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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... killed in the Berlin operation, which is. 13 Editor's note: In the Berlin operation, Zhukov commanded the 1st Byelorussian Front, while Marshal Ivan Konev led the 1st Ukrainian Front. 1 Editor's note: Mr. Luckadoo presented this paper at ...
... killed in the Berlin operation, which is about as many as we lost in the whole war. There was a race to Berlin. The ... killing machine. Tragically, however, this killing machine proved as deadly for the 25 Fact and Fancy: The Soviet ...
... killing machine proved as deadly for the Red Army's soldiers as it did for those serving in the Wehrmacht, and the Russians have not forgotten this. The Soviet Union emerged as one of the world's dominant superpowers and, of course, the ...
... killed ) was most disconcerting , to say the least . Some of my peers were quite resentful of their lives being disrupted by having to enter the service and fight a war ; others were to view it as a rare opportunity to go places and do ...
... killed, 9 crashed, 12 survived as prisoners of war, and one was shot down and evaded capture—a total of 73 losses per 100 crewmembers. On the other hand, the 8th Air Force was just as firmly attached to the idea that with our heavily ...
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 |