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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... EARLY COLD WAR General Russell E. Dougherty , USAF ( Ret . ) Leadership During the Cold War : A Four - Star General's Perspective 104 SECTION IV : THE KOREAN WAR Brigadier General Edwin H. Simmons , USMC ( Ret . ) 128 The Korean War ...
... early afternoon experience, features a leading scholar, usually a military historian, and when time permits, a military veteran of the event, or events, under discussion. Each seminar almost always has promoted stimulating interaction ...
... early losses of men and planes were also incredible, and chances for survival were not very high. The strategic bombing campaign represented the efforts by the United States and Great Britain to make airpower a new and decisive element ...
... early in the morning of June 22 , 1941 , and began Hitler's infamous Operation Barbarossa . Spearheaded by four powerful panzer groups and protected by an impenetrable curtain of air support , the seemingly invincible Wehrmacht advanced ...
... early losses often came in bunches , it soon acquired the reputation of a hard luck outfit along with the name “ The Bloody 100th . " It lost nine crews on the Regensburg - to - Africa shuttle in August 1943 ; seven over Bremen on ...
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 |