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Robert L. O'Connell has worked as a senior analyst at the National Ground Intelligence Center and as a contributing editor to MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History. He is the author of several nonfiction books including Of Arms and Men: A History of War, Weapons, and Aggression; Sacred mostra altro Vessels: The Cult of the Battleship and the Rise of the U.S. Navy; Ride of the Second Horseman: The Birth and Death of War; Soul of the Sword: An Illustrated History of Weaponry and Warfare from Prehistory to the Present; and Fierce Patriot: The Tangled Lives of William Tecumseh Sherman. He also wrote the novel Fast Eddie. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno

Comprende il nome: Robert L. O'Connell

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What If? 2: Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Been (2001) — Collaboratore — 1,028 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 1989 (1988) — Author "Arms and Men: The Life and Hard Times of the Crossbow" — 27 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 1988 (1988) — Author "The Roman Killing Machine" — 20 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 1995 (1995) — Author "The Warriors Under Our Feet" — 18 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 1992 (1991) — Author "Arms and Men: The Worst Weapon" — 18 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 1993 (1993) — Author "Men and Arms: The Composite Bow" — 16 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 1992 (1992) — Author "Arms and Men: L'Arme Blanche" — 15 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 1991 (1991) — Author "Arms and Men: The Cautionary Tale of the Yamato" — 15 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 1989 (1989) — Author "Arms and Men: Brown Bess" — 15 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 1989 (1989) — Author "The Origins of War" and "Arms and Men: The Wizards of German Weaponry" — 15 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 1996 (1995) — Author "The First Warriors" — 14 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 1991 (1991) — Author "Arms and Men: The Mace" — 14 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 1990 (1990) — Author "Arms and Men: The Norden Bombsight" — 14 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 1998 (1998) — Author "The End" — 14 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 1990 (1990) — Author "Arms and Men" The Insolent Chariot" — 13 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 1998 (1998) — Author "Golden Parachute: Saving Combat Crews" — 13 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 1990 (1989) — Author "Arms and Men: T-34: Hammer of the Proletariat" — 12 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 1991 (1990) — Author "Arms and Men: Das Pariskanone" — 11 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 2001 (2001) — Author "Carthage's Road to War" — 10 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 1990 (1990) — Author "Courage" and "Arms and Men: The Gotha and the Origins of Strategic Bombing" — 10 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 2001 (2000) — Author "Arms and Men: The Miraculous 75mm Gun" — 10 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 2000 (1999) — Author "Most Effective Weapon: Atomic Bomb" — 9 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 2002 (2002) — Author "Arms and Men: The Weapon Not Used" — 7 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 2003 (2003) — Author "World War II Odyssey of Charles Lindbergh" — 7 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 2004 (2004) — Author "Captain Eddie's Second World War" — 5 copie

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Data di nascita
1944-12-27
Sesso
male
Nazionalità
USA
Luogo di nascita
New York, New York, USA

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Well-researched and well-written, this is an engaging biography of William Tecumseh Sherman. Instead of a standard chronological biography, the author splits Sherman's biography into three uneven parts: (1) Sherman the military man; (2) Sherman's "boys" in the war; and (3) Sherman's personal life. The first part is the largest and, this is great, covers not just the Civil War but his pre-war career and his post-war stint as head of the army. The latter is often shunned, since Sherman was anti-Indian, as it conflicts with Sherman the Yankee War Hero image. His war-fighting strategy and tactics are explained and analyzed quite well. The second part is a bottom-up account of Sherman's men in wartime, how they operated, and how Sherman and they cohered into a fighting unit. Along with on-the-ground accounts of strategy and tactics with great significance on the March to the Sea, the March through the Carolinas, and post-war memory-making. The last part was revealing, showing Sherman the man. Including extra-marital affairs, his disdain of politicking, and his friendships. Good all around, though the author does get chatty and thinks he is so witty he can make Dad-joke-level type metaphors with analogies to modern, pop-cultured life. Calling Sherman Grant's "wingman" an ad nauseum number of times, for instance. Take this groaner: "a performance worthy of Daffy Duck (or, given the hair color, perhaps Woody Woodpecker)" (p. 86). Or comparing John Bell Hood to the Black Knight of Monty Python (p. 145). Or comparing West Point to surfing (pp. 15-16)? Huh? Off-putting and deserving of taking an otherwise interesting, informative account and knocking it down a star. Good maps, good images; dumb new end-noting system; no bibliography.… (altro)
 
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tuckerresearch | 38 altre recensioni | Feb 27, 2024 |
 
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Kavinay | 17 altre recensioni | Jan 2, 2023 |
Thus comes a history with more than 50 years between the last event and today. I'm not going to try to comment on O'Connell's perspective because it is confusing to me. At times, he speaks with admiration, then disparagement, then disappointment, then impatience. Ultimately, he calls the collection of Patton, MacArthur, Marshall, and Eisenhower perhaps the greatest combination of generals any nation has ever had. He delivers some radically different assessments of events and these, perhaps, come from the availability of new information. This is not a quick read requiring greater involvement than many previous books on the subject. There is no hero worship. He dwells on the successes as well as the actions less than successful.… (altro)
 
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DeaconBernie | Jul 16, 2022 |
Solid, but unexceptional, history of battleships and their relationship to the United States Navy. The author, quite obviously (judging from the snarky title, at a minimum) is deeply skeptical of the value of battleships. The section on World War I in particular shows, to the author's mind, why the US investment in battleships was worthless. Likewise, the post-1945 descriptions, ditto. The author omits the experience during the war, where battleships played a crucial role, especially later in the war, protecting aircraft carriers and providing valuable landing support. (To a lesser extent, they did the same in the ETO.) A good chunk of the book covers history before the founding of the USN, which does show why the battleship was so iconic, but I think it is a stretch to show how this affected the USN. In short, not totally convinced by the author's arguments.… (altro)
 
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EricCostello | 1 altra recensione | Nov 6, 2019 |

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