May Civil War and Military History Book Acquisitions – I

Catching up on acquisitions of new books in May. I’ve really got to get on a book budget.

Note that I’ve added two new category pages to my vitural bookshelves here. These include:

• Civil War Communications and
• Civil War Fortifications

Military History

I’ve added serveral recommended military history reference books.

 Encyclopedia of American Military History (3 beautiful volumes!)

The War Companions Set: Consisting of The Oxford Companion to American Military History and The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern War 2-Volume Set
From Oxford University Press, USA

The Reader’s Companion to Military History
By Society for Military History

An Encyclopedia of Battles: Accounts of Over 1,560 Battles from 1479 B.C. to the Present
By David Eggenberger

War Made New: Technology, Warfare, and the Course of History: 1500 to Today
By Max Boot

The Savage Wars Of Peace: Small Wars And The Rise Of American Power

 By Max Boot