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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... importance in developing and maintaining this series has been the unfailing counsel of my departmental colleagues, including the co- editors of this collection, Drs. Ronald Marcello and Peter Lane, as well as the advice of fellow ...
... important, although there are many others. First, there is Hitler's stand-fast order. In reality, the orders that Hitler issued to the Wehrmacht outside of Moscow in late December 1941, in my opinion, saved the Wehrmacht, or at least ...
... important turning point of the war, the turning point that indicated that Germany would lose the war. The only question remaining was: how badly would she lose? This campaign began on November 19, 1942, with Operation Uranus, the ...
... important thing about this operation is that people have praised von Manstein, who was appointed to command Army Group Don and then Army Group South, for his brilliant parrying of this blow in the Donbas region. They say that von ...
... important feature here is that the Red Army planned its counteroffensive well before the Germans launched their panzers against the Kursk bulge on July. 8 Editor's note: Operation Little Saturn began on December 16, 1942, and prevented ...
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 |