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Military History Digest #383

Ancient:

• Military Book Review Barbarians and Romans: The Birth Struggle of Europe, A.D. 400-700 https://www.strategypage.com/bookreviews/2704#gsc.tab=0

• Military Book Review the Crisis of Catiline: Rome, 63 Bce https://www.strategypage.com/bookreviews/2695#gsc.tab=0

Medieval:

• Historians Dispute Bayeux Tapestry Penis Tally After Lengthy Debate | Bayeux Tapestry | the Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/25/bayeux-tapestry-historian-genitalia-dispute

• How Strong Were Gunpowder Weapons in the Middle Ages? - Medievalists.net https://www.medievalists.net/2025/03/strong

Rothera on Hess, 'July 22: The Civil War Battle of Atlanta'

Author

Hess, Earl J.

Reviewer

Rothera, Evan C.

Hess, Earl J.. July 22: The Civil War Battle of Atlanta. Modern War Studies Series. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2023. Maps. 432 pp. $49.99 (cloth), ISBN 9780700633968.

Reviewed by Evan C. Rothera (University of Arkansas - Fort Smith)
Published on H-War (June, 2025)
Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Independent Scholar)

Banner on Sobchak, 'Training for Victory: U.S. Special Forces Advisory Operations from El Salvador to Afghanistan'

Author

Sobchak, Frank K.

Reviewer

Banner, Greg

Sobchak, Frank K.. Training for Victory: U.S. Special Forces Advisory Operations from El Salvador to Afghanistan. : Naval Institute Press, 2024. 352 pp. $39.95 (cloth), ISBN 9781682471333.

Reviewed by Greg Banner (Independent Scholar)
Published on H-War (June, 2025)
Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Independent Scholar)

Schwonek on Nowak, 'Kingdom of Barracks: Polish Displaced Persons in Allied-Occupied Germany and Austria'

Author

Nowak, Katarzyna

Reviewer

Schwonek, Matthew

Nowak, Katarzyna. Kingdom of Barracks: Polish Displaced Persons in Allied-Occupied Germany and Austria. Refugee and Forced Migration Studies Series: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2023. 360 pp. Illustrations, maps. $95.00 (e-book), ISBN 9780228018377.$95.00 (cloth), ISBN 9780228017301.

Reviewed by Matthew Schwonek (ACSC)
Published on H-War (June, 2025)
Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Independent Scholar)

Rothera on Hess, 'July 22: The Civil War Battle of Atlanta'

Author

Hess, Earl J.

Reviewer

Rothera, Evan C.

Hess, Earl J.. July 22: The Civil War Battle of Atlanta. Modern War Studies Series. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2023. Maps. 432 pp. $49.99 (cloth), ISBN 9780700633968.

Reviewed by Evan C. Rothera (University of Arkansas - Fort Smith)
Published on H-War (June, 2025)
Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Independent Scholar)

Banner on Sobchak, 'Training for Victory: U.S. Special Forces Advisory Operations from El Salvador to Afghanistan'

Author

Sobchak, Frank K.

Reviewer

Banner, Greg

Sobchak, Frank K.. Training for Victory: U.S. Special Forces Advisory Operations from El Salvador to Afghanistan. : Naval Institute Press, 2024. 352 pp. $39.95 (cloth), ISBN 9781682471333.

Reviewed by Greg Banner (Independent Scholar)
Published on H-War (June, 2025)
Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Independent Scholar)

Schwonek on Nowak, 'Kingdom of Barracks: Polish Displaced Persons in Allied-Occupied Germany and Austria'

Author

Nowak, Katarzyna

Reviewer

Schwonek, Matthew

Reviewed by Matthew Schwonek (ACSC)
Published on H-War (June, 2025)
Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Independent Scholar)

Shi on Wake, 'American Survivors: Trans-Pacific Memories of Hiroshima and Nagasaki'

Author

Wake, Naoko

Reviewer

Shi, Huaqing

Wake, Naoko. American Survivors: Trans-Pacific Memories of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021. xvi + 392 pp. $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 9781108835275.

Reviewed by Huaqing Shi (Florida State University)
Published on H-War (May, 2025)
Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Independent Scholar)

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