The Long Shadow of World War II: The Legacy of the War and its Impact on Political and Military Thinking since 1945

by Matthias Strohn (Editor)

2020 marks 75 years since the end of World War II, yet even as the war slips from living memory, its legacies continue to influence current political and military thinking. This anthology will analyse these legacies for a number of countries and regions including China, Russia, the United States, the Near East, and Germany illustrating in detail how World War II is not merely a historical event, but a defining moment for current military and political thinking around the globe. This book will therefore be of interest for those interested in history, but also political and military decision makers, and followers of current political and military affairs.

Table of Contents

Foreword CGS
Dr Matthias Strohn
Prof Olivier Schmitt
Dr Paul Latawski
Baltic Dr James Corum
Austria and the Prof Lothar Höbelt
Dr Matthias Strohn
Dr Timothy Bird
Prof Kerry Brown
Pavel Baev
Dr Niels Poulsen
Prof Niall Barr
Prof Richard Reid
Prof Jan Hoffenaar
Near Prof Mike Neiberg
Maj Gen Dr Andrew Sharpe

Genres: History

288 pages, Hardcover

First published November 30, 2020

About the author

Dr. Matthias Strohn was educated at the universities of Münster (Germany) and Oxford. He has lectured at Oxford University and the Joint Services Command and Staff College at Shrivenham. Since 2006 he has been a lecturer in the Department of War Studies at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and in 2011 he was also made a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Buckingham. He holds a commission in the German Army and is currently a member of the military attaché reserve. He has published widely on 20th century German and European military history. He lives in the UK.

Reviews

[Laur]

(3.5/5) Generally enjoyable, albeit somewhat repetitive. The chapters work well as stand-alones, which is useful if you need a specific case study, but it could have benefited from a conclusion or summary chapter.