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. |
From inside the book
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... ground and in the air. The first analyzes the epic struggle that began with Operation Barbarossa, the Nazi attack on the Soviet Union, in June 1941. The second paper is the personal story of a surviving American airman from the “Bloody ...
... ground in the Eastern Front, but their 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 ...
... ground controllers during World War II. They often handed the fliers their parachutes, drove them to their aircraft, manned radio towers, and talked crippled planes home over the radio. 4 Editor's note: “Axis Sally” was the nickname of ...
... primary strategic targets, and ultimately even break the civilian will to make war. All of this was to be done in broad daylight from approximately 30,000 feet above the ground. But in the end, we were to 35 Life in the Bloody 100th.
... ground. But in the end, we were to suffer losses equal to or greater than the RAF's 73 percent. Another problem that we did not entirely anticipate from our stateside training was the effects of the northern European weather on our ...
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 |