Warriors and Scholars: A Modern War ReaderPeter B. Lane, Ronald E. Marcello University of North Texas Press, 2005 - 288 pages Few works of military history are able to move between the battlefield and academia. But Warriors and Scholars takes the best from both worlds by presenting the viewpoints of senior, eminent military historians on topics of their specialty, alongside veteran accounts for the modern war being discussed. Editors Peter Lane and Ronald Marcello have added helpful contextual and commentary footnotes for student readers. The papers, originally from the University of North Texas's annual Military History Seminar, are organized chronologically from World War II to the present day, making this a modern war reader of great use for the professional and the student. Scholars and topics include David Glantz on the Soviet Great Patriotic War, 1941-1945; Robert Divine on the decision to use the atomic bomb; George Herring on Lyndon Baines Johnson as Commander-in-Chief; and Brian Linn comparing the U.S. war and occupation in Iraq with the 1899-1902 war in the Philippines. Veterans and their topics include flying with the Bloody 100th by John Luckadoo; an enlisted man in the Pacific theater of World War II, by Roy Appleton; a POW in Vietnam, by David Winn; and Cold War duty in Moscow, by Charles Hamm. This book pairs eminent military historians and veterans discussing key military engagements and themes, from World War II to the present. Inside are such illustrious names in military history as David Glantz (Soviet warfare in WWII), Robert Divine (decision to use atomic bomb), George Herring (Johnson as commander-in-chief), and Brian Linn (comparing occupation in Philippines 1899-1902 with current occupation in Iraq). Within each military period in question is a veteran's narrative account, giving an "I was there" perspective of the war being discussed. |
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... fighters maintained air superiority over continental Europe. During the period 1943–44, for every 100 aircrew members sent on missions by the RAF Bomber Command, 51 were killed, 9 crashed, 12 survived as prisoners of war, and one was ...
... fighters. Of course, when you got into enemy territory, you were subjected to attacks by enemy fighters, and they would come from any direction. You had to ignore them as a pilot, however, and concentrate on the plane next to you that ...
... fighter escorts was only about 390 to 400 miles, so we soon accepted the fact that we would be totally on our own soon after crossing the enemy coast. Enemy fighters in relays challenged our formations as we proceeded to the target, and ...
... fighters. The Germans were getting very, very accurate in fusing their antiaircraft shells so as to explode at the proper altitude. What they would do is lead our airplanes and fire in front of us and, also, because we were staggered at ...
... fighters. A straggler separated from the formation was rather easy pickings. Our losses began to drop when the 9th Air Force gradually introduced the P-47s [Republic Thunderbolt fighters] and later the P-51s [North American Mustang ...
Contents
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THE EARLY COLD WAR | 102 |
THE KOREAN WAR | 125 |
THE VIETNAM WAR | 166 |
THE LATE COLD WAR | 206 |
TERRORISM | 227 |
Index | 275 |