Congratulations to USCMH member N.W. Collins, whose new book, Grey Wars: A Contemporary History of U.S. Special Operations has been published by Yale University Press! US Special Operations Command trains and equips units to undertake select military activities, frequently high-risk missions, often for the purposes of counterterrorism and counterinsurgency. Since …
Congratulations to USCMH member Donald M. Bishop, on the release of his new book, Pacifist to Padre: The World War II Memoir of Chaplain Roland B. Gittelsohn, December 1941-January 1946 (Marine Corps University Press, 2021). Ronald B. Gittelsohn, the first Navy rabbi assigned with U.S. Marines, served in the Pacific …
Congratulations to USCMH member Michael Livingston, on the release of his new book Never Greater Slaughter: Brunanburh and the Birth of England (Osprey, 2021). Late in AD 937, four armies met in a place called Brunanburh. On one side stood the shield-wall of the expanding kingdom of the Anglo-Saxons. On …
Great news! The 2021 International Congress of Military History is GO! Our colleagues at the Hellenic Commission of Military History have put together a remarkable program for both participants and accompanying persons — as well as some excellent post-congress events — and have every intention of making this an unforgettable …
Admirals Under Fire: The US Navy and the Vietnam War, by longtime USCMH member and Collins Book Price Committee Chair, Edward Marolda, will be published by Texas Tech University Press and Amazon in June. Congratulations!
Congratulations to USCMH member Charles D. Melson, on the release of his new book, Fighting for Time: Rhodesia’s Military and Zimbabwe’s Independence (Casemate, 2021). From the 1960s through 1970s there were a series of conflicts in Africa involving Rhodesia, South Africa, and Portugal in conflict with the so-called Frontline States. …
The USCMH is pleased to announce the winner of the 2019 Collins Book Prize: Washington’s Revolutionary War Generals, by Stephen R. Taaffe (Norman, OK: Oklahoma University Press, 2019). From the Prize Committee: This comprehensive, balanced, and perceptive work focuses on the corps of generals who served the American cause during …
The Society for Military History Annual Meeting is happening in Norfolk, VA from 20-23 May. The Society will hold a live or in-person meeting at the Hilton Main on Main Street, Norfolk and will provide a virtual link to registrants who cannot attend due to COVID concerns or travel restrictions. Register now …