Ralph Hitchens

1 article, 43 book reviews in The Journal of Military History, 2003 to 2023.

Articles

  1. Casting Light on a Dark Territory

    857–862

    Vol. 80, No. 3, July 2016Review essay

Book reviews by Ralph Hitchens

  1. Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East297–299

    Vol. 67, No. 1, January 2003

  2. Arabs at War: Military Effectiveness, 1948-1991643–644

    Vol. 67, No. 2, April 2003

  3. Politics, the Military, and National Security in Jordan, 1955-1967992–993

    Vol. 67, No. 3, July 2003

  4. The Jordanian-Israeli War, 1948-1951: A History of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan1334–1335

    Vol. 67, No. 4, October 2003

  5. How Democracies Lose Small Wars, and: Democracies and Small Wars663–666

    Vol. 68, No. 2, April 2004

  6. Wars of the Cold War: Campaigns and Conflicts, 1945-1990276–278

    Vol. 70, No. 1, January 2006

  7. Calculating Credibility: How Leaders Assess Military Threats565–566

    Vol. 70, No. 2, April 2006

  8. The Watchman Fell Asleep: The Surprise of Yom Kippur and Its Sources, by Uri Bar-Joseph1185–1187

    Vol. 70, No. 4, October 2006

  9. Defending the Holy Land: A Critical Analysis of Israel's Security and Foreign Policy, by Zeev Maoz585–587

    Vol. 71, No. 2, April 2007

  10. War in Human Civilization, by Azar Gat908–910

    Vol. 71, No. 3, July 2007

  11. Generals in the Cabinet Room: How the Military Shapes Israeli Policy, by Yoram Peri1321–1322

    Vol. 71, No. 4, October 2007

  12. Unintended Consequences: The United States at War, by Kenneth J. Hagan and Ian J. Bickerton921–924

    Vol. 72, No. 3, July 2008

  13. First Strike: Preemptive War in Modern History, by Matthew J. Flynn230–231

    Vol. 74, No. 1, January 2010

  14. The Virtual American Empire: War, Faith, and Power, by Edward N. Luttwak990–991

    Vol. 74, No. 3, July 2010

  15. Militarism and Israeli Society, by edited by Gabriel Sheffer and Oren Barak1341–1342

    Vol. 74, No. 4, October 2010

  16. Barbarous Philosophers: Reflections on the Nature of War from Heraclitus to Heisenberg, by Christopher Coker893–894

    Vol. 75, No. 3, July 2011

  17. The Shaping of Grand Strategy: Policy, Diplomacy, and War, by edited by Williamson Murray, Richard Hart Sinnreich, and James Lacey218–220

    Vol. 76, No. 1, January 2012

  18. Conceptualising Modern War, by edited by Karl Erik Haug & Ole Jorgen Aaao619–621

    Vol. 76, No. 2, April 2012

  19. The Most Controversial Decision: Truman, the Atomic Bombs, and the Defeat of Japan, by Wilson D. Miscamble919–921

    Vol. 76, No. 3, July 2012

  20. The Short American Century: A Postmortem, by edited by Andrew J. Bacevich1296–1298

    Vol. 76, No. 4, October 2012

  21. Justifying War: Propaganda, Politics, and the Modern Age, by David Welch and Jo Fox358–360

    Vol. 77, No. 1, January 2013

  22. Military Adaptation in War: With Fear of Change, by Williamson Murray716–718

    Vol. 77, No. 2, April 2013

  23. The Cambridge History of War, Volume IV: War and the Modern World, by edited by Roger Chickering, Dennis Showalter, and Hans van de Ven1493–1494

    Vol. 77, No. 4, October 2013

  24. Britain’s War Machine: Weapons, Resources, and Experts in the Second World War, by David Edgerton405–407

    Vol. 78, No. 1, January 2014

  25. Hundred Days: The Campaign that Ended World War I, by Nick Lloyd1148–1149

    Vol. 78, No. 3, July 2014

  26. The Transformation of the World: A Global History of the Nineteenth Century, by Jürgen Osterhammel1420–1422

    Vol. 78, No. 4, October 2014

  27. American Arsenal: A Century of Waging War, by Patrick Coffey225–226

    Vol. 79, No. 1, January 2015

  28. Hundred Days: The Campaign That Ended World War I, by Nick Lloyd1178–1179

    Vol. 79, No. 4, October 2015

  29. Richard Nixon and Europe: The Reshaping of the Postwar Atlantic World, by Luke A. Nestor304–306

    Vol. 80, No. 1, January 2016

  30. The American Bomb in Britain: US Air Forces’ Strategic Presence, 1946–64, by Ken Young613–614

    Vol. 81, No. 2, April 2017

  31. America’s Dream Palace: Middle East Expertise and the Rise of the National Security State, by Osamah F. Khalil1190–1192

    Vol. 81, No. 4, October 2017

  32. Norway 1940: Chronicle of a Chaotic Campaign, by Harry Plevy288–290

    Vol. 82, No. 1, January 2018

  33. The Battle for North Africa: El Alamein and the Turning Point for World War II, by Glyn Harper988–990

    Vol. 82, No. 3, July 2018

  34. Gambling on War: Confidence, Fear, and the Tragedy of the First World War, by Roger L. Ransom261–262

    Vol. 83, No. 1, January 2019

  35. Gambling on War: Confidence, Fear, and the Tragedy of the First World War, by Roger L. Ransom600–601

    Vol. 84, No. 2, April 2020

  36. The Path to War: How the First World War Created Modern America, by Michael S. Neiberg909–911

    Vol. 84, No. 3, July 2020

  37. Kennan and the Cold War: An Unauthorized Biography, by David Felix941–943

    Vol. 84, No. 3, July 2020

  38. The German Failure in Belgium, August 1914, by Dennis Showalter, Joseph P. Robinson, and Janet A. Robinson1234–1236

    Vol. 84, No. 4, October 2020

  39. The World at War, 1914–1945, by Jeremy Black245–247

    Vol. 85, No. 1, January 2021

  40. Disputed Decisions of World War II: Decision Science and Game Theory Perspectives, by Mark Thompson264–266

    Vol. 85, No. 1, January 2021

  41. Vicarious Warfare: American Strategy and the Illusion of War on the Cheap, by Thomas Waldman863–864

    Vol. 85, No. 3, July 2021

  42. Buttoned Up: American Armor and the 781st Tank Battalion in World War II, by Westin Ellis Robeson753–755

    Vol. 86, No. 3, July 2022

  43. Going Downtown: The U.S. Air Force over Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, 1961–75, by Thomas McKelvey Cleaver258–259

    Vol. 87, No. 1, January 2023

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