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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... missions he expected of them . In reality , he assigned one army group , Army Group South , which was supposed to cover one strategic axis , into an area that comprised three strategic axes . He finessed it by simply saying , “ We will ...
... missions between June 25 , 1943 , and April 20 , 1945. During that time the 100th had lost 177 aircraft in combat and another 52 planes to operational accidents . The 100th was not the group with the highest losses in the 8th Air Force ...
... missions. His decorations, which were awarded to him by General Curtis LeMay, included the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with three clusters. As a result of his combat experience, Luckadoo left England with the rank of ...
... mission; and then the third type, those who fell somewhere in between and were pretty much willing to take things as they came. Many seemed rather suddenly to become seriously religious, and others were somewhat superstitious. Actually ...
... missions by the RAF Bomber Command, 51 were 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 ...
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 |