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University Press of Kansas to transition to Longleaf
April 14, 2023
We are pleased to announce a new partnership: effective May 1, 2023, Longleaf Services will provide fulfillment and distribution services and begin shipping orders for the University Press of Kansas. We’re…
Why the Confederacy Lost—and Why We Should Care Today (Part 2)
January 13, 2023
by Christian B. Keller, editor of Southern Strategies: Why the Confederacy Failed. Read Part 1 here. In the second segment of my analysis on why the Confederacy failed in its…
Ricketts Senate Appointment Gives the Impression that Political Appointments Go to the Highest Bidder
January 12, 2023
by Ross Benes, author of Rural Rebellion: How Nebraska Became a Republican Stronghold If you want to understand how much Nebraska politics has changed during the twenty-first century, consider Pete…
Upcoming Events
No Place Like Home film on KTWU TV
Wednesday. May 31, 2023 | 8:00 pm
The film No Place Like Home: The Struggle against Hate in Kansas, directed by Oscar winner Kevin Willmott, will be broadcast on KTWU television, the PBS affiliate in Topeka, Kansas.
Law and Society Association conference
Thursday. June 1, 2023 | 12:00 pm
The University Press of Kansas will have a booth at the Law and Society Association conference June 1-4.
Akin Prairie Wildflower Walk with Kelly Kindscher
Saturday. June 3, 2023 | 10:00 am
Ethnobotanist Kelly Kindscher, author of Edible Wild Plants of the Prairie and Medicinal Wild Plants of the Prairie will lead a wildflower walk at Akin Prairie, southeast of Lawrence, Kansas,...
Recent Books in Military History
The Mormon Military Experience
1838 to the Cold War
The Racial Integration of the American Armed Forces
Cold War Necessity, Presidential Leadership, and Southern Resistance
The Civil War Battle of Atlanta
America's Maritime Guardians at War in the Twentieth Century, with foreword by Admiral Thad Allen, USCG (ret.)
The War in Virginia, January-May 1862
World War II Guerrilla Resistance against the Japanese in the Philippines
Opportunity and Failure at Richmond
The Mississippi Central Campaign and Chickasaw Bayou, October 25-December 31, 1862
Forging the Anglo-American Alliance
The British and American Armies, 1917-1941
How the Press and Public Opinion Shaped Allied Strategy during World War II
The American Army in Germany, 1918-1923
Success against the Odds
British Military Assistance and African Independence