In the school of war

About this book

Fort Leavenworth, where Roger J. Spiller taught the Army's finest for twenty-five years, is a "school of war." There, among military professionals who had experienced war firsthand, Spiller honed his skills as an analyst and historian, scholar and teacher. This volume brings together Spiller's original ... explorations of wars big and small and armies glorified and ignored. For each of these essays, whether on urban warfare or the Vietnam syndrome, battlefield psychology or the making of military history, and underrated vs. overrated generals, Spiller revisits his topic and his thinking, bringing fresh insight and a new context. This book reveals complex relationship between past and present in understanding nature of war--Publisher's description.