Arms and the Man
Military History Essays in Honor of Dennis Showalter
Biographical note
Michael S. Neiberg, Ph.D. (1996 ) in History, Carnegie-Mellon University, is Professor of History at University of Southern Mississippi. He has wide-ranging publications on World War I, most notably Fighting the Great War: A Global History (Harvard, 2005).
Readership
Readership will include scholars in the field of military history, including professors and graduate students, who study a full range of time periods and topics.
Table of contents
List of Contributors ...vii
Introduction ... 1
Michael S. Neiberg
1. Loving the German War Machine: America’s Infatuation with Blitzkrieg, Warfighters, and Militarism ... 5
2. William J. Astore
3. ‘Clash of the Titans’: Law vs Security in World War II Britain ... 31
4. Mary Kathryn Barbier
5. Military Cultures, Military Histories and the Current Emergency ... 63
6. Jeremy Black
7. Manstein, the Battle of Kharkov, and the Limits of Command ... 83
8. Robert M. Citino
9. Th e Question of Medieval Military Professionalism ... 113
10. Kelly DeVries
11. Modern Soldier in a Busby: August von Mackensen, 1914–1916 ... 131
12. Richard L. DiNardo
13. Winning and Losing: France on the Marne and on the Meuse ... 169
14. Robert A. Doughty
15. Th e Forgotten Campaign: Alsace-Lorraine August 1914 ... 193
16. Holger H. Herwig
17. “Total War, Total Nonsense” or “Th e Military Historian’s Fetish” ... 215
18. Eugenia C. Kiesling
19. England’s “Descent” on France and the Origins of Blue-water Strategy ... 243
20. Robert McJimsey
Conclusion ... 259
Dennis Showalter
List of Books by Dennis Showalter ...267
Select Bibliography ...269
Index ...273
Introduction ... 1
Michael S. Neiberg
1. Loving the German War Machine: America’s Infatuation with Blitzkrieg, Warfighters, and Militarism ... 5
2. William J. Astore
3. ‘Clash of the Titans’: Law vs Security in World War II Britain ... 31
4. Mary Kathryn Barbier
5. Military Cultures, Military Histories and the Current Emergency ... 63
6. Jeremy Black
7. Manstein, the Battle of Kharkov, and the Limits of Command ... 83
8. Robert M. Citino
9. Th e Question of Medieval Military Professionalism ... 113
10. Kelly DeVries
11. Modern Soldier in a Busby: August von Mackensen, 1914–1916 ... 131
12. Richard L. DiNardo
13. Winning and Losing: France on the Marne and on the Meuse ... 169
14. Robert A. Doughty
15. Th e Forgotten Campaign: Alsace-Lorraine August 1914 ... 193
16. Holger H. Herwig
17. “Total War, Total Nonsense” or “Th e Military Historian’s Fetish” ... 215
18. Eugenia C. Kiesling
19. England’s “Descent” on France and the Origins of Blue-water Strategy ... 243
20. Robert McJimsey
Conclusion ... 259
Dennis Showalter
List of Books by Dennis Showalter ...267
Select Bibliography ...269
Index ...273
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