Writing of Official Military History

Inbunden, Engelska, 1999

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This book provides students, faculty, and general readers with specific information and insights into the ways in which official military history has been written and why. Coverage is international in scope. The volume serves as an introduction to two forthcoming books: Official Military Histories Since 1967: Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and India and Official Military Histories Since 1967: The Western Hemisphere and the Pacific Rim. Together, the three books will provide the only comprehensive source of information on historical offices and official histories since Robin Higham's classic book, Official Histories, was published in 1970.Together, the three books will provide the only comprehensive source of information on historical offices and official histories since Robin Higham's classic book, Official Histories, was published in 1970.

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Utgivningsdatum:1999-09-30
Mått:157 x 235 x 15 mm
Vikt:443 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:182
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780313308635

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ROBIN HIGHAM is Professor Emeritus of Military History at Kansas State University. He is the author of more than 140 articles and 14 monographs and editor of some 30 bibliographical volumes. He has also been editor of the periodicals Military Affairs and Aerospace Historian and is currently editor of the Journal of the West.

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Introduction by Robin Higham Objectives and Methodology of Military Historiography by the Working Group "Objectives and Methodology of Military Historiography" The Institute of Military History of the German Democratic Republic: Objectives and Results by Paul Heider Of Aphorisms, Lessons, and Paradigms: Comparing the British and German Official Histories of the Russo-Japanese War by Gary P. Cox John Fortescue, James Edmonds, and the History of the Great War: A Case of Ritual Murder by John Hussey The Making of Air History, by the Library of Congress; Italian Service Histories and Fascist Italy's War Effort by James J. Sadkovich Association with Franklin D. Roosevelt a Memoir by Dudley W. Knox When Clio Marries Mars: The Combat Historian by Lt. Col. F.D.G. Williams and Robert K. Wright "The Campaign in Norwa" and Official Histories--A Demi-Centenary Review by Robin Higham Appendix: Medical Histories of War Index