Kenneth P. Werrell

4 articles, 36 book reviews, 6 books reviewed in The Journal of Military History, 1989 to 2025.

Articles

  1. The Weapon the Military Did Not Want: The Modern Strategic Cruise Missile

    419–438

    Vol. 53, No. 4, October 1989

  2. Across the Yalu: Rules of Engagement and the Communist Air Sanctuary during the Korea War

    451–475

    Vol. 72, No. 2, April 2008Moncado Prize 2009

  3. The Air War Over Germany: Claims and Counter-claims

    925–932

    Vol. 73, No. 3, July 2009Research note

  4. Friction in Action: Revisiting the U.S. Army Air Forces’ August 1943 Raid on Ploesti

    509–540

    Vol. 83, No. 2, April 2019

Book reviews by Kenneth P. Werrell

  1. Strike from the Sky: The History of Battlefield Air Attack, 1911-1945, by Richard P. Hallion120

    Vol. 55, No. 1, January 1991

  2. The Transformation of War, by Martin van Creveld530

    Vol. 55, No. 4, October 1991

  3. Weapons Don't Make War: Policy, Strategy, and Military Technology, by Colin S. Gray749

    Vol. 57, No. 4, October 1993

  4. Carl A. Spaatz and the Air War in Europe, by Richard G. Davis182–183

    Vol. 60, No. 1, January 1996

  5. The Battle for History: Re-Fighting World War II, by John Keegan798

    Vol. 60, No. 4, October 1996

  6. The USAAF Handbook, 1939-1945828

    Vol. 61, No. 4, October 1997

  7. Dark Eagles: A History of Top Secret U.S. Aircraft Programs, by Curtis Peebles225

    Vol. 62, No. 1, January 1998

  8. Architects of American Air Supremacy: General Hap Arnold and Dr. Theodore von Karman, by Major Dik Daso642

    Vol. 62, No. 3, July 1998

  9. MacArthur's Airman: General George C. Kenney and the War in the Southwest Pacific, by Thomas Griffith489

    Vol. 63, No. 2, April 1999

  10. Rolling Thunder: Jet Combat from World War II to the Gulf War, by Ivan Rendall1036

    Vol. 63, No. 4, October 1999

  11. Fast Movers: America's Jet Pilots and the Vietnam Experience, by John Darrell Sherwood908–909

    Vol. 64, No. 3, July 2000

  12. Mustang Designer: Edgar Schmued and the P-51, by Ray Wagner543

    Vol. 65, No. 2, April 2001

  13. Battling for Bombers: The U.S. Air Force Fights for Its Modern Strategic Aircraft Programs, by Frank P. Donnini860

    Vol. 65, No. 3, July 2001

  14. Air Power: Promise and Reality, by Mark K. Wells242

    Vol. 66, No. 1, January 2002

  15. The Battle of Britain: The Myth and the Reality, by Richard Overy886

    Vol. 66, No. 3, July 2002

  16. Billy Mitchell, by James J. Cooke and Robert P. White1225–1226

    Vol. 66, No. 4, October 2002

  17. Red Wings Over the Yalu: China, the Soviet Union, and the Air War in Korea291–292

    Vol. 67, No. 1, January 2003

  18. Airpower in Small Wars: Fighting Insurgents and Terrorists306–307

    Vol. 68, No. 1, January 2004

  19. Air Power: The Men, Machines, and Ideas that Revolutionized War, from Kitty Hawk to Gulf War II1321–1322

    Vol. 68, No. 4, October 2004

  20. Doolittle: Aerospace Visionary265–266

    Vol. 70, No. 1, January 2006

  21. Why Air Forces Fail: The Anatomy of Defeat887–888

    Vol. 70, No. 3, July 2006

  22. Firestorm: Allied Airpower and the Destruction of Dresden, by Marshall DeBruhl963–965

    Vol. 71, No. 3, July 2007

  23. The Jet Race and the Second World War, by Sterling Michael Pavelec280–281

    Vol. 72, No. 1, January 2008

  24. Technology and the American Way of War since 1945, by Thomas G. Mahnken687–689

    Vol. 73, No. 2, April 2009

  25. Attack of the Airacobras: Soviet Aces, American P-39s, and the Air War against Germany, by Dmitriy Loza, translated and edited by James F. Gebhardt289–290

    Vol. 74, No. 1, January 2010

  26. The B-45 Tornado: An Operational History of the First American Jet Bomber, by John C. Fredriksen643–644

    Vol. 74, No. 2, April 2010

  27. Selling Air Power: Military Aviation and American Popular Culture after World War II, by Steve Call323–325

    Vol. 75, No. 1, January 2011

  28. Air Mobility: A Brief History of the American Experience, by Robert C. Owen840–841

    Vol. 78, No. 2, April 2014

  29. The Bombers and the Bombed: Allied Air War over Europe, 1940-1945, by Richard Overy1160–1162

    Vol. 78, No. 3, July 2014

  30. The Mediterranean Air War: Airpower and Allied Victory in World War II, by Robert Ehlers283–285

    Vol. 80, No. 1, January 2016

  31. Blood and Fears: How America’s Bomber Boys of the 8th Air Force Saved World War II, by Kevin Wilson913–914

    Vol. 81, No. 3, July 2017

  32. The Origins of American Strategic Bombing Theory, by Craig F. Morris968–969

    Vol. 82, No. 3, July 2018

  33. Bombing the City: Civilian Accounts of the Air War in Britain and Japan, 1939–1945, by Aaron William Moore599–600

    Vol. 83, No. 2, April 2019

  34. How the RAF and USAAF Beat the Luftwaffe, by Ken Delve1126–1128

    Vol. 85, No. 4, October 2021

  35. Allied Air Operations 1939–1940: The War Over France and the Low Countries, by Jerry Murland236–237

    Vol. 87, No. 1, January 2023

  36. The Last Thirty Seconds: A Brief History of the Evolution of Hit-To-Kill Technology, by David K. Stumpf534–535

    Vol. 89, No. 2, April 2025

Books by Kenneth P. Werrell reviewed in the Journal

  1. Eighth Air Force Bibliography: An Extended Essay and Listing of Published and Unpublished Materials Updated and Revised, by Kenneth P. Werrell829

    Reviewed by Vol. 61, No. 4, October 1997

  2. Blankets of Fire: U.S. Bombers Over Japan during World War II, by Kenneth P. Werrell667

    Reviewed by Vol. 62, No. 3, July 1998

  3. Hitting a Bullet with a Bullet: A History of Ballistic Missile Defense, by Kenneth P. Werrell574

    Reviewed by Vol. 65, No. 2, April 2001

  4. Sabres over MiG Alley: The F-86 and the Battle for Air Superiority in Korea, by Kenneth P. Werrell1104–1106

    Reviewed by and Vol. 70, No. 4, October 2006

  5. Death From the Heavens: A History of Strategic Bombing, by Kenneth P. Werrell975–977

    Reviewed by Vol. 74, No. 3, July 2010

  6. Air Force: Disappointments, Mistakes, and Failures, 1940–1990, by Kenneth P. Werrell220–221

    Reviewed by Vol. 89, No. 1, January 2025

Prizes and awards from the Society

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