Format:
1 online resource (174 pages)
ISBN:
9781574414028
Content:
Presents scholarship from eminent historians on topics of their specialty, alongside veteran accounts for the war being discussed. The editors have added contextual and commentary footnotes. These papers, originally from the University of North Texas's annual Military History Seminar, are organized chronologically, starting from World War II.
Content:
Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Section I: World War II, Europe -- Fact and Fancy: The Soviet Great Patriotic War, 1941â1945 -- Life in the Bloody 100th -- Section II: World War II, Pacific -- An Enlisted Marineâs Perspective on the Pacific War -- B-29 Operations Against Japan: A Survivorâs Story -- Ending the War with Japan: The Decision to Use the Atomic Bombs -- Section III: The Early Cold War -- Leadership During the Cold War: A Four-Star Generalâs Perspective -- Section IV: The Korean War -- The Korean War: Are There Still Military Lessons to be Learned? -- Combat in Korea: Reflections by a Once Young Soldier -- Section V: The Vietnam War -- The Reluctant Warrior: LBJ as Commander-in-Chief -- A POW in Vietnam: âSmart People, Dumb Warâ -- Section VI: The Late Cold War -- Cold War Duty as a Defense Attaché in Moscow -- Section VII: Terrorism -- Old Whines in New Bottles: Some Thoughts on the Psychology of Terrorists and Terrorism -- Foreshadowing Postwar Iraq: The U.S. War in the Philippines, 1899â1902.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781574411973
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781574411973
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=317472
