Sentences with phrase «as military historian»

He persevered as a military historian and his first book, The Donkeys, a critique of British generals in the First World War, was both controversial and successful.

As military historian Victor Davis Hanson has noted, «Hitler, Tojo, Kim Il Sung, and Ho Chi Minh... all lost more soldiers» and civilians» in their wars against us than we did.»

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Today, no responsible historian considers Tet anything other than a colossal military defeat for North Vietnam and the end of the Vietcong as a major force in the struggle for Vietnam's future.

In the interest of objectivity, it should be noted that your reviewer's entry reads «military historian with parade ground manner» which his colleagues regard as too flattering.

Historian Tuchman's very detailed account, focusing on the first 30 days of hostilities as a harbinger of the pointless destruction and bloodshed that would follow, is a classic of military history.

Stark, a historian and adventure writer, gives us plenty of both as he starts with a vivid depiction of Washington deep in the Ohio Valley wilderness, carrying a message from Virginia's colonial administrator to a French military officer.

Keegan's formidable reputation as a premier military historian is further cemented with this fascinating analytical narrative about myriad aspects of the civil war, including the dramatic battles, appalling costs, and decisive historical results.

Edirne was formerly know as Adrianople, and according to the great military historian, John Keegan, it's the most hotly contested piece of geography on Earth.