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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... issues, and controversies that have emerged over the past sixty years regarding the Eastern Front. On the ground, the Soviet armies, supported by the united Russian people, met and defeated the Nazi thrust at a tremendous cost in lives ...
... issues , debates , and controversies that have arisen from the war , understanding that the number of debates and controversies in so titanic a struggle probably number in the hundreds . I will identify and address in detail perhaps ...
... history until now— several issues have been forgotten, or, as I mentioned more candidly, neglected or covered up. Most Americans know about the first major campaign of the 9 Fact and Fancy: The Soviet Great Patriotic War, 1941–1945.
... issue of historical debates, I have noted three that are most 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 ...
... issue of Moscow as a turning point . Oftentimes , the question is asked : " Where is the turning point of the war ? " There was not a single turning point ; there were several . I have identified three by the virtue of the ...
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 |