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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... strategic bombing of Germany and Nazi-occupied territory. The airpower visionaries were eager to put their ideas to ... strategy of the campaign, and of special value is his perspective as a young airman thrust into a position of great ...
... strategic initiative in Russia, and the Red Army was on the defensive. The second period of war opened on November 19, 1942, when the 5th Soviet Tank Army began its counteroffensive against Romanian forces west of Stalingrad, ultimately ...
... strategic axes, and Soviet resistance looked feeble at best. And yet, even in this initial period of war, as the Soviets call it, there are activities that have been concealed, including a series of planned Soviet counteroffensives in ...
... strategy, or a strategy requiring fortresses to be created and held by large Wehrmacht forces in the East. A second controversy has been raised in Soviet historical circles for years. If one reads Zhukov's memoirs and the memoirs of ...
... strategy that the Red Army adopted in 1941 and adhered to through 1945 was always broad front . Many of these ... strategic initiative : Hitler , obviously , because he was bothered by his failures with Barbarossa , and Stalin ...
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 |