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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... Division ( Mechanized ) in Europe and the II Field Force artillery in Vietnam and intelligence assignments with the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence , U.S. Army Europe . During his last eight years of service , he ...
... division or your wing formation. Then you start out on your track and proceed to the target while hoping that visibility over the target will be sufficient for you to identify the initial point, the aiming point, and the target area so ...
... Division, which was making preparations for the upcoming invasion of Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, in November 1943. He still served with Signal Battalion, 5th Amphibious Corps, and subsequently participated in the invasion of Iwo Jima in ...
... Division base in New Zealand , we were split among the various units . I was assigned to the 3rd Battalion , 8th Marines . We sailed from Wellington with the 2nd Division . After a stop for maneuvers at Efate , New Hebrides , we ...
... marksmanship, proficiency with heavy weapons, small-unit leadership, bravery, and stoic willingness to die to the last man. 4 Editor's note: The commander of the 2nd Marine Division 53 An Enlisted Marine's Perspective on the Pacific War.
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 |