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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... Military art and science--United States--History--20th century. 2. Military art and science--United States--History--21st century. 3. United States--History, Military--20th century. 4. United States--History, Military--21st century. I ...
... military history one of its areas of excellence. As a result of vigorous recruiting, military historians in the department now number six. Wide-ranging course offerings attract large numbers of eager students majoring in history and ...
... military participants. Both are contributions to a full and balanced understanding of what happened: to understanding history, to weighing evidence, and to achieving some measured judgment.” In conclusion, the indispensable support for ...
... military history is, indeed, fortunate to have a paper by the distinguished historian Col. David M. Glantz, who ... military history. In his paper, Glantz asserts that the Soviet Union suffered over 35 million military and civilian ...
... Military Institute ( 1963 ) and in modern European history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ( 1965 ) . He is a graduate of the Defense Language Institute ( 1973 ) , the U.S. Army Institute for Advanced Russian and ...
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 |