{"title":"Allan R. Millett","description":"Allan R. Millett is Professor of History and Director of the Eisenhower Center for American Studies at the University of New Orleans.","products":[{"product_id":"the-war-for-korea-1950-1951-they-came-from-the-north-hardcover","title":"The War for Korea, 1950-1951: They Came from the North - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe War for Korea, 1945-1950: A House Burning\u003c\/i\u003e, one of our most distinguished military historians argued that the conflict on the Korean peninsula in the middle of the twentieth century was first and foremost a war between Koreans that began in 1948. In the second volume of a monumental trilogy, Allan R. Millett now shifts his focus to the twelve-month period from North Korea's invasion of South Korea on June 25, 1950, through the end of June 1951--the most active phase of the internationalized \"Korean War.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMoving deftly between the battlefield and the halls of power, Millett weaves together military operations and tactics without losing sight of Cold War geopolitics, strategy, and civil-military relations. Filled with new insights on the conflict, his book is the first to give combined arms its due, looking at the contributions and challenges of integrating naval and air power with the ground forces of United Nations Command and showing the importance of Korean support services. He also provides the most complete, and sympathetic, account of the role of South Korea's armed forces, drawing heavily on ROK and Korea Military Advisory Group sources. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMillett integrates non-American perspectives into the narrative--especially those of Mao Zedong, Chinese military commander Peng Dehuai, Josef Stalin, Kim Il-sung, and Syngman Rhee. And he portrays Walton Walker and Matthew Ridgway as the heroes of Korea, both of whom had a more profound understanding of the situation than Douglas MacArthur, whose greatest flaw was not his politics but his strategic and operational incompetence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eResearched in South Korean, Chinese, and Soviet as well as American and UN sources, Millett has exploited previously ignored or neglected oral history collections-including interviews with American and South Korean officers--and has made extensive use of reports based on interrogations of North Korean and Chinese POWs. The end result is masterful work that provides both a gripping narrative and a greater understanding of this key conflict in international and American history.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51366085460191,"sku":"9780700617098","price":125.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/nXV8oqs6i59780700617098.webp?v=1789080841"},{"product_id":"for-the-common-defense-a-military-history-of-the-united-states-from-1607-to-2012-paperback","title":"For the Common Defense: A Military History of the United States from 1607 to 2012 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eNow fully updated and totally revised, this highly regarded classic remains the most comprehensive study available of America's military history.Called \"the preeminent survey of American military history\" by Russell F. Weigley, America's foremost military historian, For the Common Defense is an essential contribution to the field of military history. This carefully researched third edition provides the most complete and current history of United States defense policy and military institutions and the conduct of America's wars. Without diminishing the value of its earlier editions, authors Allan R. Millett, Peter Maslowski, and William B. Feis provide a fresh perspective on the continuing issues that characterize national security policy. They have updated the work with new material covering nearly twenty years of scholarship, including the history of the American military experience in the Balkans and Somalia, analyzing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan from 2001 to 2012, and providing two new chapters on the Vietnam War. For the Common Defense examines the nation's pluralistic military institutions in both peace and war, the tangled civil-military relations that created the country's commitment to civilian control of the military, the armed forces' increasing nationalization and professionalization, and America's growing reliance on sophisticated technologies spawned by the Industrial Revolution and the Computer and Information Ages. This edition is also a timely reminder that vigilance is indeed the price of liberty but that vigilance has always been--and continues to be--a costly, complex, and contentious undertaking in a world that continually tests America's willingness and ability to provide for the common defense.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51367081935071,"sku":"9781451623536","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/EY8hs5_Y679781451623536.webp?v=1789102328"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/allan-r-millett.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}