The contributors are all members of the American Society for Military History. With 150 contributors covering 600 subjects, there will be variation in writing quality, depth of knowledge and evaluation. One of the best articles is on Carl von Clausewitz which highlights the famous book On War. The writer is a teacher at the U.S. Naval War College and also offers a critique on Clausewitz.
About half the book is on modern western warfare in the last two centuries and there is generous coverage of Americans, such as George Custer, George C. Marshall, William Halsey, Raymond Spruance and Robert McNamara. This reference book has fewer biographical entries and factual detail than many single volume reference works. It has, however, many survey articles that will catch your attention; for example, "Children at war", "Courage" , "Friendly fire", "Mercenaries", "Memoirs of war" and "Military slavery".
This book was reviewed by the (American) School Library Journal and is suitable for young adults. The failings are: sometimes juvenile writing style, a woefully weak bibliography, insufficient factual detail and evaluations. But for all that, hugely entertaining.
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