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 journal manager. Include your mailing address if requesting a book be sent to you.

Books Available for Review (last updated June 19, 2026)

  1. 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)
  2. 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)
  3. Culcasi, Karen. Displacing Territory: Syrian and Palestinian Refugees in Jordan. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2023. (digital copy only)
  4. 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)
  5. Barrett, Matthew. Scandalous Conduct: Canadian Officer Courts Martial, 1914-1945. Vancouver, BC: University of British Columbia Press, 2022. (digital copy only)
  6. Burke, Ryan, Michael Fowler, and Jahara Matisek, eds. Military Strategy, Joint Operations, and Airpower: An Introduction, 2nd ed. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2022.
  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. 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)
  9. Garnett, Holly Ann and Michael Pal, eds. Cyber Threats to Canadian Democracy. Montreal, QC and Kingston, ON: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2022.
  10. Lee, Jonathan L. Afghanistan: A History from 1260 to the Present, new edition. London, UK: Reaktion Books, 2022.
  11. 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)
  12. Medhurst, John. Sub Culture: The Many Lives of the Submarine. London, UK: Reaktion Books, 2022.
  13. 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)
  14. Gall, Sandy. Afghan Napolean: The Life of Ahmad Shah Massoud. London, UK: Haus Publishing, 2021.
  15. Wellerstein, Alex. Restricted Data: The History of Nuclear Secrecy in the United States. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2021. (digital copy only)
  16. 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)
  17. Graziano, Michael. Errand into the Wilderness of Mirrors: Religion and the History of the CIA. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2021.
  18. 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)
  19. Corbeil, Raoul. Real War, Real Soldier: A Canadian in the North West Front, 1944-1945. Drummondville, QC: Editions FPC, 2021. (digital copy only)