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MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 2007

by Rod Paschall (Editor and Author "The Youngest Marshal Saves the Day")

Other authors: Christine Ammer (Author "Fighting Words: Terms from Military History"), Buck T. Foster (Author "Sherman's First Campaign of Destruction"), Richard A. Gabriel (Author "The Warrior Prophet"), Adrian Goldsworthy (Author "Caesar's Triumph in Gaul"), Bruce I. Gudmundsson (Author "Tactical Exercises: Allenby's Turning Tactics")7 more, Alistair Horne (Author "In Review: Time at War"), Michael Olson (Author "Escape From Pearl Harbor"), John Prados (Author "In Review: Power at Sea (three volumes)), John M. Taylor (Author "Audacious Cruise of the Emden" and "Work Party's Plucky Escape"), Gerhardt B. Thamm (Author "Experience of War: Mie Askari mdachi: I am a German Askari"), Pamela D. Toler (Author "Artists on War: Baron Gros and The Pesthouse in Jaffa"), Noah Andre Trudeau (Author "Mercenary Pilots With La Patrulla Americana")

Series: MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History (19.4)

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Author nameRoleType of authorWork?Status
Paschall, RodEditor and Author "The Youngest Marshal Saves the Day"primary authorall editionsconfirmed
Ammer, ChristineAuthor "Fighting Words: Terms from Military History"secondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Foster, Buck T.Author "Sherman's First Campaign of Destruction"secondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Gabriel, Richard A.Author "The Warrior Prophet"secondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Goldsworthy, AdrianAuthor "Caesar's Triumph in Gaul"secondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Gudmundsson, Bruce I.Author "Tactical Exercises: Allenby's Turning Tactics"secondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Horne, AlistairAuthor "In Review: Time at War"secondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Olson, MichaelAuthor "Escape From Pearl Harbor"secondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Prados, JohnAuthor "In Review: Power at Sea (three volumes)secondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Taylor, John M.Author "Audacious Cruise of the Emden" and "Work Party's Plucky Escape"secondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Thamm, Gerhardt B.Author "Experience of War: Mie Askari mdachi: I am a German Askari"secondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Toler, Pamela D.Author "Artists on War: Baron Gros and The Pesthouse in Jaffa"secondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Trudeau, Noah AndreAuthor "Mercenary Pilots With La Patrulla Americana"secondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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FEATURES
"The Warrior Prophet" — If Muhammad had not been an innovative and accomplished military leader, Islam might not have survived the seventh century.
"Caesar's Triumph in Gaul" — When diplomacy failed against his former Gallic allies, Julius Caesar embarked on a savage military campaign.
"Escape From Pearl Harbor" — The crew of the destroyer Dale scrambled to battle stations and ran a gantlet of Japanese bombs to save their ship.
"Audacious Cruise of the Emden" — A daring German cruiser captain wreaked havoc on Allied shipping in the Indian Ocean during the early months of World War I.
"Work Party's Plucky Escape" — sidebar
"The Youngest Marshal Saves the Day" — Louis Davout expected to play a secondary role in the Jena campaign, but when attacked by most of the Prussian army at Auerstädt, the balding, bespectacled corps commander won a crushing victory usually attributed to Napoleon.
"Sherman's First Campaign of Destruction" — Marching through Mississippi, William Tecumseh Sherman planned to sap the South's will along with its ability to wage war.
"Mercenary Pilots With La Patrulla Americana" — Altough a number of American citizens flew for the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War, the United States learned little from their experience.
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"Fighting Words: Terms from Military History" — Our lexicographer considers some phrases uttered by noteworthy military leaders.
"Experience of War: Mie Askari mdachi: I am a German Askari" — East Africa tribesmen demonstrated remarkable loyalty to a charismatic German commander in World War I.
"Artists on War: Baron Gros and The Pesthouse in Jaffa" — Long before modern politician used the media to mold public opinion, a Corsican first consul of France employed a cooperative artist to enhance his image.
"Tactical Exercises: Allenby's Turning Tactics" — The tactics that brought victory to British armored forces in North Africa in the fall of 1940 were inspired by the bold flanking maneuvers carried out by Sir Edmund Allenby's cavalry during World War I.
"In Review" — Reviews of Lisle A. Rose's Power at Sea trilogy and Nicholas Mosley's Time at War.
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