Davies is the author, together with fellow historian Ronald Smelser, of the 2008 book The Myth of the Eastern Front: The Nazi-Soviet War in American Popular Culture.
[3] Together with fellow historian Ronald Smelser of the University of Utah, Davies is the author of the 2008 book The Myth of the Eastern Front: The Nazi-Soviet War in American Popular Culture.
The book garnered largely positive reviews, for its thorough analysis on the creation of the myth by German ex-participants and its entry into American culture.
Several reviews noted limitations of the book in its discussion on the myth's role in the contemporary culture and the extent of its impact on wide popular perceptions of the Eastern Front, outside of a few select groups.
[4][5] The Foreign Affairs magazine called the book a "fascinating exercise in historiography", highlighting the authors' analysis of how a "number of Hitler's leading generals were given an opportunity to write the history of the Eastern Front (...) provid[ing] a sanitized version of events".