Books Received

General

American Soldiers Overseas: The Global Military Presence. By Anni P. Baker. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2004. ISBN 0-275-97354-9. Maps. Photographs. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Pp. xviii, 204. $44.95. A series of case studies in Germany, Panama, and Asia examines the impact on guest cultures, both positive and negative, of U.S. military bases overseas since WWII.

American Wars. The Praeger Illustrated Military History Series. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2004. ISBN for the 12-volume set is 0-275-98450-8. Each volume is a reissue of a previously published Osprey edition and features maps, photographs, and illustrations and is 96 pages long. $346.50 for the set or $35.00 for each of the following titles.

The Alamo 1836: Santa Anna's Texas Campaign. By Stephen L. Hardin. ISBN 0-275-98460-5.

Boston 1775: The Shot Heard Around the World. By Brendan Morrissey. ISBN 0-275-98454-0.

Guilford Courthouse 1781: Lord Cornwallis's Ruinous Victory. By Angus Konstam. ISBN 0-275-98461-3.

Little Big Horn 1876: Custer's Last Stand. By Peter Panzeri. ISBN 0-275-98455-9.

New Orleans 1815: Andrew Jackson Crushes the British. By Tim Pickles. ISBN 0-275-98453-2.

Quebec 1775: The American Invasion of Canada. By Brendan Morrissey. ISBN 0-275-98458-3.

San Juan Hill 1898: America's Emergence as a World Power. By Angus Konstam. ISBN 0-275-98456-7.

Saratoga 1777: Turning Point of the Revolution. By Brendan Morrissey. ISBN 0-275-98451-6.

Tet Offensive 1968: Turning Point in Vietnam. By James R. Arnold. ISBN 0-275-98452-4.

Ticonderoga 1758: Montcalm's Victory Against All Odds. By René Chartrand. ISBN 0-275-98459-1.

Yorktown 1781: The World Turned Upside Down. By Brendan Morrissey. ISBN 0-275-98457-5.

Castles of God: Fortified Religious Buildings of the World. By Peter Harrison. Rochester, N.Y.: Boydell & Brewer, 2004. ISBN 1-84383-066-3. Photographs. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Pp. 304. $50.00. A survey, with architectural drawings, of fortified ecclesiastical structures focusing mostly on Christian fortresses in Europe and the Middle East but also including Islamic and Buddhist sites.

Choosing Your Battles: American Civil-Military Relations and the Use of Force. By Peter D. Feaver and Christopher Gelpi. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University, 2004. ISBN 0-691-11584-2. Tables. Figures. Bibliography. Indexes. Pp. xiii, 236. $37.50. The apparent civil-military opinion divergence emerging from the current Iraq war is typical of American opinion since the early 19th century; the civilian nonmilitary is more eager to use force than the military, although it also wants to place restrictions on its use; and Americans are not casualty averse.

Continental Crossroads: Remapping U.S.-Mexico Borderlands History. Edited by Samuel Truett and Elliott Young. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2004. ISBN 0-8223-3389-9. Maps. Illustrations. Notes. Index. Pp. xiv, 344. Paper. $22.95. Most of the entries in this collection of 11 essays on Borderlands history are tangential to military history, but two deal with particular episodes of U.S.-Mexican confrontation during the Mexican Revolution.

Filling the Ranks: Transforming the U.S. Military Personnel System. Edited by Cindy Williams. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2004. ISBN 0-262-73172-X. Tables. Appendixes. Notes. Index. Pp. viii, 361. Paper. $50.00. A series of 14 essays by various authors "analyzes current military pay and personnel policies and identifies changes needed to maintain and improve" the contemporary all-volunteer force.

Global War Game, Second Series, 1984-1988. Newport, R.I.: U.S. Naval War College, 2004. ISSN 1544-6824. By Robert H. Gile. Maps. Tables. Figures. Glossary. Pp. xxxvi, 151. Paper. This analysis of four annual, wide-ranging global war games conducted at the Naval War College illustrates major changes in military strategic thinking in response to shifting post-Cold War challenges; Naval War College Newport Papers No. 20.

Keeping Us Safe: Secret Intelligence and Homeland Security. By Arthur S. Hulnick. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2004. ISBN 0...