Books, Journals, and Media Hardcopies

See below for examples of book citations:

Book

1 John Collins, America's Small Wars: Lessons for the Future (Washington, DC: Brassey's, 1991), 23.

Book in Series

8 Thomas L. Pangle, The Ennobling of Democracy: The Challenge of the Postmodern Age, Johns Hopkins Series in Constitutional Thought (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992), 225.

Edition other than First

9 Samuel Noory, Dictionary of Pronunciation: Guide to English Spelling and Speech, 4th ed. (New York: Cornwall Books, 1981), 10.

Edited or Compiled Book

6 Robert L. Pfaltzgraff, Jr. and Richard H. Shultz, Jr., eds., The United States Army: Challenges and Missions for the 1990s (Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1991), 30.

Non-English Sources

26 Mauritania Government, Strategie Nationale de lute contre le terrorisme et la criminalite transnationale [Mauritania Strategy on Terrorism and Transnational Criminality] (Nouakchott, Mauritania: Ministery of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, April 2012), 13.

When incorporating material from a non-English source, provide the citation in the language of origin accompanied by an English translation in brackets. Do this only if you read the source in its original language. When using an English translation, use the "Translated Book" style.

Translated Book

7 Wolfgang Leonhard, Betrayal: The Hitler-Stalin Pact of 1939, trans. Richard D. Bosley (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989), 211.

Video or Audio Hardcopy (DVD, CD)

13 Bat 21, directed Peter Markle (Culver City, CA: Media Home Entertainment, 1989), VHS.

List the title of the movie (in italics) first. Then follow with the director, production company, and year if possible. Last, list the type of format of the media (DVD, Blu-ray, etc.).

Book Chapter by Book Author

10 Kenneth R. Young, "Into the Wilderness," in The General's General: The Life and Times of Arthur MacArthur (Boulder: Westview Press, 1994), 119.

Book Chapter in Edited Work

11 Max G. Manwaring, "Limited War and Conflict Control," in Conflict Termination and Military Strategy: Coercion Persuasion, and War, ed. Steven J. Cimbala and Keith A. Dunn (Boulder: Westview Press, 1987), 59.

Quotation in Book—Secondary Source

12 J. F. C. Fuller, Grant and Lee (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1957), 82, quoted in Roger H. Nye, The Challenge of Command (Wayne, NJ: Avery, 1986), 28.

Journal

1 Barbara W. Tuchman, "Generalship," Parameters 40, no. 4 (Winter 2010-11): 13.

Magazine

21 Steven Waldman, "Deadbeat Dads," Newsweek, May 4, 1992, 46.

Newspaper

20 Michael Hinds, "The Texas Congressman Behind the Amendment," New York Times, June 12, 1992.

Periodical Interview

31 Yasir Arafat, "Arafat Talks: Marriage, Peace and the Plane Crash: An Exclusive Interview with the PLO Leader," interview by Tony Clifton, Newsweek, May 4, 1992, 41.

For interviews published in magazines and other periodicals, the basic citation information and style is the same as for all articles from that type of periodical. For interviews, students should include details about the interviewer between the article title and the publication title, separated by commas.


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