War & Society is an international, peer reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis on behalf of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, UNSW Canberra.听
Established in 1983, War & Society publishes four issues per year featuring high-quality scholarly articles on the causes, experience and impact of war. Our articles feature original research based on archival, oral, and other primary sources.听听
While we publish articles dealing with the technical and operational aspects of warfare, our main emphasis is on the broader relationships between warfare and society. Our articles range in time from Ancient Greece to the 21st Century, and highlight the diverse aspects of national and transnational operational and social military history.听听
In addition to our research articles, commissioned historiographical review articles written by experts in their respective fields reflect on the current state of the field in military history scholarship.听
Our special issues, produced by high-profile guest editors, feature the latest research and conference outputs.听
War & Society does not review books.听
The current editor is Associate Professor Eleanor Hancock.
Why submit to War & Society?听
- prestigious specialist military history journal devoted to the causes, experience and impact of war
- double-blind peer reviewed articles feature cutting edge research and timely contributions to existing debates
- world-wide access to your research; 33k+ annual downloads/views
- high impact authors such as听Joan Beaumont Joanna Bourke, Tim Cook, Aim茅e Fox, Vikki Hawkins, Beatrice Heuser, Urvi Khaitan, Yasmin Khan, Brian McAllister Linn, Jessica Meyer, Annika Mombauer, SP MacKenzie, Dieter Reinisch, Bastian Matteo Scianna, Peter H Wilson, and Jay Winter.
- core British,听American,听European and Australasian readership via extensive network of academic libraries听
- we welcome open access publication
40th Anniversary
From humble beginnings to international standing, the 鈥榃ar & Society鈥 Journal celebrates 40th anniversary.
In 1982, Emeritus Professor Peter Dennis was tasked with establishing a military history journal 鈥 something he had no idea where to even start with. He would not be able to predict how far the听听would come; internationally renowned and celebrating its 40th听anniversary since its first publication.
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War & Society regularly publishes special issues and invites prospective editors to get in touch. Our collection can be found here: https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/ywar20/special-issues听
War & Society commissions historical review articles. Our collection can be found here: https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/ywar20/collections/Historiographical-Survey-Collection
To mark War & Society鈥檚 fortieth anniversary, our board member Professor Brian Linn convened a distinguished group of military historians, including members of the journal鈥檚 editorial advisory board, to reflect on the continued existence, or vanishing, of grand narratives and the consequences of this. These reflections provide an overview of the state of the field four decades on from our original issue in May 1983 and can be found here: https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/ywar20/collections/A-Forty-Year-Perspective听
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- Andrew Tzavaras, 鈥楾wo Perceptions of S眉leyman鈥檚 鈥淢agnificent鈥 Navy during the Later Italian Wars鈥
- Alessandro De Cola, 鈥楳oney and the Regularisation of African Soldiers in the Early Phase of Italian Colonialsm in Eritrea鈥
- Peter Overlack, The German Naval Intelligence Network in East Asia and Australia before the First World War鈥
- Martin Samuels, 鈥極peration Buckshot: Churchill鈥檚 Forgotten Offensive against Rommel, March鈥揗ay 1942鈥
- Timothy Baycroft & Bernard Wilkin, 鈥楾he balloon post during the siege of Paris, 1870鈥71鈥
- Lindsey R. Peterson, 鈥楾he Defenders, Protectors and Builders of Our State鈥: The Colonial Legacy of Union Civil War Commemorations in Kansas, 1870s鈥1910s鈥
- Alexandros Makris, Domestic dimensions of a transnational problem: social welfare for veterans in Greece (1912鈥1940)
- Junhui Qin, Regigion and Nationalism: Reform of Lamaism in Inner Mongolia by the Japanese鈥
- Adam R. Seipp, 鈥楩ulda Gap: A board game, West German society, and a battle that never happened, 1975鈥85鈥櫶
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- Joan Beaumont, 鈥楢ustralian military historiography鈥
- Kaushik Roy, 鈥楻evisiting British鈥揑ndia鈥檚 Military Historiography鈥
- John H. Gill, 鈥楩rom Great Captains to Common Grognards: research opportunities in Napoleonic military history鈥
- S.P. Mackenzie, 鈥Per Ardua: Achievements, issues, and opportunities in writing the history of the Royal Air Force鈥櫶
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听The ancient world
- Daniel G贸mez-Castro, 鈥楢ncient Greek Mercenaries: Facts, Theories and New Perspectives鈥
- Matthew Trundle, 鈥楾he Spartan Revolution: Hoplite Warfare in the Late Archaic Period鈥櫶
Early modern history
- John Childs, 鈥榃ar, Crime Waves and the English Army in the Late Seventeenth Century鈥
- Lorraine White, 鈥楽pain鈥檚 Early Modern Soldiers: Origins, Motivations and Loyalty鈥
First World War
- Nadja Durbach, 鈥楾he Politics of Provisioning: Feeding South Asian Prisoners during the First World War鈥
- , 鈥楲angemarck, Verdun and the Myth of a New Man in Germany after the First World War鈥
Second World War
- Stephen G. Fritz, 鈥樷漈his is the Way Wars End, With a Bang not a whimper鈥: Middle Franconia in April 1945鈥
- Kisho Tsuchiya, 鈥業ndigenization of the Pacific War in Timor Island: A Multi-language Study of its Contexts and Impact鈥
Air
- S.P. MacKenzie, 鈥楽ensory Stress and Personal Agency: Emotional Casualty Rates amongst USAAF Heavy Bomber Crews over Europe during the Second World War鈥
- Alastair Noble, 鈥楢 Most Distant Target: The Bombing of K枚nigsberg, August 1944鈥
Naval
- Ang Chang Guan, 鈥楾he Domino Theory Revisited: the Southeast Asia Perspective鈥
- J.Y. Wong, 鈥楾he Limits of Naval Power: British Gunboat Diplomacy in China from the听Nemesis听to the听Amethyst, 1839鈥1949鈥
The Americas
- Karen Jones, 鈥楾he story of Comanche: horsepower, heroism and the conquest of the American West鈥
- Robert Niebuhr, 鈥楾he Road to the Chaco War: Bolivia鈥檚 Modernisation in the 1920s鈥
Africa
- Jacob Udo-Udo Jacob, 鈥楾ransforming Conflicts with Information: Impacts of UN Peace Radio Programmes in the Democratic Republic of Congo鈥
- Jacqueline de Vries, 鈥楥ameroonian听Schutztruppe听Soldiers in Spanish-Ruled Fernando Po during the First World War: A 鈥楳enace to the Peace鈥?鈥
听Asia
- Van Nguyen-Marshall, 鈥楢ppeasing the Spirits Along the 鈥楬ighway of Horror鈥: Civic Life in Wartime Republic of Vietnam鈥
- Kumar Ramakrishna, 鈥楢natomy of a Collapse: Explaining the Malayan Communist Mass Surrenders of 1958鈥
Australasia
- Jenny Macleod, 鈥楾he Fall and Rise of Anzac Day: 1965 and 1990 Compared鈥
- Kirsty Muir, 鈥楶ublic Peace, Private Wars: The Psychological Effects of War on Australian Veterans鈥
Europe
- Virginia H. Aksan, 鈥楩eeding the Ottoman Troops on the Danube, 1768鈥1774鈥
- Kees Boterblom, 鈥楧utch Mercenaries in the Tsar鈥檚 Service: The Van Bockhoven Clan鈥
Concepts
- Beatrice Heuser, 鈥楳isleading Paradigms of War: States and Non-State Actors, Combatants and Non-Combatants鈥
- Richard J. Reid, 鈥楻evisiting Primitive War: Perceptions of Violence and Race in History鈥
Culture
- Robert K Chester, 鈥楥rusading in Africa: Religion, Race, and Post-9/11 Intervention in Antoine Fuqua鈥檚听Tears of the Sun听(2003)鈥
- Peter Conolly-Smith. 鈥楻ace-ing Rape: Representations of Sexual Violence in American Combat Films鈥
Economy and society
- Melanie Oppenheimer, 鈥楥ontrolling Civilian Volunteering: Canada and Australia during the Second World War鈥
- Anthony Page, 鈥楾he Seventy Years War, 1744鈥1815, and Britain鈥檚 Fiscal-Naval State鈥
Gender
- Adam Dighton, 鈥楻ace, Masculinity and Imperialism: The British Officer and the Egyptian Army (1882鈥1899)鈥
- Jutta Schwarzkopf, 鈥楥ombatant or Non-Combatant? The Ambiguous Status of Women in British Anti-Aircraft Batteries during the Second World War鈥
Memory and commemoration
- 听Vesna Drapac, 鈥楾he Memory of War and the History of the First Yugoslavia鈥
- 听Helen B. McCartney, 鈥楥ommemorating the centenary of the Battle of the Somme in Britain鈥
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Visit War & Society's detailed index of articles from Volume 1 (1983) to Volume 39 (2020) - almost 40 years of published articles.
Articles are listed by volume and issue, subject and author alphabetically and can be found here:听听
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Full details regarding published articles, aims and scope of journal, and instructions for authors (including how to submit) can be found at the journal's website:听听
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