Oxford University Press
Title: Westmoreland’s War: Reassessing American Strategy in Vietnam
Author: Gregory Daddis
Book Description:
General William C. Westmoreland has long been derided for his failed strategy of “attrition” in the Vietnam War. Historians have argued that Westmoreland’s strategy placed a premium on high “body counts” through a “big unit war” that relied almost solely on search and destroy missions. Many believe the U.S. Army failed in Vietnam because of […]
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Title: The Great War: A Combat History of the First World War
Author: Peter Hart
Book Description:
In The Great War, Peter Hart provides a masterful combat history of this global conflict. Focusing on the decisive engagements, Hart explores the immense challenges faced by the commanders on all sides. He surveys the belligerent nations, analyzing their strengths, weaknesses, and strategic imperatives. Russia, for example, was obsessed with securing an exit from the […]
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Title: Battle Cry Of Freedom: The Civil War Era
Author: James M. McPherson
Book Description:
Recounts the momentous episodes that preceded the American Civil War, is a chronicle of the war itself, and includes the author’s view on such matters as the slavery expansion issue in the 1850s, the origins of the Republican Party, the causes of secession, internal dissent and anti-war opposition in the North and the South, and […]
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Title: MODERN STRATEGY
Author: Colin S. Gray
Book Description:
The book is a major contribution to the general theory of strategy; it makes sense of the strategic history of the twentieth century, and provides understanding of what that strategic history implies for the century to come.
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Title: THE LANDSCAPE OF HISTORY: HOW HISTORIANS MAP THE PAST
Author: John Lewis Gaddis
Book Description:
A look at the historian’s craft as well as a strong argument for why a historical consciousness should matter to us today. For example: What is history and why should we study it? Is there such a thing as historical truth? Is history a science? This book is a “historical method” for beginners, a reaffirmation […]
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