16. Theory
  Airpower Journal, full text of articles, 1987-2002 recommended for AFROTC
  Paths of Heaven: The Evolution of Airpower Theory scholarly essays edited by Phillip S. Meilinger (1997); recommended
  Airmen and Air Theory: A Review of The Sources by , Phillip S. Meilinger (2001), short biographies and historiography
  airpower theorists bibliographies
  General Billy Mitchell
  Mitchell writings
  
  Giulio Douhet airpower theorist
  Douhet article on Italian theorist
  "Curtis E. Lemay The Enduring"Big Bomber Man"" short book by Major T. J. Cronley, US Marine Corps
  "Learning from History: Linebacker II and U.S. Air Force Doctrine" by Raymond W. Leonard in The Journal of Military History in JSTOR, Vol. 58, No. 2. (Apr., 1994), pp. 267-303.
  A Shield in Space? Technology, Politics, and the Strategic Defense Initiative by Sanford Lakoff and Herbert F. York (1989) full text of major monograph
17. Corporate Histories
  Boeing, McDonnell-Douglas, North Amerian Rockwell they all merged in 1990s; brief corporate histories
  British Aerospace Co.
  SAAB and Swedish aircraft
  Thiokol corporate history (rocket fuel)
18. Museums
  National Air & Space Museum
  Imperial War Museum Duxford, UK
  US Air Force Museum
19. current issues by USAF lobby
20. Nuclear Policy for 21st C
21. Radar
22. Impact of Vietnam
23. Weaponry
S. Sea Power
1. Naval War College Review full text all articles 1997-2004; recommended serious analysis of sea power; some history
2. The Maritime History Virtual Archives wide-ranging
3. Seapower full text semi-technical articles
4. "Naval guns" (2008) Citizendium article with full history, detailed bibliography, and additional links
5. German navy: photographs German text
6. Marine Corps 4 million pages of documents
7. Bibliographies, U.S.
8. more bibliography
9. US Naval Historical Center recommended for all American naval topics
10. Naval Songs and Ballads (1908) ed C H Firth
11. Dutch naval history
12. History of the Russian Navy , a fine site in English from Russia; thorough coverage from Kievan Rus to 1917
13. Famous Sea Fights, by John Richard Hale (1911), rip-roaring narrative of 14 famous naval battles; well illustrated
14. Seapower in the Mediterranean 18-19th centuries
15. Theorists: Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840-1914) & Julian Corbett (1854-1922)
  Mahan's essays recommended
  Alfred Thayer Mahan, The Influence Of Sea Power Upon History 1660-1783 (1890) the famous masterpiece; Chapter VIII - Seven Years' War, 1756-1763
  review of Influence of Sea Power (1890)
  Spanish Armada by Tilton and Mahan (1898)
  "Nelson at The Nile," by A. T. Mahan (1897)
  biography of David Farragut by ATM (1892)
  original articles by A. T. Mahan
  Bibliography on Mahan
  evaluation of Mahan's ideas 2001 scholarly article by Jon Sumida
  Corbett
  Corbett & British theorists
  Revolt of the Admirals 1949 American debate between advocates of sea power and air power
  Sources on U.S. Naval History in the United States research guide to archives
16. Ships
  maritime museums annotated links
  Underwater archaeology
  Latitude ships & seamanship in early modern period
  Frigates of the Napoleonic Wars book review
  Famous ships
  Steam engines: links & texts
  Robert Fulton biography by H. W. Dickinson, 1913
  Naval Technical Board technical issues discussed
  Newport News Shipyard
  New York Shipbuilding company history 1899-1967
  Battleships
  Dreadnaught Race, 1905-1914
  US Battleships
  "standard" US battleship design
  USS Washington BB56 good WW2 site
  
  Submarines
  pre WW2
  U-Boats, WW2
  Walter hydrogen peroxide turbine engine
  
  Japanese subs WW2
  torpedo fuze
  "German U-boat Crews in World War II: Sociology of an Elite," Timothy P. Mulligan ; in The Journal of Military History in JSTOR, Vol. 56, No. 2 (April, 1992), pp. 261-281
  U-Boat shipyards
  Electric Boat Company submarine maker
  SSN attack subs
  Life on nuclear sub
  Soviet Foxtrot class
  Future of submarines
17. Prizes in history
18. Launch US Navy, 1790s
19. Battle of Jutland, 1916 German account
20. Gulf: Battle Group in Gulf, 1999, from PBS
21. World Navies in Review 1998 from US Naval Institute Proceedings recommended
22. Marine Corps
  Marine Corps history & traditions
  Official History recommended
  Evolution of Modern Amphibious Warfare, 1920-1941 part of v 1 of official History
  WW2 histories
  
  recruiting posters
  Marine Corps photos
  Marine Corps 1999
23. Naval Aviation
  US Naval Aviation
  Revolt of the Admirals 1949 American debate between advocates of sea power and air power
  carriers
  women on carriers
24. history of operations research
25. Friedman. Seapower and Space: From the Dawn of the Missile Age to Net-Centric Warfare (2000) book review
26. World Navies Today

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revised 1/31/2010

Copyright (c) 2010 Richard Jensen. This Guide was prepared with support from the Department of Education (TAH Program); National Endowment for Humanities, the Center for Global Partnership of the Japan Foundation, the University of Illinois, RPI, the Gilder-Lehrman Foundation, the Luce Foundation, and the Robert H. Michel Civic Education Grants sponsored by The Dirksen Congressional Center. Scholars are invited to post the complete Guide to campus WWW sites and distribute it to students.

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