books by University Press Of Kansas     books:       Jefferson Davis and His Generals: The Failure of Confederate Command in the West (Modern War Studies)7 reviews Steven E. Woodworth University Press of Kansas, 1992 Boldly Written Account of a Crucial Subject Seemingly endless Civil War books are written rehashing every minute move of Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia. There are far fewer that cover the situation of the Confederacy's western armies and generals, despite, or perhaps because of the fact that it was in the west that the Confederacy lost the war. With Jefferson Davis and His Generals: The Failure of Confederate Command in ...             Germany And the Axis Powers: From Coalition to Collapse (Modern War Studies)6 reviews R. L. Dinardo University Press of Kansas, 2005 Italy, Romania, Hungary, Finland and Germany - From Coalition to Collapse This well-written and extremely interesting book breaks new ground in its examination of Nazi Germany's inability to effectively wage coalition warfare with its allies - Italy, Romania, Hungary and Finland. Author Richard L. DiNardo shows that the Third Reich's partners followed Germany because they hoped to benefit from Hitler's New Order, rather than from either a common ideological ...             Ernie Pyle's War: America's Eyewitness to World War II (Modern War Studies)16 reviews James Tobin University Press of Kansas, 1998 America's Link to the Front Lines of World War II James Toban has written a stunning book in "Ernie Pyle's War: America's Eyewitness to World War II". Toban has succeeded in giving readers the rare opportunity to see the human frailties concealed within one of America's greatest and most valuable World War II correspondents. James Toban present a picture of the complex Ernie Pyle; a man that entered the World War II carrying only a broken ...             Launch The Intruders: A Naval Attack Squadron In The Vietnam War, 1972 (Modern War Studies)11 reviews Carol Reardon University Press of Kansas, 2005 a true classic ...as a Puncher who served with VA-75 during this period and the men mentioned within,I can personally attest to the accuracy and detail that the author has so wonderfully and painstakingly written.She does the men a high honor,and is a class act herself.I found myself sucked in reading it and reliving my time with them.Not a better book written on the A6 Community.Very highly recommended.             Honorable Warrior: General Harold K. Johnson and the Ethics of Command (Modern War Studies)6 reviews Lewis Sorley University Press of Kansas, 1998 An outstanding story of an outstanding American! I had the honor to know General Harold K. Johnson while he was a Commanding General, and then to serve two years as his personal aide while he was Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army. Sorley has done a magnificient job of research and reporting on the life of the most dedicated American military leader in recent history. General Johnson was a unique man, humbled by his roots, molded by his ...             Inside Hitler's High Command8 reviews Geoffrey P. Megargee University Press of Kansas, 2000 Shatters some old myths This book is an attempt to re-write what has been the conventional view of the relation between Adolph Hilter and the German General Staff. After the war, Hitler was conveniently dead and that allowed the German Generals to put out a version of history that was accepted for some years but was at odds with the truth. The German Generals had towed the line that they were politically neutral prior ...             John Adams and the Spirit of Liberty7 reviews C. Bradley Thompson University Press of Kansas, 2002 The Atlas of America I just finished reading C. Bradley Thompson's "John Adams and The Spirit of Liberty," and am in awe; not only of John Adams but of Dr. Thompson's masterful explication of Adams' political thought. I had no idea what a debt of gratitude I owed to one man, John Adams, who more than any other Founding Father developed and provided the intellectual framework that became the Constitution of the United ...             Stopped at Stalingrad: The Luftwaffe and Hitler's Defeat in the East, 1942-1943 (Modern War Studies(Paper))55 reviews Joel S. A. Hayward University Press of Kansas, 2001 A Great Book This book is a treasure. Saying it deals with just the Luftwaffe effort does not really address the scope of the book. In addition to the author's fabulous treatment of air operations, it has some great stuff on naval operations in the Crimea. This book is an absolute MUST for your WWII library. This guy is a lecturer at some college in New Zealand. Get him to some University in the USA!!             Reinventing Democrats8 reviews Kenneth, S. Baer University Press Of Kansas, 2000 The Answer Key for Elected Officials This intelligent and exhaustively researched book outlines -- in a style that both political junkies and normal readers alike will find engaging -- how Bill Clinton and like-minded Democrats, for all of their foibles, truly became the political "comeback kids" of the late twentieth century. George W. Bush and Bill Bradley would do well to stop ignoring the lessons Baer teaches, and aspiring ...             Colossus Reborn: The Red Army At War, 1941-1943 (Modern War Studies)7 reviews David M. Glantz University of Kansas Press, 2005 Nearly Perfect Although hundreds of histories of Soviet-German war have been published in the last decade or so, they have for the most part either focused on large-scale operations, told the story from a predominantly German perspective, or, most likely, done both. Another unfortunate result of this has been the number of revisionist works, in some degree or another based on Viktor Suvorov's Icebreaker. In ...             Devil's Bargains: Tourism in the Twentieth Century American West (Development of Western Resources)5 reviews Hal K. Rothman University Press of Kansas, 1998 a richly detailed assessment and critique For discerning travelers planning a western vacation this summer, or for that matter, for anyone curious about the popular allure of the West, Hal K. Rothman's "Devil's Bargains" is a must read. Rothman, a professor of western and environmental history at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, provides a richly detailed assessment and critique of the development of tourism as it has evolved ...             Quest for Decisive Victory: From Stalemate to Blitzkrieg in Europe, 1899-19406 reviews Robert M. Citino University Press of Kansas, 2002 The Best Work on the Formulation of German Military Doctrine In Quest for Decisive Victory, Dr. Citino analyzes the progression of warfare from the age of Napoleon to the opening battles of the Second World War. The study consists of the numerous military leaders in the period looking for methods of winning a decisive victory in Napoleonic style despite the great technological advances of the time. Dr. Citino puts to rest the abundance of myths that have ...             Wings, Women, and War: Soviet Airwomen in World War II Combat (Modern War Studies)6 reviews Reina Pennington, John Erickson University Press of Kansas, 2002 Pennington's book is solidly researched, reads like a novel For most Americans World War II is John Wayne, Tom Hanks, D-Day, and Pearl Harbor. The plucky British gave a hand now and then and the ungrateful French needed us once more to pull their goose-fat from the fire. Oh yes, it snowed a lot on the Eastern Front. Yet, more than a cursory examination of the Second World War shows even first year history students that the Atlantic Theatre was very much a ...             Warmaking and American Democracy: The Struggle over Military Strategy, 1700 to the Present (Modern War ...5 reviews Michael D. Pearlman University Press of Kansas, 1999 A valuable addition to the understanding of strategy From my review of this work published in the Naval War College Review, Spring 2000: Warmaking-the pursuit of political objectives by military means- ineluctably involves trade-offs not only in determining appropriate goals but also in determining the means by which they may be best pursued. While recent military action in Kosovo highlights the truth of this statement, the struggle to achieve a ...             Napoleon's Last Victory and the Emergence of Modern War (Modern War Studies)5 reviews Robert M. Epstein University Press of Kansas, 1995 Army Corps, Operational Doctrine, and Modern Warfare Epstein's thesis is thought-provoking and admirably supported. He convincingly argues that the start of modern warfare occurred in 1809 during the Franco-Austrian War when, for the first time in history, two armies met in battle, each utilizing the new doctrine of independent army corps at the new operational level of war. His research sheds new light on the military history of the nineteenth ...             The Presidency of Thomas Jefferson6 reviews Forrest McDonald University Press of Kansas, 1987 A breathtaking treatment of the Jefferson presidency McDonald wrenches Jefferson out of the prism of 20th century admirers and detractors to see him in his own time. He interprets the first term as a stunning success: to wit, Jefferson set about the dismantling of government over the lives of the Republic's citizens. For one brief shining moment the ideals of the Revolution reached their pinnacle. It was not, alas and inevitably, destined to ...             America's First Battles, 1776-19654 reviews Charles E. Heller University Press of Kansas, 1986 This Is Mandatory Reading at West Point As the title indicates, West Point cadets are required to read this book (or at least they used to be when I was a cadet) to understand the role that first battles have played in American military history. The reason cadets are required to read this book is because the U.S. record during the first battle of most wars has been less than stellar. Citing examples like Task Force Smith in Korea and ...             Amending America: If We Love the Constitution So Much, Why Do We Keep Trying to Change It?4 reviews Richard Bruce Bernstein University Press of Kansas, 1995 The basis of a landmark case in the Philippines I drafted the Supreme Court petition questioning the legality of a people's initiative which purportedly sought to amend the 1987 Philippine Constitution which was our first democratic constitution after the dictator President Ferdinand Marcos was exiled (Santiago v. COMELEC). One of my main references for the petition was this book of which I am deeply indebted for valuable research in U.S. ...             America's Last Vietnam Battle: Halting Hanoi's 1972 Easter Offensive (Modern War Studies)4 reviews Dale Andrade University Press Of Kansas, 2001 Outstanding Book Andrade has eloquently captured the details and meaning of the final campaign involving US Forces. In particular, he wonderfully details the herculaean effort of John Paul Vann and his outstanding Deputy, BG George Wear, USA. I served at Pleiku under these men, and sincerely appreciate Andrade's superb tribute to them--well done, Mr Andrade.              search for books 1776-1965, 1899-1940, 1941-1943, 1942-1943, blitzkrieg, coalition, collapse, confederate, constitution, decisive, democracy, democrats, development, emergence, eyewitness, generals, honorable, intruders, jefferson, luftwaffe, napoleon, offensive, presidency, reinventing, resources, stalemate, stalingrad, strategy, twentieth, warmaking books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen electronics: Sapphire Radeon HD3850 512MB DDR3 Dual DVI-I / TVO AGP Graphics Card leave a comment home  impressum - about us