
Rod Paschall (1935–2020)
Author of The Defeat of Imperial Germany, 1917-1918
About the Author
Works by Rod Paschall
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 1999 (1999) — Editor and Author "Napoleon's First Triumph" — 12 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 2008 (2008) — Editor and Author "MacArthur's Forgotten Field Commander" — 12 copies
Lic 2010: Special Operations & Unconventional Warfare in the Next Century (Brassey's Future Warfare Series) (1990) 11 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 2006 (2006) — Editor and Author "MacArthur's Ace of Spades" and "MacArthur's Way with the Press" — 11 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 2000 (1999) — Editor and Author "Greatest General: Dwight D. Eisenhower" — 10 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 2003 (2003) — Editor, Editor "Experience of War: The Midnight Ride" and Author "In Review: The Art of War" — 9 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 2005 (2005) — Editor and Author "Air America's Military Role" and "In Review: Inside the Pentagon Papers" — 9 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 2007 (2007) — Editor and Author "The Youngest Marshal Saves the Day" — 9 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 2002 (2002) — Editor and Author "The Belfort Ruse" — 8 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 2004 (2003) — Editor and Author "In Review: The Art of War" — 8 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 2007 (2006) — Editor and Author "In Review: The German 1918 Offensives" — 8 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 2000 (2000) — Editor and Author "Reluctant Dragons and Red Conspiracies" — 7 copies
Associated Works
Ulysses S. Grant : Memoirs and Selected Letters : Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant / Selected Letters, 1839-1865 (1990) — Introduction, some editions — 1,460 copies, 11 reviews
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 1995 (1995) — Author "Tactical Exercises: Olympic Miscalculations" — 23 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 1995 (1995) — Author "Tactical Exercises: Night Attacks" — 21 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 1992 (1992) — Author "Tactical Exercises: Mission Protection" — 20 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 1992 (1991) — Author "Tactical Exercises: The Spoiling Attack" — 20 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 1989 (1989) — Author "D Day 1917" — 18 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 1992 (1992) — Author "Tactical Exercises" The Impartial Buffer" — 18 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 1994 (1994) — Author "Tactical Exercises: The Failure of Market-Garden" — 17 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 1993 (1993) — Author "Tactical Exercises: Penetration Attacks" — 17 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 1990 (1990) — Author "Tactical Exercises" Surprise Over the Hill" — 17 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 1991 (1991) — Author "The Strategic View: Air Control: Iraq, 1920-30" — 16 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 1990 (1989) — Author "Tactical Exercises: Mission: Rescue" — 16 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 1990 (1990) — Author "Tactical Exercises: Oman's Recipe" — 14 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 1996 (1996) — Author "Tactical Exercises: Buying Time" — 13 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 1991 (1990) — Author "Tactical Exercises: Crossing the T" — 12 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 2011 (2010) — Author "Scandinavian Twist" — 7 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 2009 (2009) — Author "Safety in Numbers" — 6 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 2010 (2010) — Author "In Review: Russia Against Napoleon — 4 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 2010 (2010) — Author "Folly in the Philippines" — 4 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 2012 (2012) — Author "The 27-Day War" — 1 copy
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1935-09-01
- Date of death
- 2020-06-10
- Gender
- male
- Education
- United States Military Academy
Naval War College
George Washington University
Duke University - Occupations
- army officer
- Organizations
- United States Army
United States Army Military History Institute - Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- San Antonio, Texas, USA
- Place of death
- Naples, Florida, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- USA
Members
Reviews
The Defeat of Imperial Germany, 1917-1918 by Rod Paschall is the first volume in the Major Battles and Campaigns series under the general editorship of John S. D. Eisenhower. Designed for the "armchair strategist," this book offers striking proof of the inaccuracy of the conventional depiction of the trench warfare of the First World War, in which commanding generals are seen as mediocre and unimaginative, having stubbornly sent hundreds of thousands of troops over the top to be mowed down show more by the lethal weaponry of modern war. Paschall builds a compelling case that the generals on both sides invented ingenious new strategies that simply failed in the context of a war of attrition. In a series of vivid analyses of successive offenses, Paschall describes the generals' plans, how their ... show less
2376 The Defeat of Imperial Germany 1917-1918, by Rod Paschall (read 6 Apr 1991) I have read a lot of books about World War One and some are not really worthwhile but this work by the director of the U.S. Army Military History Institute is an exceptionally great and absorbing book. Maybe it over-emphasizes America's role--though not seriously--but it is enjoyable to read about American contribution, a subject never emphasized by British writers. It is a little appalling to realize that show more Americans fought with as little regard for life as was earlier displayed by other Allied generals. But this is a superb book, spending most of its time on the overall picture and not, as so many books I've read, dwelling on the individual story. I was instructed on a number of things I did not know--e.g.,how great a role George C. Marshall played as a colonel in France, and this is the first time in a long time I've read much about what the USA did in the war. St. Mihiel, Argonne Forest, and the Meuse were just names to me till I read this workmanlike account of them. A great, great book. show less
Contains pg. 32, "Song of the Holy War," a 10-page article on the long Dutch war against Aceh, northern Sumatra, in 1873.
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- Rating
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