JAMS Book Reviews
The editor of the Journal of Advanced Military Studies is interested in books reviews, review essays, and historiographical essays for the coming publishing year.
The typical single-title review is approximately 750 words. Multiple-title review essays are usually longer at approximately 1,250 words and can be footnoted. Historiographical essays are typically at least 3,000 words and footnoted. MCUP's in-house style guide is based on rules for grammar, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization found in the 17th edition of Chicago Manual of Style and your work should be formatted accordingly prior to submission.
To request a review copy, email your name, address, and title(s) of interest to mcu_press@usmcu.edu.
Review Guidelines (download)
Historiographical Essays
JAMS is looking for historiographical essays to complement forthcoming topical issues of the journal. Submit an essay proposal to mcu_press@usmcu.edu or to request more information.
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Visual Friendlies, Tally Target: How Close Air Support in the War on Terror Changed the Way America Made War, vol. 2, Surges
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Ethan Brown
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Casemate
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Who Owns War?: The State and the Role of Non-State (Armed) Actors in Modern Warfare
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Monica Den Boer et al.
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Leiden University Press
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Speed Kills: Leveraging John Boyd's OODA Loop to Build Organizations that Win
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Alex Vohr
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Wanamaker Publishing
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Modern War in an Ancient Land: The United States Army in Afghanistan, 2001-2014 (2 volumes)
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Edmund Degen and Mark Reardon
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Center of Military History
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Crisis and Crossfire: The United States and the Middle East since 1945
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Peter Hahn
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Potomac Books
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America's Entangling Alliances: 1778 to the Present
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Jason Davidson
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Georgetown University Press
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Seapower by Other Means: Naval Contributors to National Objectives beyond Sea Control, Power Projection, and Traditional Service Missions
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J. Overton
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Nomos
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Tubby: Raymond O. Barton and the U.S. Army, 1889-1963
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Stephen Bourque
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UNT Press
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Come Fly with Us: NASA's Payload Specialist Program
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Melvin Croft and John Youskauskas
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University of Nebraska Press
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Fire and Rain: Nixon, Kissinger, and the Wars in Southeast Asia
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Carolyn Woods Eisenberg
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Oxford University Press
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