Bøger i Modern War Studies serien

By prosecuting war crimes, the Nuremberg trials sought to educate West Germans about their criminal past. This title examines the West German reaction to the trial and the intense debate over its fairness and legitimacy, ignited by the sentencing of soldiers who were seen by the public as having honorably defended their country.

Immense in scope, ferocious in nature, and epic in consequence, the Battle of Kursk witnessed (at Prokhorovka) one of the largest tank engagements in world history and led to staggering losses. Going well beyond all previous accounts, David Glantz and Jonathan House now offer the definitive work on arguably the greatest battle of World War II.

Based on research in formerly classified documents, Paddock examines the US Army's activities in psychological and unconventional warfare during World War II, Korea, and the early Cold War to determine the impetus for, and origins of, America's ""special warfare""capability.

Reconstructs an imposing mosaic that reveals the immense scope and ambitious intent of the first Iasi-Kishinev offensive. This book shows that Stalin was not as preoccupied with a direct route to Berlin as he was with a ""broad front"" strategy designed to gain territory and find vulnerable points in Germany's extended lines of defense.

This study provides an appraisal of Germany's air forces from the post-World War I era through the early stages of World War II. The author demolishes several myths surrounding the Luftwaffe, including the belief that they had no ideas beyond the support of ground forces.

This text chronicles Luftwaffe operations during Operation Blau, a campaign designed to protect Nazi oilfields in Romania while securing new ones in the Caucasus. Hayward offers readers an understanding of the Battle of Stalingrad and its impact on World War II.

This work offers a view of how the GI and his officers fought the war. The author sets out to demonstrate that the key to the US success was the flexibility and ingenuity of its soldiers. He points out that the most important element in overcoming the Germans was intelligent front-line troops.

An examination of the work of Bernard Brodie, best known as a proponent of using nuclear weapons to deter aggression and a participant in the debate over the role of nuclear weapons. The author examines the intellectual climate in which Brodie worked and his influence on other strategic thinkers.

The German seige and Soviet defence of Leningrad in World War II was an epic struggle in an epic war, a drama of heroism and human misery unmatched in the annals of modern warfare. This work provides a military history of the conflict waged beyond the city's borders.

Focuses on the experiences and writings of the surprisingly large number of Prussian, British, and French military observers who witnessed the Civil War firsthand. Luvaas's fascinating account reveals why they came, what they wrote, what their armies learned from their reports, and how their writings influenced later European military theorists.

The ""Halbjuden"" of Hitler's Germany were half Christian and half Jewish, but, like the rest of the ""Mischlinge"" (""partial-Jews""), were far too Jewish in the eyes of the Nazis. James Tent recounts how these men and women from all walks of life struggled to survive in an increasingly hostile society.

John Sullivan was one of the CIA's top polygraph examiners during the final four years of the war in Vietnam. In this book he tells what it was like to be an agency officer working in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos during those chaotic years, putting a human face on covert operations.

This biography traces the career of General Harold K. Johnson. It provides insight into the nature of civil-military relations at the highest level of American government.

Marked by research and analysis, this reconsideration of Johnston is an account of Confederate operations in the pivotal Eastern Virginian theatre in 1862. It provides a look at the episode in the war and attempts to rescue the unduly maligned leader from the shadow of Lee.

This text examines Operation FRANTIC, an ambitious but doomed Soviet-American warfare coalition. It was designed to help deliver the final blow to the Nazis, however, despite early periods of comradely euphoria, relations chilled amidst cultural differences and clashing national visions.

This text documents the careers and lives of military leaders, Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee. Their conflicting views over the proper conduct of the war between North and South are documented in this text, along with their personal characteristics as revealed in their relationship.

This work on the Civil War describes how and why the Confederate leader, John Bell Hood, was ultimately defeated by the Union General, George G. Thomas, at Springhill, Franklin and Nashville after the fall of Atlanta. The story is told from both sides, illuminating both the good and the bad.

An examination of the American president's constitutional/political roles during wartime. The book analyses the war powers of the presidency as well as the wartime leadership of six presidents - William McKinley, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon.

Examines the ways in which ULTRA (intelligence from decrypted Japanese radio communications) shaped MacArthur's operations in New Guinea and the Philippines. Drea also clarifies the role of ULTRA in Truman's decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan in 1945.

Coveying both the epic and everyday aspects of Mortain's field of battle, Lieutenant Colonel Mark J. Reardon takes the reader down to the platoon level on both sides to produce a comprehensive look at the battle to halt Hitler's Panzer divisions in 1944.

The first in a two-volume reassessment of Ulysses S. Grant's officer corps from Cairo to Appomattox. Covering the war's western theatre to July 1863, it highlights the character and accomplishments of these men and how their individual relationships with Grant helped pave the way to victory.

This title covers among other things Desert Storm, the war in Chechnya, and the rise of ""smart weapons"" and related technologies. It traces the evolution of tactics, weapons, and organization in five major militaries, American, British, German, Russian, and French, over 100 years of warfare.

First published around 1950, this study assesses the military leadership of Grant, Lee, Sherman, Hood, Johnston, Early and Sheridan from mid-1864 to Appomattox, contradicting prevailing perceptins of the generals and proposing that Grant's military capabilities were inferior to Lee's.

Analyzes the Niagara Campaign of 1814 - America's ambitious but failed attempt to wrest Canada from British control. The author argues that the American government was never really able to harness, co-ordinate and focus its huge resources in ways that would have allowed the campaign to succeed.

The author provides a comprehensive analysis of the impact of decoded radio messages (signals intelligence) upon American foreign policy and strategy from 1930 to 1945. He presents an account of the US Army's Signal Intelligence Service and its contributions to the war effort.

The Cold War marked a new era for America's military, one dominated by nuclear weapons and air power that seemed to diminish the need for conventional forces. This title chronicles the US Army's struggles with its identity, structure, and mission in the face of those challenges.

The fate of Polish Jews under the German occupation has been well documented, but not as much is known about non-Jewish Poles. This work examines Nazi policies of ""ethnic cleansing"" to reveal the striking anti-Polish nature of the crusade to Germanize newly occupied territory and to show that these actions were a dress rehearsal for the Holocaust.

For the 160 national guardsmen from America's heartland, Baghdad was more than just a long way from home. It also confronted the 233rd Military Police Company with America's most difficult challenge in Iraq. This work features the horrors of firefights and summary executions and the drama of the UN bombing.

The My Lai Massacre was the most publicized incident subjected to military law during the Vietnam War. This work reveals how the military justice system responded to crimes and infractions both inside and outside the combat zone and how it adapted to an unconventional political, military, and social climate as American involvement escalated.