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Joint Force Quarterly publishes reviews of recent and soon-to-be-released books of professional interest to members of the military and national security communities. Topics can include joint and integrated operations; national security policy and strategy; efforts to combat terrorism; homeland security; and developments in training and joint professional military education. You can review our latest Editor's Choices here or select one you have in mind that would be of value to the JFQ audience. Please follow our guidelines when considering a review.
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James M. McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom. New York: Oxford University Press, 1988. ISBN 1-234-567-8. 944 pp. $50.
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Editor's Choice Books for Review in JFQ
Foreign Powers and Intervention in Armed Conflicts
By Aysegul Aydin
Stanford University Press, 2012
216 pp. $45.00
ISBN: 978-0-8047-8281-4
The One-State Condition: Occupation and Democracy in Israel/Palestine
By Ariella Azoulay and Adi Ophir
Stanford University Press, 2012
328 pp. $24.95
ISBN: 978-0-8047-7592-2
The Invisible Wounds of War: Coming Home from Iraq and Afghanistan
By Marguerite Guzmán Bouvard
Prometheus Books, 2012
245 pp. $18.00
ISBN: 978-1-61614-553-8
Vortex of Conflict: U.S. Policy Toward Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq
By Dan Caldwell
Stanford University Press, 2011
408 pp. $25.95
IBSN: 978-0-8047-7666-0
War, Will and Warlords: Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2001-2011
By Robert M. Cassidy
Marine Corps University Press, 2012
286 pp. $32.00
IBSN: 978-0-16-090300-7
Intelligence Collection: How to Plan and Execute Intelligence Collection in Complex Environments
By Wayne Michael Hall and Gary Citrenbaum
Praeger, 2012
505 pp. $63.00
ISBN: 978-0-313-39817-9
Bleeding Talent: How the US Military Mismanages Great Leaders and Why It’s Time for a Revolution
By Tim Kane
Palgrave Macmillan, 2012
288 pp. $30.00
ISBN: 978-0-230-39127-7
Useful Enemies: When Waging Wars Is More Important Than Winning Them
By David Keen
Yale University Press, 2012
304 pp. $38.00
ISBN: 978-0-300-16274-5
Contractors and War: The Transformation of United States’ Expeditionary Operations
Edited by Christopher Kinsey and Malcolm Hugh Patterson
Stanford University Press, 2012
352 pp. $29.95
ISBN: 978-0-8047-6991-4
Security Assurances and Nuclear Nonproliferation
Edited by Jeffrey W. Knopf
Stanford University Press, 2012
320 pp. $50.00
ISBN: 978-0-8047-7827-5
Imperial Crossroads: The Great Powers and the Persian Gulf
Edited by Jeffrey R. Macris and Saul Kelly
Naval Institute Press, 2012
272 pp. $34.95
ISBN: 9781591144892
The Complexity of Modern Asymmetric Warfare
By: Max G. Manwaring
University of Oklahoma Press, 2012
224 pages, $45.00
ISBN: 978-0-8061-4265-4
Next-Generation Homeland Security: Network Federalism and the Course to National Preparedness
By John Fass Morton
Naval Institute Press, 2012
416pp, $36.95
ISBN: 978-1-61251-088-0
Cyberspace and National Security: Threats, Opportunities, and Power in a Virtual World
Edited by Derek S. Reveron
Georgetown University Press, 2012
256 pp, $29.95
ISBN: 978-1-58901-918-8
Allied Master Strategists: The Combined Chiefs of Staff in World War II
By David Rigby
Naval Institute Press, 2012
288 pp, $29.95
ISBN: 978-1-61251-081-1
Afghan Endgames: Strategy and Policy Choices for America's Longest War
Edited by Hy Rothstein and John Arquilla,
Georgetown University Press, 2012
248 pp, $29.95
ISBN: 9781589019089
Veterans on Trial: The Coming Court Battles over PTSD
By Barry R. Schaller
Potomac Books, 2012
288 pp, $23.96
978-1-59797-696-1
China and Africa: A Century of Engagement
By David H. Shinn and Joshua Eisenman
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012
544 pp, $69.95
ISBN 978-0-8122-4419-9
Deterring Terrorism: Theory and Practice
Edited by Andreas Wenger and Alex Wilner
Stanford University Press, 2012
352 pp, $29.95
ISBN: 978-0-8047-8249-4
Iraq Full Circle: From Shock and Awe to the Last Combat Patrol in Baghdad and Beyond
By Darron L. Wright
Osprey Publishing, 2012
392 pp, $19.46
ISBN: 978-1-84908-812-1
Watches Without Time: An American Soldier in Afghanistan
By Matt Zeller
Just World Books, 2012
308pp; $21.00
IBSN: 978-1-935982-20-3