TITLE: History 5328 – Studies in United States Military History (since 1900)
TIME/LOCATION: W, 3:00-5:50 p.m., 141 Holden Hall
Spring 2004, Texas Tech University
INSTRUCTOR:
Dr. David L. Snead
Visit my web site at www3.tltc.ttu.edu/snead
OFFICE HOURS: TTH, 11:00 am-noon, W, 2:00-3:00 pm, and by appointment. Generally, I am in my office by 7:15 a.m. and stay to 3:45 p.m. everyday. If I am in my office, feel free to stop by if you need to see me. If it is not a good time, I will let you know. You can email me at david.snead@ttu.edu. You can also call me at 742-1004 (ext. 240).
Office: 49 Holden Hall
COURSE OBJECTIVES: To gain an introduction to the history and historiography of the American military in the 20th Century.
REQUIRED READINGS:
Millett, Allan R., and Peter Maslowski. For the Common Defense: A Military History of the United States of America. New York: The Free Press, 1994.
Linn, Brian McAllister. The Philippine War, 1899-1902. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2000.
Reckner, James R. Teddy Roosevelt’s Great White Fleet. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1988.
Johnson II, Douglas V., and Rolfe L. Hillman, Jr. Soissons 1918. College Station, TX: Texas A & M University Press, 1999.
Sherry, Michael S. The Rise of American Air Power: The Creation of Armageddon. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1987.
Linderman, Gerald F. The World Within War: America’s Combat Experience in World War II. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1997.
Cutler,
Thomas J. The Battle of Leyte
Gulf, 23-26 October 1944.
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1994.
Frank,
Richard B. Downfall:
The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire.
New York: Penguin Books,
1999.
Sandler, Stanley. The Korean War: No Victors, No Vanquished. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1999.
Berebitsky, William. A Very Long Weekend: The Army National Guard in Korea, 1950-1953. Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Publishing Company, Inc., 1996.
Freedman, Lawrence. Kennedy’s Wars: Berlin, Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
Tilford, Earl H., Jr. Crosswinds: The Air Force’s Setup in Vietnam. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1993.
Kindsvatter, Peter. American Soldiers: Ground Combat in the World Wars, Korea, and Vietnam. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2003.
Murray, Williamson, and Robert H. Scales, Jr. The Iraqi War: A Military History. Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2003.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS: Members of this class will be responsible for all material addressed in this course. The final course grade will be based on the following:
1) Three essays – each student will write three 4 to 6 page essays. In each paper, the student will evaluate the strengths and weakness of one of the supplementary readings for that week. In essence, each student will need to identify the book’s arguments and analyze how effective the author is in making them. The student will use books already read in class as the basis for analysis. Each essay will be worth 20% of the student’s final grade.
2) Thirteen summaries of required readings – students will be required to turn in a two-page summary each week for the assigned reading. The purposes of these assignments are to prepare students for class discussion and to force students to have a summary of each book when they prepare for future comprehensive exams. These summaries will count a combined 20% of your final grade.
3) Participation/Discussion – since this class is built around readings and discussion, it is essential that students be prepared to discuss the assigned readings each week. Additionally, students turning in papers each week will make an approximately five minute presentation on their extra book. This presentation will introduce students to another historiographical work on the topic. Student presentations and participation in discussion will count 15% of a student’s grade.
4) Quiz Questions – each student will have to make at least one quiz for one chapter from the Millett and Maslowski book. The quiz will contain 20 multiple-choice questions (with answers A-D or A-E). Please bring enough copies of the quiz to give each student and the professor one. The quizzes will count 5% of your grade.
Grade Schedule: A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-, D+, D, D-, F.
****All
work done in this class must adhere to Texas Tech University’s honor
code.****
ATTENDANCE POLICY: Regular attendance is expected. Absences will adversely affect your grade. Texas House Bill 256 requires institutions of higher education to excuse a student from attending classes or other required activities, including examinations, for the observance of a religious holy day. The student shall also be excused for time necessary to travel. An institution may not penalize the student for the absence and allows for the student to take an exam or complete an assignment from which the student is excused. No prior notification of the instructor is required.
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES (Americans with Disabilities Act): I will make every reasonable accommodation to assist students with disabilities. It is the responsibility of the student to let me know of the disability as soon as possible and to help develop the best program for accommodating his/her needs. Students should provide appropriate verification of need for assistance from the Office of Disabled Student Services in West Hall.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE:
Week 1 (1/14) – Introduction
Week 2 (1/21) – TBA
Week 3 (1/28) – Required Reading: Linn, Philippine War, and Millett & Maslowski, For the Common Defense (Ch. 9)
Supplementary Readings:
Gates, John M. Schoolbooks and Krags: The United States Army in the Philippines, 1899-1902. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1973. (p. 315)
May, Glenn A. Battle for Batangas: A Philippine Province at War. Quezon City: New Day Press, 1993. (p. 382)
Miller, Stuart C. “Benevolent Assimilation”: The American Conquest of the Philippines, 1899-1903. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1982. (p. 340)
Week 4 (2/4) – Required Reading: Reckner, Teddy Roosevelt’s Great White Fleet, and Millett & Maslowski, For the Common Defense (Ch. 10)
Supplementary Readings:
Braisted, William R. The U.S. Navy in the Pacific, 1897-1909. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1958. (p. 282)
Hart, Robert A. The Great White Fleet: Its Voyage Around the World, 1907-1909. Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 1965. (p. 362)
Wimmel, Kenneth. Theodore Roosevelt and the Great White Fleet: American Sea Power Comes of Age. Washington, D.C.: Brassey’s Inc., 1998. (p. 273)
Week
5 (2/11) – Required
Reading: Johnson and Hillman, Soissons 1918, and Millett & Maslowski, For the Common
Defense (Ch. 11)
Supplementary Readings:
Braim, Paul F. The Test of Battle: The American Expeditionary Forces in the Meuse-Argonne Campaign. Shippensburg, PA: White Main Books, 1998. (p. 247)
Trask, David F. The AEF and Coalition Warmaking, 1917-1918. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1993. (p. 235)
Eisenhower, John S.D. YANKS: The Epic Story of the American Army in World War I. New York: The Free Press, 2001. (p. 353)
Week 6 (2/18) – Required Reading: Sherry, The Rise of American Air Power, and Millett & Maslowski, For the Common Defense (Ch. 12)
Supplementary Readings:
Daso, Dik Alan. Hap Arnold the Evolution of American Airpower. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2000. (p. 314)
Crane, Conrad C. Bombs, Cities, and Civilians: American Airpower Strategy in World War II. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1993. (p. 224)
Schaffer, Ronald. Wings of Judgment: American Bombing in World War II. New York: Oxford University Press, 1985. (p. 272)
Week 7 (2/25) – Required Reading: Linderman, The World Within War
Supplementary Readings:
Dower, John W. War Without Mercy: Race & Power in the Pacific War. New York: Pantheon Books, 1986. (p. 398)
Schrijvers,
Peter. The GI War Against
Japan: American Soldiers in Asia
and the Pacific During World War II.
New York: New
York University Press, 2002. (p.
320)
Fussell, Paul. Wartime: Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. (p. 304)
2/25
– Last day to drop a course and receive an automatic W
Week 8 (3/3) – Required Reading: Cutler, The Battle of Leyte Gulf, and Millett & Maslowski, For the Common Defense (Ch. 13)
Supplementary Readings:
Morison, Samuel Eliot. Leyte: June 1944-January 1945, History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Volume 12. Little, Brown & Company, 1975. (p. 440)
Woodward, C. Vann. The Battle for Leyte Gulf. Battery Press, 1989. (p. 244)
Miller, Nathan. Naval Air War, 1939-1945. Annapolis, MD: U.S. Naval Institute Press, 1991. (p. 212)
Week
9 (3/10) – Required
Reading: Frank,
Richard B. Downfall, and Millett & Maslowski, For the Common Defense
(Ch. 14)
Supplementary Readings:
Skates, John Ray. The Invasion of Japan: Alternative to the Bomb. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2000. (p. 304)
Maga, Timothy P. America Attacks Japan: The Invasion That Never Was. Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 2002. (p. 224)
Maceachin, Douglas J. The Final Months of the War With Japan: Signals Intelligence, U.S. Invasion Planning, and the A-Bomb Decision. CIA: Center For The Study of Intelligence, 1998. (p. 300)
3/13-3/21
– No Class (Spring Break)
Week
10 (3/24) – Required
Reading: Sandler,
The Korean War, , and Millett & Maslowski, For the Common Defense
(Ch. 15)
Supplementary Readings:
Kaufman, Burton I. The Korean War: Challenges in Crisis, Credibility, and Command. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1997. (p. 381)
Bateman, Robert L. NO GUN RI: A Military History of the Korean War Incident. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2002. (p. 302)
James, D. Clayton. Refighting the Last War: Command and Crisis in Korea, 1950-1953. New York: Free Press, 1993. (p. 282)
Week 11 (3/31) – Required Reading: Berebitsky, A Very Long Weekend
Supplementary Readings:
Doubler, Michael C. Civilian in Peace, Soldier in War: The Army National Guard, 1636-2000. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2003. (p. 488)
Cooper, Jerry. The Rise of the National Guard: The Evolution of the American Militia, 1865-1920. Lincoln, NB: University of Nebraska Press, 1997. (p. 296)
Mahon, John K. History of the Militia and the National Guard. New York: Free Press, 1983. (p. 374)
Week 12 (4/7) – Required Reading: Freedman, Kennedy’s Wars, and Millett & Maslowski, For the Common Defense (Ch. 16)
Supplementary Readings:
Krepinevich, Andrew F., Jr. The Army and Vietnam. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986. (p. 318)
Kaiser,
David. American Tragedy:
Kennedy, Johnson, and the Origins of the Vietnam War.
Cambridge, MA: The Belknap
Press of Harvard University Press, 2000. (p. 566)
Naftali, Timothy, and Alexsandr Fursenko. “One Hell of a Gamble”: Khrushchev, Castro, and Kennedy 1958-1964 – The Secret History of the Cuban Missile Crisis. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1997. (p. 421)
Week 13 (4/14) – Required Reading: Tilford, Crosswinds, and Millett & Maslowski, For the Common Defense (Ch. 17)
Supplementary Readings:
Clodfelter, Mark. The Limits of Air Power: The American Bombing of North Vietnam. New York: Free Press, 1989. (p. 297)
Thompson, James Clay. Rolling Thunder: Understanding Policy and Program Failure. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1980. (p. 199)
Thompson, Wayne. To Hanoi and Back: The U.S. Air Force and North Vietnam, 1966-1973. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2000. (p. 416)
Week 14 (4/21) – Required Reading: Kindsvatter, American Soldiers, and Millett & Maslowski, For the Common Defense (Ch. 18)
Supplementary Readings:
Doubler, Michael C. Closing With the Enemy: How GIs Fought the War in Europe, 1944-1945. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1994. (p. 354)
Mansoor, Peter. The GI Offensive in Europe: The Triumph of American Infantry Divisions, 1941-1945. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1999. (p. 346)
Stanton, Shelby L. The Rise & Fall of the American Army: U.S. Ground Forces in Vietnam, 1965-1973. Presidio Press, 1985. (p. 411)
Week 15 (4/28) – Required Reading: Murray and Scales, The Iraqi War
Supplementary Readings:
The Whirlwind War: The United States Army in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, U.S. Army, Government Printing Office, 1995. (p. 312)
Hallion,
Richard P. Storm over Iraq:
Air Power and the Gulf War. Washington,
D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1992. (p. 352)
Gehring, Stephen. From Fulga Gap to Kuwait: U.S. Army, Europe, and the Gulf War. University Press of the Pacific, 2001. (p. 396)
4/30 – Last day to drop a course and still receive a W (you talk to Dr. Snead)