Book reviews

• Published in: The RUSI journal 1998, Vol.143 (2), p.75-86
• Main Authors: Foster, Edward, Maclay, Michael, Coker, Christopher, Latawski, Paul, Meyer, Michael A, Baylis, John, Fan, David, Allen, Harry P, Barraclough, John, Erickson, John, Raunio, Ari, Hughes-Wilson, John, Ryder, Stuart, Robinson, Neil, Mann, M A
• Format: Review
• Language: English
• ISSN: 0307-1847; 1744-0378
• DOI: 10.1080/03071849808446254

THE HISTORY OF BRITISH MILITARY BANDS by Gordon & Alwyn Turner, (Spellmount Publishers), Volume I: Cavalry & Corps, £60, 208 pages; Volume II: Guards & Infantry, £65, 208 pages; Volume III: Infantry & Disbanded Irish Regiments, £70, 253 pages. Each volume also includes a Compact Disc of related marches. THE SEARCH FOR PEACE by Douglas Hurd, (Little Brown, London, 1977), £20, 267 pages THE COLD WAR: THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION 1917-1991 by Ronald E Powaski, (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1998), £36.50, 350 pages INTELLIGENCE POWER IN PEACE AND WAR by Michael Herman, (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1996), £50, 414 pages WAR AND THE RED CROSS-THE UNSPOKEN MISSION by Nicholas O Berry, (Macmillan Press, London, 1997), £29, 159 pages NATO, BRITAIN, FRANCE AND THE FRG: NUCLEAR STRATEGIES AND FORCES FOR EUROPE, 1949-2000 by Beatice Heuser, (Macmillan, London, 1997), £45, 256 pages ELECTRONIC WARFARE by Air Vice-Marshal J P R Browne CBE BSc (Eng) CEng FRAeS FICE FIMgt and Wing Commander M T Thurbon CEng FIEE MRAeS MIMgt, (Brassey's, London, 1997), £29.95, 341 pages CODE NAME BRIGHT LIGHT by George J Veith, (New York, The Free Press, 1998), $25, 408 pages BOMBER COMMAND-1939-45: REAPING THE WHIRLWIND by Professor Richard Overy (foreword by MRAF Sir Michael Beetham), (Harper Collins, London), £20, 224 pages A LOOKING-GLASS TRAGEDY-THE CONTROVERSY OVER THE REPATRIATION FROM AUSTRIA IN 1945 by Christopher Booker, (Duckworth, London, 1997), £25, 472 pages THE SOVIET INVASION OF FINLAND 1939-40 by Carl van Dyke, (Frank Cass, London, 1997), £35, 288 pages CHESNEY: WATERLOO LECTURES by Colonel Charles C Chesney, with a new introduction by Peter Hofschróer, (Creenhill Books, London, 1997), £19.99, 251 pages THROUGH FIFTEEN REIGNS-A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY by J N P Watson, (Spellmount Publishers, 1997), £30, 192 pages BONAPARTE by Correlli Barnett, (Wordsworth Military Library, 1998), £4.99, 213 pages KAR: A HISTORY OF THE KING'S AFRICAN RIFLES AND EAST AFRICAN FORCES by Malcolm Page, (Leo Cooper, London, 1998), £25, 298 pages THE PRINCE'S DOLLS by John Mollo, (Leo Cooper, London, 1997), £21.95, 244 pages