Warriors and Scholars: A Modern War Reader

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1574411977
• ISBN13: 9781574411973
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: University of North Texas Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Thirteen articles from WW II to Iraq

This series of thirteen articles on warfare. It is broken down into seven sections chronologically. The first two sections begin with World War II. One very interesting article is on the truman decision to drop the atomic bomb. He discusses what really happened, and then talks about the recent revisionist historians who question this decision. The final section in the book is on Terrorism. There are two articles in this section, one is on the 'Psychology of Terrorists and Terrorism.' The article is written by Dr. Norman Itzkowitz. He is the aurhor, co-author, editor or translator of eleven books on Near Eastern or Balkan subjects. His discussion covers several aspects on terrorism from the views of the europeans, comparisons with previous terrorist operations from the Romans on, describes the organizations terrorist have, and so on. The last article is on a comparison between the present war in Iraq with the US War in the Philippines beginning in 1899. These articles originally came from the University of North Texas's annual Military History Seminar.