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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... fighting around Smolensk in August and September 1941, when Guderian was making his famous southward turn toward Kiev. Historians now know that while Guderian was marching south, Stalin was launching more than a million men in three ...
... fighting during 1943 but achieved some of the most meager results, and hence virtually all of its operations have been forgotten and covered up. The questions associated with this period of war—the wisdom, timing, and feasibility of ...
... fighting capability. Aerial bombing affected the German economy both directly and indirectly. Directly, bombing physically reduced the quantity of weapons and equipment produced by German factories; indirectly, the bombing forced the ...
... fighting for Saipan and Tinian in the Mariana Islands. After his discharge in November 1945, Appleton resumed his education at the North Texas State College (now the University of North Texas) in Denton. Upon graduating, he found 50 An ...
... fighting, holding various island outposts against the growing U.S. offensive. Perhaps the most famous defensive stand by the SNLF came at Tarawa Atoll in November 1943. Here there were no Japanese army troops, only the 1,497 men of the ...
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 |