Books to Review

Book Review Guidelines

An analytical book review is not simply a summary of the book’s contents. It should give the reader a critical, informative and interesting discussion of the work. It comments on and evaluates the book on certain criteria, including the following:

  • the main ideas and major objectives of the book and how effectively these are accomplished;
  • what, if anything, does it contribute to the literature and how well does it do this;
  • the readership for which it is written;
  • constructive comments on the book’s strengths and weaknesses;
  • the soundness of the theoretical assumptions, the methodology, if any, and the sources used;
  • your own reactions and opinions on the book.

Length: 1000-3000 words. Please look at already-published JMSS reviews to coordinate formatting prior to submission.

Deadline: Please plan to have your completed review submitted within 2 months of receiving the review copy. Keep in mind that review copies held by JMSS are often in digital format only.

Your review should include:

  • Author(s)/Editor(s) first and last name(s) – please indicate if it is an edited book
  • title
  • year of publication
  • publisher
  • your first and last name
  • institution affiliation
  • a brief biographical note

To review a book listed below, please send an email with the citation to lmhallad@hotmail.com. Include your mailing address if requesting a book be sent to you.

Books Available for Review (last updated PM September 12, 2024)

  1. Abraham, Joseph N. Kings, Conquerors, Psychopaths: From Alexander to Hitler to the Corporation. Arnaudville, LA: Hidden Hills Press, 2020.
  2. Barrett, Matthew. Scandalous Conduct: Canadian Officer Courts Martial, 1914-1945. Vancouver, BC: University of British Columbia Press, 2022. (digital copy only)
  3. Buckey, Christopher M. Genesis of the Grand Fleet: The Admiralty, Germany, and the Home Fleet, 1896-1914. Annapolis, MD: US Naval Institute Press, 2021. (digital copy only)
  4. Burke, Ryan, Michael Fowler, and Jahara Matisek, eds. Military Strategy, Joint Operations, and Airpower: An Introduction, 2nd ed. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2022.
  5. Corbeil, Raoul. Real War, Real Soldier: A Canadian in the North West Front, 1944-1945. Drummondville, QC: Editions FPC, 2021. (digital copy only)
  6. Culcasi, Karen. Displacing Territory: Syrian and Palestinian Refugees in Jordan. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2023. (digital copy only)
  7. Daniels, Mario and John Krige. Knowledge Regulation and National Security in Postwar America. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2022. (digital copy only)
  8. Delaney, Douglas E., Mark Frost, and Andrew L. Brown, eds. Manpower and the Armies of the British Empire in the Two World Wars. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2021. (digital copy only)
  9. Fisher, Stan. Sustaining the Carrier War: The Deployment of U.S. Naval Air Power to the Pacific. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2022. (digital copy only)
  10. Gall, Sandy. Afghan Napolean: The Life of Ahmad Shah Massoud. London, UK: Haus Publishing, 2021.
  11. Garnett, Holly Ann and Michael Pal, eds. Cyber Threats to Canadian Democracy. Montreal, QC and Kingston, ON: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2022.
  12. Graziano, Michael. Errand into the Wilderness of Mirrors: Religion and the History of the CIA. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2021.
  13. Hedstrom, Jenny and Elisabeth Olivius, eds. Waves of Upheaval in Myanmar: Gendered Transformations and Political Transitions. Copenhagen, DK: Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Press, 2023. (digital copy only)
  14. Lee, Jonathan L. Afghanistan: A History from 1260 to the Present, new edition. London, UK: Reaktion Books, 2022.
  15. McGarr, Kathryn J. City of Newsmen: Public Lies and Professional Secrets in Cold War Washington. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2022. (digital copy only)
  16. Medhurst, John. Sub Culture: The Many Lives of the Submarine. London, UK: Reaktion Books, 2022.
  17. Morningstar, James Kelly. War and Resistance in the Philippines, 1942-1944. Annapolis, MD: US Naval Institute Press, 2021. (digital copy only)
  18. Seow, Victor. Carbon Technocracy: Energy Regimes in Modern East Asia. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2012. (digital copy only)
  19. Souchen, Alex and Matthew S. Wiseman, eds. Silent Partners: The Origins and Influence of Canada's Military-Industrial Complex. Vancouver, BC: University of British Columbia Press, 2023. (digital copy only)
  20. Wakelam, Robert, David Varey, and Emanuele Sica. Educating Air Forces: Global Perspectives on Airpower Learning. Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky Press, 2020. (digital copy only)
  21. Wellerstein, Alex. Restricted Data: The History of Nuclear Secrecy in the United States. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2021. (digital copy only)
  22. Ziarnick, Brent D. To Rule the Skies: General Thomas S. Power and the Rise of Strategic Air Command in the Cold War. Annapolis, MD: US Naval Institute Press, 2021. (digital copy only)
  23. Zwigenberg, Ran. Nuclear Minds: Cold War Psychological Science and the Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2023. (digital copy only)