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Book Analysis
Guidelines
Strategic
Studies Quarterly
(SSQ)
publishes book reviews to inform our readers and enhance the content of
articles in the journal. Books available for review are posted on our web site
at:
www.au.af.mil/au/ssq/bookreviews.asp.
Reviewers are asked to analyze the book and provide an exclusive,
original, unpublished, concise evaluation. The analysis should be written in an
authoritative style using the following guidelines:
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The first
section of the
analysis should
normally be the
shortest and
indicate the
type of book
(biography,
anthology,
history,
monograph,
etc.). Include a
very short
author
biographic
citation and
then describe
the context of
the book in the
literature of
the field.
Again, this
section should
be brief.
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Next, thoroughly
analyze the
thesis and
arguments in the
work. What are
the strong
points of the
argument? What
are the
limitations in
the work,
including author
biases? Is the
thesis
supported? What
are the
implications of
the argument?
Are there any
profound aspects
of the book?
This section
will be the
longest part of
the analysis.
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Finally, the
analysis should
finish with
recommendations
for improvement.
Clearly state
whether this
book is worth
reading, who may
find this book
most
interesting, and
why.
Administrative
Guidelines
All
books are free to reviewers. Each analysis must be submitted electronically (in
MS Word.doc format) within 45 days of book receipt. Limit
your text to approximately 1,000
words, carefully edited. Select titles will be published in SSQ on a
space available basis. All others will be published online. Analyses may be
edited for length and style.
Include the
following in the review heading: title, author, publisher, number
of pages, and price of the book. Also include your name, and a brief author
citation establishing your credentials as analyst. Sample heading:
Supreme Command
by
Eliot A. Cohen. The
Free Press, 2002,
288 pp., $25.00.
Submit analyses via
email to:
strategicstudiesquarterly@maxwell.af.mil.
Direct questions on
editorial issues to:
Book
Review Manager,
strategicstudiesquarterly@maxwell.af.mil,
or by phone
at (334)953-1108/DSN
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