Selecting Sources for Research in
Military History.

As you think about your research topic in military history, you should take the following steps.

• Think about a general period, war, strategy, campaign, battle, unit, or individual you are interested in or would like to learn more about.

• For research subjects in U.S. military history, read the appropriate chapter(s) in Allan R. Millett and Peter Maslowski, For the Common Defense: A Military History of the United States of America, Revised and expanded edition (Newe York: Free Press, 1994), then consult the appropriate chapter bibliographies for specific source citations as well as the "Further Reading" section(s) in Major Problems in American Military History, edited by John Whiteclay Chambers, II and G. Kurt Piehler (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1999).

• Consult the following reference works/bibliographies looking for specific references for sources on your chosen topic. TTU call numbers are provided for works in our library--these works will be mostly in the reference section of the library to the right of the desk in front of you when you enter.

  • Jerry K. Sweeney. A Handbook of American Military History: From the Revolutionary War to the Present. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1997. TTU Call No. E181.H23 1996

  • John Whiteclay Chambers, II, Fred Anderson, Lynn Eden, Joseph T. Glatthaar, Ronald H. Spector, and G. Kurt Piehler, editors. Oxford Companion to American Military History. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. TTU Call No. E181.94 1999 Reference section.

  • James C. Bradford, editor. Atlas of American Military History. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN # 0-19-521661-X. $50.00

  • John E. Jessup and Louise B. Ketz, editors. Encyclopedia of the American Military: Studies of the History, Traditions, Policies, Institutions, and Roles of the Armed Forces in War and Peace. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1994. 3 vols. TTU Call No. UA23.E56 1994

  • Peter Karsten, editor, Encyclopedia of War and American Society, 3 Vols. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2004. TTU Call No. E181.E634 2006

  • John P. Resch, editor, Americans at War: Society, Culture, and the Homefront, 4 Vols. New York: Macmillan Reference, 2005. TTU Call No. E181.A453 2005

  • Robert Cowley and Geoffrey Parker, editors. The Reader's Companion to Military History. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996, 2001.

  • Richard Holmes, editor. Oxford Companion to Military History. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. TTU Call No. D25.A2 O94 2001

  • John E, Jessup, editor. An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Conflict and Conflict Resolution, 1945-1996. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1998. TTU Call No. D842.J47 1998

  • Kenneth J. Hagan and William R. Roberts, editors. Against All Enemies: Interpretations of American Military History From Colonial Times to the Present. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1986. TTU Call No. E181.A3 1986

  • Kenneth J. Hagan, editor. In Peace and War: Interpretations of American Naval History, 1775-1984. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1984. TTU Call No. VA55.15

  • John E. Jessup, Jr. and Robert W. Coakley. A Guide to the Study and Use of Military History. (Washington, DC: Center of Military History, 1979). TTU Call No. E181.G85

  • Robin Higham and Donald J. Mrozek, editors. A Guide to the Sources of U.S. Military History. (Hamden, CT: Archon Books, 1975, 1981, 1986, 1993, 1997), 5 vols. TTU Call No. Z1249.M5 G83 Be sure to check in each volume for sources!

  • Susan K. Kinnell, editor. Military History of the United States: An Annotated Bibliography. (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1986. TTU Call No. Z1249M5 M54 1986.

  • Dictionary of American Military Biography, editors Roger J. Spiller, Joseph G. Dawson, III, and T. Harry Williams (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1984), 3 vols. Good references on individuals.

  • America's Military Adversaries: From Colonial Times to the Present, ed. John C. Fredriksen. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2001. ISBN # 1-57607-603-2.

  • David J. Eicher. The Civil War in Books: An Analytical Bibliography Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1997. TTU Call No. Z1242 .E57 1997.

  • The American Civil War: A Handbook of Literature and Research, edited by Steven E. Woodworth. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997. TTU Call No. E475.81 .W878 1999.

  • David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler, editors. Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political, Social and Military History. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio, 2000. 5 volumes and New York: W.W. Norton, 2002. 1 volume. TTU Call No. REF E468 .H47 2000.

  • The Library of Congress Civil War Desk Reference, edited by Margaret E. Wagner, Gary W. Gallagher, and Paul Finkelman. Foreword by James M. McPherson. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002. TTU Call No. REF E468 .L52 2002.

  • Encyclopedia of the Confederacy, edited by Richard N. Current. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. 4 volumes. TTU Call No. E487 .E55 1993.

  • African Americans at War: An Encyclopedia, ed. Jonathan D. Sutherland. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2003. ISBN # 1-57607-746-2.

  • Women and War: A Historical Encyclopedia From Antiquity to the Present, edited by Bernard A. Cook, 2 Vols. .Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2006. TTU Call No. U24 .W69 2006 in Reference Section.

  • Air Warfare: An International Encyclopedia, ed. Walter J. Boyne. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2002. ISBN # 1-57607-345-9.

  General Sources for Military History

  • Ask a Librarian: An Online Reference Service from the American Memory, Library of Congress
  • WorldCat: 1.3 billion items in more than 10,000 libraries worldwide
  • TTU Inter Library Loan request form for books
  • TTU Inter Library Loan request form(s) for article(s)
  • Quality, Affordability, and Access: Americans Speak on Higher Education, June 2003 (ETS)
  • Understanding University Success (Center for Educational Policy Research)
  • Dictionary of the History of Ideas (Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library)
  • Dialogue in Military History (Mark Grimsley, Ohio State University)
  • The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing (M. Harvey, Washington College)
  • Library of Congress Bibliographies, Research Guides, and Finding Aids
  • History and the Internet: A Guide by Patrick D. Reagan (McGraw-Hill)
  • Using Primary Sources on the Web (Reference and User Services Association, History Section, American Library Association)
  • Research Guides in Military Studies (Greenwood Press)
  • Roots of Modern Conflict Series (ABC-CLIO)
  • Weapons and Warfare series, edited by Spencer C. Tucker (ABC-CLIO)
  • Blackwell Companions to American History
  • Research Guides in Military Studies (Greenwood Press)Contributions in Military Studies (Greenwood Press)
  • Books for Understanding Current Topics (American Association of University Presses)
  • International Affairs Resources (WWW Virtual Library)
  • Mershon Network of International History (Mershon Center for International Security Studies, Ohio State University>
  • Civil-Military Relations bibliography (Air University Library, Maxwell AFB, AL)
  • Books for Understanding The Media in Wartime/War Reporting (American Association of University Presses)
  • Conscientious Objection in America: Primary Sources for Research
    (A.M. Yoder, Swarthmore College Peace Collection)
  • Historical Dictionaries of War, Revolution, and Civil Unrest (Scarecrow Press)
  • War in the 21st Century: The Human Security Report 2005 (The Human Security Centre)
  • Belle & Blade War Video
  • Military History Program at Ohio State University
  • Web Sources in Military History (Richard Jensen, emeritus professor, University of Illinois)
  • The Price of Freedom: Americans at War
    (National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.)
  • Navigating the Military Internet (Naval Postgraduate School)
  • Professional Military Reading Lists (U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, KS)
  • Internet Resources for Naval History and Maritime Strategy (University of New Brunswick)
  • Naval History Bibliographical Series (Naval Historical Center)
  • Sea History (National Maritime Historical Society)
  • Alfred M. Gray Marine Corps Research Center, Marine Corps University, Quantico, VA
  • Marine Corps Gazette
  • [Military Libraries] U.S. Department of Defense (DefenseLink)
  • Military Bibliographies
  • Air University Library Bibliographies)
  • U.S. A[ir] F[orce] History Publications (Air Force Historical Studies Office)
  • Topical Index Military History (History Bibliographies Guide, S. Blaschke)
  • U.S. Army in World War II Series [Green Book Series] (U.S. Army Center of Military History)
  • Military History Journals and Books
  • U.S. Army Chief of Staff's Professional Reading List
  • Officer's Professional Reading Guide (United States Military Academy, West Point, New York)
    [.pdf format requires Adobe Acrobat Reader]
  • Military History (Combined Arms Research Library, U.S. Army Command & General Staff College, Ft. Leavenworth, KS)
  • Bibliogrpahies and Special Lists (Combined Arms Research Library, U.S. Army Command & General Staff College, Ft. Leavenworth, KS)
  • Books for Understanding Current Topics (American Association of University Presses)
  • Combined Arms Research Library (U. S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, KS)
  • Map Resources (Library, National Defense University)
  • Historical Map Bibliographies (Air University Library, Maxwell AFB, AL)
  • Library (National Defense University)
  • Joint Electronic Library (Defense Technical Information Center)
  • Military Review: The Professional Journal of the United States Army
  • Leavenworth Papers (Combat Studies Institute, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, KS
  • Professional Military Reading Lists (U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, KS)
  • Recommended Readings Lists (Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom)
  • Responses to War General Bibliography (D.M. Hart, University of Adelaide, Australia)
  • Map Library, Department of History, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York
  • Staff Rides and Events (U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York)
  • Military Intelligence History (U.S. Army Military Intelligence Center and Fort Huachuca)
  • U.S. Army Military Intelligence Center and Fort Huachuca
  • National Guard Bibliographies (Center for Military History)
  • U.S. Army Military History Institute (Carlisle Barracks, PA)
  • Finding Aids (U.S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, PA)
  • Reference Bibliographies (U.S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, PA)
  • Armed Forces History (Smithsonian Institution)
  • War Letters (American Experience, PBS)
  • Killology Research Group: The Psychologial Cost of Learning to Kill (LTC Dave Grossman, U.S. Army, Ret.)
  • The American War Library [information about U.S. military veterans]
  • Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience (National Endowment for the Arts)
  • National Cemetery Administration (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)
  • Obtaining Military Records & Medals (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)
  • Access to Military Service and Pension Records (U.S. National Archives)
  • Order Forms for Military Service and Family History Records (U.S. National Archives)
  • Army Museum System (U.S. Army Center of Military History)
  • History of the Army Reserve
  • National Guard History (National Guard Bureau)
  • Commission on the National Guard and Reserves
  • National Museum of the [U.S.] Marine Corps

  Recommended Reading Lists for U.S. Military History

  • Professional Military Reading Lists (U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, KS)
  • Professional Military Readings Lists (National Defense University)
  • Military History and Related Info (Air War College, Maxwell AFB, AL)
  • Military Classics (Dr. R. H. Berlin, Combat Studies Institute, U.S. Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
  • U.S. Military Reading List (Naval Institute Press)
  • Military Books and Recommended Reading Lists (militaryreadinglist.com)
  • Chairman of the [U.S.] Joint Chief of Staff's Professional Military Reading List
  • 2004 U.S. Military Academy Officer's Professional Reading Guide (United States Military Academy, West Point, NY)
  • U.S. Army Chief of Staff's Professional Reading List
  • Publications of Combat Studies Institute and Command and General Staff College (U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Ft. Leavenworth, KS)
  • Chief of Naval Operations Reading List (militaryreadinglist.com)
  • Naval Historical Center
  • Naval Heritage/Core Values Reading Guide (Master Chief Petty Office of the [U.S.] Navy)
  • U.S. Marine Reading Program ([U.S.] Marine Corps University)
  • U.S. Marine Corps Reading List (www.usmchq.com)
  • Commandant's Reading List (U.S. Coast Guard)
  • U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff's Reading List

  Maps for Study of Military History

  • James C. Bradford, editor. Atlas of American Military History. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN # 0-19-521661-X. $50.00
  • Military Battles and Campaigns (Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress)
  • Map Resources (Library, National Defense University)
  • Historical Map Bibliographies (Air University Library, Maxwell AFB, AL)

  Military History by Time Period

  • The Price of Freedom: Americans at War
    (National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.)
  • Books for the Military Professional (U.S. Army Combined Arms Research Library, Fort Leavenworth, KS)
  • CARL: Combined
  • The American Revolution: Military History bibliography (Air University Library, Maxwell AFB, AL)
  • Remember the Alamo (American Experience, PBS)
  • The Crisis of the Union: An Electronic Archive of Documents About the Causes, Conduct, and Consequences of the US Civil War
    (University of Pennsylvania)
  • Civil War @Smithsonian: Collecting, Preserving, Remembering the National Experience
    (National Portrait Gallery)
  • America's Civil War CD-ROM's (Guild Press of Indiana)
    (CD-ROM version of The Official Records [OR] of the War of the Rebellion)
  • The Civil War as Photographed by Mathew Brady (Library of Congress)
  • Tennessee Civil War Sourcebook
  • National Heritage Area on the Civil War in Tennessee
    (Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University)
  • Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (National Park Service)
  • The Fight for Equal Rights: Black Soldiers in the Civil War
    (National Archives teaching materials)
  • American Civil War Research Database (Historical Data Systems)
  • National Cemetery Administration (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)
  • Obtaining Military Records & Medals (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)
  • Access to Military Service and Pension Records (U.S. National Archives)
  • Order Forms for Military Service and Family History Records (U.S. National Archives)
  • Remember the Maine (Maine PBS)
  • First World War.com: The War to End All Wars
  • World War I Document Archive (Brigham Young University)
  • World War I: Trenches on the Web
  • World War I History Commission Questionnaires (Library of Virginia)
  • The Stars and Stripes: The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919 (American Memory, Library of Congress)
  • The Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 bibliography (Air University Library, Maxwell AFB, AL)
  • The Second World War: A Selected Bibliography (Yale University Library)
  • International Bibliography of the Second World War
  • International Committee for the History of the Second World War
  • The Second World War: A Selected Bibliography (Yale University Library)
  • Bibliography from National World War II Memorial
  • World War II: A Selected List of References [June 1992] (Humanities and Social Science Division, Library of Congress)
  • World War II in Europe (Felician College)
  • World War II Timeline (University of San Diego)
  • World War II Links on the Internet (University of San Diego)
  • Axis History Factbook
  • Feldgrau.com: Research on the German Armed Forces, 1918-1945
  • Tanks! (W.A. Kirk, Jr.)
  • Echoes of War: Stories from the Big Red One (First Division Museum at Cantigny, Wheaton, IL and Ball State University)
  • Office of Strategic Services (OSS) [World War II predecessor to Central Intelligence Agency]
  • Operation Overlord, D-Day, June 6, 1944: A Select Bibliography (Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Abilene, KS)
  • Normandy (Encyclopaedia Britannica)
  • D-Day Web: The Real Normandy (T. White)
  • National D-Day Museum (New Orleans, LA)
  • Historical Archives, Eisenhower Center for American Studies (University of New Orleans)
  • The World War II Picture of the Day
  • The Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color (American Experience, PBS)
  • Holocaust and Jewish Studies Sites (D. Graf, Virginia Wesleyan College)
  • Go for Broke Educational Foundation (100th Infantry Battalion and 442nd Regimental Combat Team in World War II)
  • United States Straqtegic Bombing Survey web site (W.D. O'Neil)
  • National Museum of the [U.S.] Marine Corps
  • The Traveler's Guide to Nuclear Weapons (T. L. Karpin and J.M. Maroncelli)
  • James I. Matray, "Revisiting Korea: Exposing Myths of the Forgotten War," Prologue 34 (Summer 2002)
  • Korean War, 1950-1953 Bibliography (National Defense University)
  • Middle East Conflicts (Documents Center, University of Michigan)
  • Chinese Military History Society
  • Vietnam War Bibliography (E.E. Moise)
  • Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War (ABC-Clio)
  • The Wars for Vietnam: 1945 to 1975 (Vassar College)
  • Resources on the Vietnam Conflict (Texas Tech University)
  • Oral History Project of the Vietnam Archive (Texas Tech University)
  • Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden (Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper series, 1997) [Mogadishu, Somalia, 1993]
  • Information Resources on Bosnia and Kosovo
  • Information Sources On Afghanistan and International Terrorism
  • America's War Against Terrorism: World Trade Center/Pentagon Terrorism and the Aftermath (Documents Center, University of Michigan)
  • National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States [9-11 Commission] official site
  • 9/11 Public Discourse Project [ten-member 9/11 Commission follow up group after release of final report]
  • START (National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Response to Terrorism)
    (U.S. Department of Homeland Security and University of Maryland)
  • Combating Terrorism Center at [U.S. Military Academy,] West Point
  • Terrorism Knowledge Bank (National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism)
  • The Terrorism Index by Foreign Policy magaine & The Center For American Progress, June 2006
  • Terrorism Project (Center for Defense Information)
  • Desert Storm Maps (Air University Library, Maxwell AFB, AL) [includes bibliography of works on Persian Gulf War]
  • Books for Understanding Iraq (American Association of University Presses)
  • The War Behind Closed Doors: The People, the Clashes, and--Ultimately the 'Grand Strategy'--Behind George W. Bush's Determination to Go to War with Iraq (Frontline, PBS)
  • The Invasion of Iraq (Frontline, PBS)
  • Carl Kaysen, Steven E. Miller, Martin B. Malin, William D. Nordhaus, John D. Steinbruner, "War with Iraq: Costs, Consequences, and Alternatives"
    (American Academy of Arts and Sciences)
  • Shock and Awe: Achieving Rapid Dominance by Harlan Ullman and James P. Wade with L.A. "Bud" Elney
    (National Defense University, Institute for National Strategic Studies, December 1996)
  • C. C. Crane and W. A. Terrill, "Reconstructing Iraq: Insights, Challenges, and Missions for Military Forces in a Post-Conflict Scenario," February 2003
    (Strategic Studies Institute, U. S. Army War College)
  • The Wages of War: Iraqi Combatant and Noncombatant Fatalities in the 2003 Conflict
    Project on Defense Alternatives Research Monograph # 8, C. Conetta, 20 October 2003
  • Iraq: The Human Cost (Center for International Studies, MIT)
  • Books for Understanding Iraq (American Association of University Presses)
  • Comprehensive Report the Special Advisor to the DCI on Iraq’s WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction), September 30, 2004
  • Bounding the Global War on Terrorism, Dr. Jeffrey Record (Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College)
  • Walter Laqueur, "The Terrorism to Come," Policy Review, August 2004
  • Bioterror:
  • Books for Understanding Israel and Palestine (American Association of University Presses)
  • Bioterror: The Invisible Enemy (The Discovery Channel)
  • Books for Understanding North Korea (American Association of University Presses)
  • Books for Understanding Current Topics (American Association of University Presses)
  • Frontline documentary series (PBS)
  • The Invasion of Iraq (Frontline, PBS)
  • On Point: The United States Army in Operation Iraqi Freedom
  • The Choice 2004 (Frontline, PBS)
  • Bibliography on War in Iraq, Bush Administration, and Election of 2004 (Patrick D. Reagan, Ph.D.)
  • Report to the President, March 31, 2005, Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction
  • The Leaked Iraq War Documents [The Sunday Times, London, U.K.]
  • Iraq War Withdrawal and Exit Plans (Project on Defense Alternatives)
  • Informed Comment: Thoughts on the Middle East, History, and Religion (Professor Juan Cole, University of Michigan)
  • Robert D. Kaplan, "Imperial Grunts: With the Army Special Forces in the Philippines and Afghanistan—laboratories of counterinsurgency," Atlantic Monthly, October 2005
  • America at a Crossroads (PBS)

  Contemporary Issues in National Security, Military Policy, and National Defense

  • Mershon Network of International History (Mershon Center for International Security Studies, Ohio State University>
  • Professional Military Readings Lists (National Defense University)
  • Center for Defense Information
  • Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments

  U.S. Special Forces and Special Operations History

  • Roger Beaumont, Special Operations and Elite Units, 1939-1988 A Research Guide (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1988)
  • Special Forces Search Engine
  • Special Operations .com
  • Background on the Role of Special Forces in U.S. Military Strategy (National Security Archive)
  • Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict Reference Library (Special Operations .com)
  • Special Operations .com Bookstore
  • Office of Strategic Services (OSS) [World War II predecessor to Central Intelligence Agency]
  • Army Ranger.com
  • U.S. Army Ranger School
  • World War II Army Rangers
  • U.S. Army Rangers History (U.S. Army Ranger Association)
  • CPTN D.J. Albanese, "William J. Donovan and the OSS" (Research Pathfinder & Bibliography)
  • U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School
  • Col Francis John Kelley, U.S. Army Special Force, 1961-1971 (Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1973, 1989. volume in the Vietnam Studies series of the Center of Military History
  • Night Stalkers (160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment [SOAR--Airborne])
  • Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Global Security.org)
  • U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command
  • Civil Affairs Association
  • Psychological Operations Association
  • POVA: The Psychological Operations Veterans Association
  • U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Museum
  • Special Operations Memorial (McDill AFB, Florida)
  • Suggested Reading List [U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Museum)
  • Special Operations: Airpower Aspects bibliography (Air University Library, Maxwell AFB, AL)
  • [U.S.] Air Force Special Operations Command Heritage
  • Commander Naval Special Warfare Command
  • [U. S.] Naval Special Warfare
  • SEAL History (Naval Special Warfare site)
  • Force Recon.org: homepage of the Force Reconnaissance Community
  • United States Marine Corps Force Recon Association
  • Robert D. Kaplan, "Imperial Grunts: With the Army Special Forces in the Philippines and Afghanistan—laboratories of counterinsurgency," Atlantic Monthly, October 2005

  U.S. Army History

  • The Price of Freedom: Americans at War
    (National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.)
  • U.S. Army Military History Institute (Carlisle Barracks, PA)
  • Finding Aids (U.S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, PA)
  • Reference Bibliographies (U.S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, PA)
  • Military Intelligence History (U.S. Army Military Intelligence Center and Fort Huachuca)
  • U.S. Army Military Intelligence Center and Fort Huachuca
  • History of the Army Reserve
  • National Guard History (National Guard Bureau)
  • National Guard Bibliographies (Center for Military History)
  • Commission on the National Guard and Reserves
  • Map Library, Department of History, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York
  • Staff Rides and Events (U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York)
  • Leavenworth Papers (Combat Studies Institute, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, KS
  • U.S. Army Chief of Staff's Professional Reading List
  • U.S. Army Professional Journals
  • United States Military Academy, West Point, NY
  • Officer's Professional Reading Guide (United States Military Academy, West Point, New York)
    [.pdf format requires Adobe Acrobat Reader]
  • U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (Fort Leavenworth, KS)
  • United States Army War College (Carlisle Barracks, PA)
  • [United States] National Defense University
  • U.S. Army in World War II Series [Green Book Series] (U.S. Army Center of Military History)
  • U.S. Army in World War II Series [Green Book Series] (U.S. Army Center of Military History)
  • National Cemetery Administration (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)
  • Obtaining Military Records & Medals (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)
  • Access to Military Service and Pension Records (U.S. National Archives)
  • Order Forms for Military Service and Family History Records (U.S. National Archives)

  U. S. Naval History

  • Navigating the Military Internet (Naval Postgraduate School)
  • Internet Resources for Naval History and Maritime Strategy (University of New Brunswick)
  • Naval History Bibliographical Series (Naval Historical Center)
  • Professional Readings in U.S. Naval History (Navy Historical Center)
  • United States Navy History: A Bibliography (Naval Historical Center)
  • A History of the U.S. Navy by Michael A. Palmer (Naval Historical Center)
  • The Navy: A Bibliography by Michael A. Palmer (Naval Historical Center)
  • Naval-History.net [focus on World War I and World War II]
  • Sea History (National Maritime Historical Society)
  • Naval Historical Center (U.S. Department of the Navy)
  • United States Naval Academy (Annapolis, MD)
  • A Brief History of the United States Naval Academy
  • [United States] Naval Postgraduate School (Monterey, CA)
  • Naval War College (Newport, RI)
  • [United States] National Defense University

  U.S. Marine Corps History

  • U.S. Marine Corps History
  • Marine Corps Gazette
  • Alfred M. Gray Marine Corps Research Center, Marine Corps University, Quantico, VA
  • Brief History of the Corps (Marine Corps Historical Center)
  • National Museum of the [U.S.] Marine Corps
  • U.S. Marine Corps History and Museums Division: Gateway to Marine Corps History
  • Electronic Publications [USMC history] (Alfred M. Gray Marine Corps Research Center)
  • Alfred M. Gray Marine Corps Research Center (Marine Corps University, Quantico, VA)
  • [United States] Marine Corps University (Quantico, VA)
  • Command and Staff College (Marine Corps University, Quantico, VA)
  • [United States] National Defense University

  U.S. Coast Guard History

  • U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office
  • Coast Guard History: A Bibliography (U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office)
  • U.S. Coast Guard Institute (Oklahoma City, OK)
  • U.S. Coast Guard Historical Bibliography (U.S. Coast Guard Official site)
  • [United States] National Defense University

  U.S. Merchant Marine History

  • U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (Kings Point, NY)
  • Maritime Links (Global Maritime and Transportation School, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, NY)
  • Schuyler Otis Bland Library (U.S. Merchant Marine Academy)

  U.S. Air Force History

  • Chief of Staff of the [U.S.] Air Force Reading List
  • United States Air Force History Support Office
  • Air Force History Support Office Publications
  • Air Force Historical Research Agency
  • U.S. A[ir] F[orce] History Publications (Air Force Historical Studies Office)
  • Air University Press (Maxwell AFB, AL)
  • In-Print Publications, Air University Press (Air University, Maxwell AFB, AL)
  • United States Air Force Academy (Colorado Spring, CO)
  • [United States] Air University (Maxwell AFB, AL)
  • [United States] Air Command and Staff College (Air University, Maxwell AFB, AL)
  • [United States] National Defense University

  African-Americans in U.S. Military History

  • A Historic Context for the African American Military Experience (S.D. Smith and J. A. Zeidler, U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories)
  • African Americans in Military History (Air University Library bibliography)
  • African American Military History (B.J. McRae, Jr.)
  • United States Colored Troops in the Civil War (B. J. McRae, Jr.)
  • U.S. Colored Troops and Commissioned Officers of African-American Descent (Missouri Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States)
  • United States Colored Troops (Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System, National Park Service)
  • The Fight for Equal Rights: Black Soldiers in the Civil War
    (National Archives teaching materials)
  • DoD Celebrates African American History Month (U.S. Department of Defense)
  • Lisha Penn, "Documenting African Americans in the Records of Military Agencies," Prologue 29 (Summer 1997)
  • History of Black Military Service
    (Dr. K. Hughes, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command)
  • 50th Anniversary of the Integration of the Armed Forces
    (Dr. K. Hughes, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command)
  • In Our Country’s Service (National Rites of Passage Institute, Cleveland, OH)

  Women in Military History

  • American Women: A Gateway to Library of Congress Resources for the Study of Women's History and Culture in the United States (American Memory, Library of Congress)
  • Women in the Armed Forces bibliography (Air University Library, Maxwell AFB, AL)
  • Women and the Military (The Minerva Center)
  • Women and War (Social Science Information Gateway, United Kingdom)
  • Women Living with War
  • Frontlines: Gender, Identity and War, July 12-13, 2002, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
  • Useful Links for Women's Military Studies (Minerva Center)
  • Bibliographies of Women and the Military In History (R. Pennington, Minerva Center)
  • Women in Vietnam
  • Women in the U.S. Navy (Naval Historical Center)
  • Write down list of sources (a tentative bibliography that may change later) by Author, Title: subtitle (city: publisher, date), then locate these sources at the library or through the Inter Library Loan program.

  Last updated on January 9, 2008

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