First published 2014
This anthology brings together military historians who have received the Pritzker Military Museum & Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing. Rick Atkinson applies his journalistic background to World War II studies, while Max Hastings takes a similar approach to World War I. Tim O'Brien contributes surreal Vietnam War fiction that sits alongside Carlo D'Este's examination of General George S. Patton. Gerhard Weinberg analyzes global leaders during World War II as Allan Millett explores the technological developments that advanced their objectives. James McPherson, the leading Civil War scholar, brings his accessible literary skills to American crisis. The collection demonstrates various approaches to writing military history, following a tradition that stretches from ancient historians like Herodotus, Tacitus, and Thucydides to military theorists like Sun Tzu and Clausewitz who remain essential reading today.
Genres: history, 20th-century, non-fiction, military-history, academic, american-history
Vibes: thought-provoking
Tropes: historical
Period: Ancient, Civil War, World War I, World War II
264 pages · Hardcover · Pritzker Military Museum and Library