ISBN 0-8108-4596-2
v + 633 pages

Preface; Index; About the Author

Appendix: Holding Library Codes

   James Controvich has been compiling US Army bibliographies for more than twenty years, and anyone who has been collecting unit history volumes or researching the histories of units will certainly be familiar with some of his earlier publications. His newly published compilation greatly expands the scope of his work and divides it into two volumes. The first covers unit histories preceding World War I and the second covers histories from World War I to the present.
   The second volume is a hefty tome packed with page after page of detailed bibliographic information, a large proportion of it relating to World War II. Controvich organizes the information into thirty-four chapters plus a User's Guide:

User's Guide
Army Groups
Armies
Corps
Divisions
Adjutant General
Artillery
Army Aviation
Cavalry and Armor
Chaplains Corps
Chemical Corps
Constabulary
Engineers Corps
Finance Corps
Infantry
Inspectors General
Judge Advocate General
Medical Corps
Military Academy
Military Government
Military Intelligence Corps
Military Police Corps
Nurse Corps
Ordnance Corps
Provost Marshal General
Quartermaster Corps
Signal Corps
Transportation Corps
Women's Army Corps
Miscellaneous Numbered Units
Miscellaneous Unnumbered Units
Geographic Commands
Commonwealth of the Philippines U.S. Army Units
Installations (Camps and Forts)
State Militia, National Guard, and Military Historie

   Within each category, unit listings are arranged numerically. For example, the chapter on divisions begins with 1st Armored Division and ends with 108th Division, covering just over sixty pages.
   For each unit, the bibliography is organized alphabetically. Each entry shows author, title, place of publication, publisher, date of publication, page count, and holding library code. That last piece of information is especially useful for tracking down copies of some of the more esoteric items, of which Controvich includes quite a few.
   Here's an example of the bibliographic listing for a fairly typical division:

29th Infantry Division (Light)

29th Division, Army of the United States. Camp McClellan, Ala.: Q.M. Printing Shop, ca. 1918.43 Ivs. PCarlMH

29th Division Artillery, Headquarters Battery. Bremen, Germany: 1945. 101.

29th Division Association Blue and Grey 1946 Reunion, August 31-September 1-2, 1946. N.p.: The Twenty-Niner, 1946.

The 29th Division in the Cotes de Mouse, October 1918. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Army Chemical Corps Historical Office, 1959. 81. (U.S. Army Chemical Corps Historical Studies, Gas Warfare in World War I, Study No. 15) DAMH

The 29th Infantry Division and Fort George C. Meade. Hyattsville, Md.: Post Pub. Co., 1941. 29th Let's Go! [Paris: 1945.]. 31. (G. 1. Stories Booklet) PCarlMH

7957 Summer Encampment of the 29th Blue and Grey Infantry Division. Philadelphia: Dorville Corp., ca. 1957.

The Blue and Grey Division. Historical Record of the Twenty-Ninth Division, Quartermaster Corps Activities, 1917-1919. American Expeditionary Forces. APO 765: ca. 1945.37 Ivs. PCarlMH

German Documents to Accompany Operations the 29th Division. Fort Monroe, Va.: Coast Artillery School, 1923. PCarlMH

Homecoming Celebration Commemorating, the Day when Virginia Sons of the 29th and 80th Divisions Returned from the World War. Richmond, Va.: National State and City Bank, 1919. 16. PCarlMH

A Pictorial History of the 29th Division. N.p.: ca. 1965.135.

Source Book, Operations of the 29th Division, East of the Meuse River, October 8th to 30th, 1919. Fort Monroe, Va.: 1922.410. PCarlMH

Twenty-Nine Lets Go. N.p.: n.d. 38 Ivs.

See "Virginia's Own in the World War, a Brief History of the 80th, 29th, and 42nd Divisions" under 80th Infantry Division entries.

Allsup, John S. Normandie 44 Hedgerow Hell L 'enferdu Bocage. N.p.: Heimdal, 1985. 160. DLC

American Battle Monuments Commission. 29th Division, Summary of Operations in the World War. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1944. 39. PCarlMH

-. Terrain Photographs, World War Battlefields in Europe, 29th Division. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1923. PCarlMH

Balkoski, Joseph. Beyond the Beachhead: The 29th Infantry Division in Normandy. Harrisburg, Pa.: Stackpole Books, 1989. 304.

Boyle, Donald S. My Longest Day: (and other tales from the E. T.O.) Oxford: Silver Willow, 1996. 52. DLC

Congo, William, editor. 29th Infantry Division (Light) Reactivation Ceremony Program, Fort Belvoir. Virginia, 5 October 1'985. N.p.: 1985. 23.

Controvich, James T. Bibliography of Unit Histories Concerning the 29th Infantry Division. N.p.: 1986. 13. Mimeo. PCarlMH

Cutchins, John A. History of the Twenty-Ninth Division "Blue and Grey," 1917-1919. Philadelphia: McCalla and Co., 1921. 463. PCarlMH

Ewing, Joseph H. The 29th Infantry Division: A short history of a fighting division. Padacuh, Ky.: Turner Pub., 1992. 128. DLC

-. 29th Let's Go! A History of the 29th Infantry Division in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Infantry Journal Press, 1948. 315. PCarlMH

-. 29th Let's Go! A History of the 29th Infantry Division in World War II. Nashville, Tenn.: Battery Press, 1979. 237. PCarlMH

Murphy, Charles E. Twenty Nine Let's Go. Compilation of battlefield sketches, maps, etc., having to do with training and combat phases of the 29th Division from 1943 to 1945. Fort George C. Meade, Va.: 1948. 63. PCarlMH

Nobles, Gertude C. Postcards from Normandy: Inspired by true events, footprints of history surrounding the 29th Infantry Division. Maryland?: G. Nobles, 1999. 57 lvs. DLC

-. Postcards from Normandy: Inspired by true events, footprints of history surrounding the 29lh Infantry Division. Baltimore, Md.: Chagrew Publishers, 2000. 132. DLC

Tydings, Millard E. The Machine Gunners of the Blue and Grey Division (Twenty-Ninth). Aberdeen, Md.: Hartford Printing and Pub. Co., 1920. 140 DLC

   While most of the books listed in this volume are actual unit histories, Controvich has increasingly included memoirs of veterans who have written about their service in a particular unit. This helps round out the individual bibliographies and adds considerably more depth to the overall compilation, thus making it more useful.
   In terms of description and review, there's not much more to be said about this volume. While Controvich readily admits the listings can't be described as one hundred percent inclusive—"a truly complete listing will never be done"—his work indisputably comprises the best and most complete bibliographic compilation of US Army unit histories ever published. Anyone with any interest whatsoever in studying unit histories, researching combat operations, or just collecting books about units will absolutely want to have this reference close at hand. Recommended.
   Available from online booksellers, local bookshops, or directly from Scarecrow Press.
   Thanks to Scarecrow for providing this review copy.