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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... achieving some measured judgment.” In conclusion, the indispensable support for this publication and for the continuing seminar series must be acknowledged. Heartfelt thanks go to the Amon Carter Foundation of Fort Worth, Texas, for the ...
... achieved less in its march toward Kiev, Hitler issued his infamous order to General Heinz Guderian to turn his panzers southward to deal with the Soviet Southwestern Front defending Kiev.3 After dealing with the Soviet Southwestern ...
... achieving its objective. Some general remarks about this campaign are in order. On the surface, it was seamless. The German advance was inexorable along all three strategic axes, and Soviet resistance looked feeble at best. And yet ...
... achieved on the road to Moscow in October and November 1941. In the last analysis, he probably could not have achieved more. The last “what-if” is what if Moscow fell. It did not, of course, and “what-ifs” are somewhat vacuous ...
... achieve his goals in Operation Barbarossa and Stalin's failures to achieve his goals in his counteroffensives at Moscow led to what occurred in the summer of 1942 , the Summer - Fall Campaign of 1942. In this campaign , both sides ...
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 |