Books Received

Books Received

General

Daily Life of Native Americans from Post-Columbian through Nineteenth-Century America. By Alice Nash and Christoph Strobel. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2006. ISBN 0-313-33515-X. Maps. Photographs. Illustrations. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Pp. xxxvii, 268. $49.95. The authors of this study describe nine cultural groups of Native Americans and trace their strategies of survival and adaptation to the arrival of Europeans.

Historical Dictionary of United States Intelligence. By Michael A. Turner. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2005. ISBN 0-8108-4947-X. Appendixes. Bibliography. Pp. liv, 290. $75.00. This reference work offers entries on intelligence operations, personnel, jargon, techniques, and other topics since the founding of the republic and includes an extensive and useful topical bibliography; No. 2 in the Historical Dictionaries of Intelligence and Counterintelligence series.

The Maltese Cross: A Strategic History of Malta. By Dennis Castillo. Westport, Conn.: Praeger Security International, 2006. ISBN 0-313-32329-1. Maps. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Pp. 268. $99.95. This survey of the history of the strategic Mediterranean island begins with the Phoenicians and focuses on Ottoman expansion in the 16th century and the island's role in World War II; Contributions in Military Studies No. 229.

New York's Historic Armories: An Illustrated History. By Nancy L. Todd. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2006. ISBN 0-7914-6911-5. Photographs. Illustrations. Appendixes. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Pp. xi, 322. $50.00. This photographic guide traces the history of the New York Army National Guard through a tour of its various armories.

Technology and International Transformation: The Railroad, the Atom Bomb, and the Politics of Technological Change. By Geoffrey L. Herrera. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2006. ISBN 0-7914-6867-4. Tables. Figures. Notes. Index. Pp. 261. $65.00. Technology is more than just an artifact of military activity, it is part of the process of social and political change that transforms the international system; industrialization (railroad technology) and the application of science (nuclear technology) are two key examples of this process.

War: Ends and Means, second edition. By Angelo Codevilla and Paul Seabury. Revised by Angelo Codevilla. Dulles, Va.: Potomac Books, 2006. ISBN 1-57488-610-8. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Pp. viii, 382. Paper. $24.95. This sweeping analysis of how wars start, are fought, and end first appeared in 1989; the authors have added sections on the gulf wars since 1990.

Warfare in China Since 1600. Edited by Kenneth Swope. Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate Publishing, 2005. ISBN 0-7546-2492-7. Maps. Illustrations. Notes. Name index. Pp. xxxv, 526. $195.00. This volume presents 17 essays, all previously published in scholarly journals, on warfare in China since 1600, including 17th- and 18th-century dynastic conflicts, the nationalist struggle of the early 20th century, World War II, and the period since the Communist takeover of 1949; from the International Library of Essays on Military History.

Before 1800

The Forts of Celtic Britain. By Angus Konstam. Illustrated by Peter Bull. New York: Osprey Publishing, 2006. ISBN 1-84603-064-1. Maps. Photographs. Illustrations. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. Pp. 64. Paper. $16.95. No. 50 in the Fortress Series offers an illustrated guide to the ruins of Celtic fortifications built in England between 500 B.C. and 80 A.D.

Indian Castles, 1206–1526: The Rise and Fall of the Delhi Sultanate. By Konstantin S. Nossov. Illustrated by Brian Delf. New York: Osprey Publishing, 2006. ISBN 1-84603-065-X. Photographs. Illustrations. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. Pp. 64. Paper. $16.95. The authors present a guide to Indian fortifications to illustrate the history of the Delhi Sultanate up to its defeat by the precursors of the Mughal Empire; No. 51 in the Fortress Series.

The Line of Forts: Historical Archaeology on the Colonial Frontier of Massachusetts. By Michael D. Coe. Lebanon, N.H.: University Press of New England, 2006. ISBN 1-58465- 542-9. Maps. Photographs. Illustrations. Appendixes. Bibliography. Index. Pp. xii...