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American Military History: A Guide to Reference and Information Sources: Reference Sources in the Social Sciences

Autor Daniel K. Blewett
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 dec 2008 – vârsta până la 17 ani
In this companion volume to his 1995 bibliography of the same title, Daniel Blewett continues his foray into the vast literature of military studies. As did its predecessor, it covers land, air, and naval forces, primarily but not exclusively from a U.S. perspective, with the welcome emergence of small wars from publishing obscurity. In addition to identifying relevant organizations and associations, Blewett has gathered together the very best in chronologies, bibliographies, biographical dictionaries, indexes, journals abstracts, glossaries, and encyclopedias, each accompanied by a brief descriptive annotation.This work remains a pertinent addition to the general reference collections of public and academic libraries as well as special libraries, government documents collections, military and intelligence agency libraries, and historical societies and museums.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781563089480
ISBN-10: 1563089483
Pagini: 468
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 38 mm
Greutate: 0.7 kg
Ediția:2
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Libraries Unlimited
Seria Reference Sources in the Social Sciences

Locul publicării:New York, United States

Notă biografică

Daniel K. Blewett is a Reference Librarian at the College of DuPage Library, Glen Ellyn IL.

Cuprins

AcknowledgmentsIntroductionAbbreviationsChapter 1: General Military History Reference SourcesChapter 2: The Colonial PeriodChapter 3: The American RevolutionChapter 4: The War of 1812Chapter 5: The Mexican-American War, 1846-1848Chapter 6: The American Civil War, 1861-1865Chapter 7: The Post-Civil War Era, 1865-1898Chapter 8: The Spanish-American War, 1898-1899Chapter 9: The First World War, 1914-1918Chapter 10: The Second World War, 1939-1945Chapter 11: The Korean War, 1950-1953Chapter 12: The Vietnam War, 1964-1975Chapter 13: The Persian Gulf War, 1990-1991Chapter 14: The Cold War, 1940-1990Chapter 15: The Post-Cold War Era, 1991-Chapter 16: Arms Control and DisarmamentChapter 17: TerrorismChapter 18: Intelligence and EspionageChapter 19: HistoriographyChapter 20: Electronic Information ResourcesChapter 21: Libraries and ArchivesChapter 22: Organizations and AssociationsChapter 23: JournalsAppendixAuthor/Title IndexSubject Index

Recenzii

Reference librarian Blewett (DuPage Coll.) compiles a valuable bibliography of American military reference guides, focusing not on subject-specific books, military biographies, and subject monographs, but on general resources like almanacs, chronologies, and encyclopedias. The bibliographic listings are extremely practical for researchers, as are the single-paragraph exegeses, which permit rapid culling of irrelevant material. Bibliographic information is divided into 23 thematically focused, chronologically organized chapters.'
Bearing the same title as the earlier work and also arranged largely chronologically by war and postwarinterregnums, the volume's stated emphasis is on the numerous materials appearing since it last went to print. Butsince it includes many essential earlier items as well, libraries may choose to purchase this edition, which is appreciablylonger, as a competent stand-alone volume. Annotations to the sources, while generally brief, are considerable innumber. The text is basic, often evaluative as well as descriptive. It addresses best the needs of beginningresearchers at the undergraduate level, although others can use this book profitably.
Blewett (reference librarian, College of DuPage) offers a second edition of his extensive reference on American military history, primarily from a U.S. perspective. In addition to general reference sources, the author also provides specific sources for major American military engagements and activities, from the Colonial period and the American Revolution to the Persian Gulf War and the Post-Cold War era. Sources also are provided for a range of related topics, such as arms control and disarmament and terrorism. The references listed include bibliographies, chronologies, biographical dictionaries, almanacs, encyclopedias, and journals.
Overall, this work is simply superb and is highly recommended, especially for libraries with large military affairs collections.
.a very good source for American military research.Recommended for all libraries.