Ethan S. Rafuse

2 articles, 33 book reviews, 3 books reviewed in The Journal of Military History, 1995 to 2025.

Articles

  1. Still a Mystery? General Grant and the Historians, 1981-2006

    849–874

    Vol. 71, No. 3, July 2007Historiographical essay

  2. ’Little Phil,’ a ’Bad Old Man’, and the ’Gray Ghost’: Hybrid Warfare and the Fight for the Shenandoah Valley, August–November 1864

    775–801

    Vol. 81, No. 3, July 2017

Book reviews by Ethan S. Rafuse

  1. Crossing the Deadly Ground: United States Army Tactics, 1865-1899, by Perry D. Jamieson536

    Vol. 59, No. 3, July 1995

  2. North with Lee and Jackson: The Lost Story of Gettysburg, by James A. Kegel167

    Vol. 61, No. 1, January 1997

  3. The Military Memoirs of General John Pope, by Peter Cozzens and Robert I. Girardi726

    Vol. 63, No. 3, July 1999

  4. Extraordinary Circumstances: The Seven Days Battles, by Brian K. Burton1209

    Vol. 66, No. 4, October 2002

  5. The Age of Total War, 1860-1945, by Jeremy Black241–242

    Vol. 71, No. 1, January 2007

  6. America, War and Power: Defining the State, 1775-2005, by edited by Lawrence Sondhaus and A. James Fuller941

    Vol. 72, No. 3, July 2008

  7. Targeting Civilians in War, by Alexander B. Downes661–662

    Vol. 73, No. 2, April 2009

  8. The Making of Peace: Rulers, States, and the Aftermath of War, by edited by Williamson Murray and Jim Lacey1298–1299

    Vol. 73, No. 4, October 2009

  9. West Pointers and the Civil War: The Old Army in War and Peace, by Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh597–598

    Vol. 74, No. 2, April 2010

  10. America’s Cold War: The Politics of Insecurity, by Campbell Craig and Fredrik Logevall977–978

    Vol. 74, No. 3, July 2010

  11. Warfare State: World War II Americans and the Age of Big Government, by James T. Sparrow901–902

    Vol. 76, No. 3, July 2012

  12. The Leadership of Ulysses S. Grant: A General Who Will Fight, by Harry S. Laver706–707

    Vol. 77, No. 2, April 2013

  13. Carved from Granite: West Point since 1902, by Lance Betros380–382

    Vol. 78, No. 1, January 2014

  14. Misalliance: Ngo Dinh Diem, the United States, and the Fate of South Vietnam, by Edward Miller259–260

    Vol. 79, No. 1, January 2015

  15. The Civil War Guerrilla: Unfolding the Black Flag in History, Memory, and Myth, by edited by Joseph M. Beilein, Jr. and Matthew C. Hulbert835–836

    Vol. 79, No. 3, July 2015

  16. Grand Strategy and Military Alliances, by edited by Peter R. Mansoor and Williamson Murray222–223

    Vol. 81, No. 1, January 2017

  17. Patton’s Way: A Radical Theory of War, by James Kelly Morningstar1219–1220

    Vol. 81, No. 4, October 2017

  18. Imperial Germany and War, 1871–1918, by Daniel J. Hughes and Richard L. DiNardo1292–1293

    Vol. 82, No. 4, October 2018

  19. In Command: Theodore Roosevelt and the American Military, by Matthew Oyos252–253

    Vol. 83, No. 1, January 2019

  20. Coalition Strategy and the End of the First World War: The Supreme War Council and War Planning, by Meighen McCrae308–309

    Vol. 84, No. 1, January 2020

  21. Charles E. Callwell and the British Way in Warfare, by Daniel Whittingham1228–1229

    Vol. 84, No. 4, October 2020

  22. Taking Leave, Taking Liberties: American Troops on the World War II Home Front, by Aaron Hiltner549–550

    Vol. 85, No. 2, April 2021

  23. Charles E. Callwell and the British Way in Warfare, by Daniel Whittingham775–776

    Vol. 85, No. 3, July 2021

  24. Coalition Strategy and the End of the First World War: The Supreme War Council and War Planning, by Meighen McCrae777–778

    Vol. 85, No. 3, July 2021

  25. The United States Army and the Making of America: From Confederation to Empire, 1775–1903, by Robert Wooster1072–1074

    Vol. 85, No. 4, October 2021

  26. The Regime Change Consensus: Iraq in American Politics, 1990–2003, by Joseph Stieb1063–1065

    Vol. 86, No. 4, October 2022

  27. Battle: Understanding Conflict from Hastings to Helmand, by Graeme Callister and Rachael Whitbread476–477

    Vol. 87, No. 2, April 2023

  28. Civil Wars and Reconstructions in the Americas: The United States, Mexico & Argentina, 1860–1880, by Evan C. Rothera1125–1127

    Vol. 87, No. 4, October 2023

  29. Animal Histories of the Civil War Era, by edited by Earl J. Hess819–821

    Vol. 88, No. 3, July 2024

  30. The Civil War in the Age of Nationalism, by Niels Eichhorn and Duncan A. Campbell482–483

    Vol. 89, No. 2, April 2025

  31. Team of Giants: The Making of the Spanish-American War, by Matthew Bernstein757–758

    Vol. 89, No. 3, July 2025

  32. Ski, Climb, Fight: The 10th Mountain Division and the Rise of Mountain Warfare, by Lance R. Blyth795–796

    Vol. 89, No. 3, July 2025

  33. Cherokee Civil Warrior: Chief John Ross and the Struggle for Tribal Sovereignty, by W. Dale Weeks1051–1052

    Vol. 89, No. 4, October 2025

Books by Ethan S. Rafuse reviewed in the Journal

  1. McClellan's War: The Failure of Moderation in the Struggle for the Union, by Ethan S. Rafuse225–227

    Reviewed by Vol. 71, No. 1, January 2007

  2. Robert E. Lee and the Fall of the Confederacy, 1863-1865, by Ethan S. Rafuse250–251

    Reviewed by Vol. 74, No. 1, January 2010

  3. From the Mountains to the Bay: The War in Virginia, January–May 1862, by Ethan S. Rafuse541–543

    Reviewed by Vol. 88, No. 2, April 2024

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