John Prados (1951–2022)
Autore di Islands of Destiny: The Solomons Campaign and the Eclipse of the Rising Sun
Sull'Autore
John Prados is a senior fellow of the National Security Archive in Washington, DC, where he helps bring newly declassified government records to public attention. He is the award-winning author of twenty-one books. including Islands of Destiny: The Solomons Campaign and the Eclipse of the Rising mostra altro Sun. He also lectures widely on security, freedom of information, and other issues analyzes combat processes, serves as a historical advisor to filmmakers; and designs strategy board games, including the well-known Third Reich and new award-winning titles. mostra meno
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Opere di John Prados
Opere correlate
Iraq and the Lessons of Vietnam: Or, How Not to Learn from the Past (2007) — Collaboratore — 54 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 1996 (1996) — Author "The Strategic View: The Prophet of Bomber War" — 27 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 1995 (1995) — Author "Mindoro's Desperate Hours" — 19 copie
The New American Empire: A 21st-Century Teach-In on U.S. Foreign Policy (2005) — Collaboratore — 14 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 1998 (1998) — Author "Letter From Hanoi" — 14 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 1997 (1997) — Author "The Hottest Spots" and "The War Scare of 1983" — 13 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 2007 (2007) — Author "The Smaller Dragon Strikes" and "In Review: The United States Army in Vietnam: MACV" — 11 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 2008 (2008) — Author "In the Dark and Out of Luck" — 11 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 2000 (1999) — Author "Most Significant Intelligence Breakthrough: Cryptanalysis" and "How Many Road to Richmond?" — 10 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 1994 (1993) — Author "The Spies at the Bottom of the Sea" — 9 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 2006 (2006) — Author "In Review: In Command of History: Churchill Fighting and Writing the Second World War — 9 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 2007 (2007) — Author "In Review: Power at Sea (three volumes) — 8 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 2001 (2001) — Author "First Freeze of the Cold War" — 8 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 2007 (2007) — Author "The Perfect Failure" — 7 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 2009 (2009) — Author "Laos: The Road to Vietnam" and "In Review: Weller's War" — 7 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 2005 (2005) — Author "Ike, Ridgway, and Dien Bien Phu" — 7 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 2009 (2009) — Author "The Emperor's Tipping Point" — 5 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 2013 (2013) — Author "What World War I Generals Got Wrong", alcune edizioni — 2 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1951-01-09
- Data di morte
- 2022-11-29
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- New York, New York, USA
- Istruzione
- Columbia University (PhD|Political Science)
- Attività lavorative
- senior analyst
- Organizzazioni
- Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations
Society for Military History
Association of Former Intelligence Officers
National Security Archive
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Recensioni
Liste
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 32
- Opere correlate
- 19
- Utenti
- 1,250
- Popolarità
- #20,521
- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 14
- ISBN
- 78
- Lingue
- 1
- Preferito da
- 2
The meat and potatoes though is on the attempts to break out of the Bocage culminating in the Cobra Breakout and Falaise Pocket. An interesting detail was Prados' incorporation Ultra intelligence and it's value and limitations. Prados see's the Ultra intelligence more in its tactical than strategic value.
Prados discusses the various operations highlighting Operation Goodwood and Cobra but also discusses other breakout attempts and the various mechanical innovations especially on the Sherman Tanks to overcome the Bocage.
The book then winds up discussing the operations around the closing of the Falaise Gap, the mistakes and successes made by both the Germans and the Allies. The Germans failure to achieve breakout of the pocket sooner but ultimately having enough core leadership and troops escape to be able to reforge their forces albeit more thinly manned and armed and more brittle than earlier renditions of the Whermact. The same lack of commitment in closing the gap and better and clearer communication between Monty. Bradley and SHAEF, which contributed to a successful entrapment of but not a complete entrapment of the Wehrmact. In the end Prados distributes blame and credit fairly equally among all parties.
A worthy addition to the literature.… (altro)