New Acquisitions – Indian Wars and Military History
Have acquired several new books this week that relate to the class at hand – Studies in U.S. Military History – (see details here).
The Pursuit of Power: Technology, Armed Force, and Society since A.D. 1000
By William H McNeill
ISBN 0-226-56158-5
The University of Chicago Press, 1982
405 pages
$17.10
King Philip’s War: The History and Legacy of America’s Forgotten Conflict
By Eric B Schultz and Michael J. Tougias
ISBN 978-0-22150-483-5
The Countryman Press, 1999
416 pages
$18.95
The Skulking Way of War: Technology and Tactics Among the New England Indians
By Patrick M. Malone
Copyright by Plimoth Plantation
ISBN 1-56833-165-7
Madison Books, 1991
133 pages
The following two books were mentioned as excellent resources / predecessors of For the Common Defense: A Military History of the United States of America. I picked up both…
Arms and Men: A Study of American Military History
By Walter Millis
Rutgers University Press, 1956
384 pages
$22.00 (although I got a copy for less than $6.00)
The American Way of War: A History of United States Military Strategy and Policy
By Russel F. Weigley
ISBN 0-253-28029-X
Indiana University Press, 1973
584 pages
Rene,
I really enjoyed the Weigley book a few years ago, I’ll be curious what you think after you read it.
Don
April 30, 2008 at 6:23 pm
Good to know Don. Will let you know. I’m curious to see if it repeats material or supplements For the Common Defense.
Rene
Rene Tyree
April 30, 2008 at 7:51 pm