John Prados (1951–2022)
Autor(a) de Islands of Destiny: The Solomons Campaign and the Eclipse of the Rising Sun
About the Author
John Prados is a senior fellow of the National Security Archive in Washington, DC, where he helps bring newly declassified government records to public attention. He is the award-winning author of twenty-one books. including Islands of Destiny: The Solomons Campaign and the Eclipse of the Rising mostrar mais Sun. He also lectures widely on security, freedom of information, and other issues analyzes combat processes, serves as a historical advisor to filmmakers; and designs strategy board games, including the well-known Third Reich and new award-winning titles. mostrar menos
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Obras por John Prados
Combined Fleet Decoded: The Secret History of: American Intelligence and the Japanese Navy in World War II (1605) 135 exemplares
Presidents' Secret Wars: CIA and Pentagon Covert Operations from World War II Through the Persian Gulf War… (1986) 95 exemplares
Storm Over Leyte: The Philippine Invasion and the Destruction of the Japanese Navy (2016) 76 exemplares
The Family Jewels: The CIA, Secrecy, and Presidential Power (Discovering America) (2013) 33 exemplares
Keepers of the Keys: A History of the National Security Council from Truman to Bush (1897) 31 exemplares
Year of the Rat : Vietnam, 1972 2 exemplares
Associated Works
Iraq and the Lessons of Vietnam: Or, How Not to Learn from the Past (2007) — Contribuidor — 54 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 1996 (1996) — Author "The Strategic View: The Prophet of Bomber War" — 26 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 1995 (1995) — Author "Mindoro's Desperate Hours" — 18 exemplares
The New American Empire: A 21st-Century Teach-In on U.S. Foreign Policy (2005) — Contribuidor — 14 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 1998 (1998) — Author "Letter From Hanoi" — 13 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 1997 (1997) — Author "The Hottest Spots" and "The War Scare of 1983" — 12 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 2007 (2007) — Author "The Smaller Dragon Strikes" and "In Review: The United States Army in Vietnam: MACV" — 11 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 2008 (2008) — Author "In the Dark and Out of Luck" — 11 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 1994 (1993) — Author "The Spies at the Bottom of the Sea" — 9 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 2000 (1999) — Author "Most Significant Intelligence Breakthrough: Cryptanalysis" and "How Many Road to Richmond?" — 9 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 2007 (2007) — Author "In Review: Power at Sea (three volumes) — 8 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 2001 (2001) — Author "First Freeze of the Cold War" — 8 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 2006 (2006) — Author "In Review: In Command of History: Churchill Fighting and Writing the Second World War — 8 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 2007 (2007) — Author "The Perfect Failure" — 7 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 2009 (2009) — Author "Laos: The Road to Vietnam" and "In Review: Weller's War" — 7 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 2005 (2005) — Author "Ike, Ridgway, and Dien Bien Phu" — 6 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 2009 (2009) — Author "The Emperor's Tipping Point" — 5 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 2013 (2013) — Author "What World War I Generals Got Wrong", algumas edições — 2 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1951-01-09
- Data de falecimento
- 2022-11-29
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- New York, New York, USA
- Educação
- Columbia University (PhD|Political Science)
- Ocupações
- senior analyst
- Organizações
- Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations
Society for Military History
Association of Former Intelligence Officers
National Security Archive
Membros
Críticas
Listas
Prémios
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 32
- Also by
- 19
- Membros
- 1,247
- Popularidade
- #20,577
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Críticas
- 14
- ISBN
- 78
- Línguas
- 1
- Marcado como favorito
- 2
The meat and potatoes though is on the attempts to break out of the Bocage culminating in the Cobra Breakout and Falaise Pocket. An interesting detail was Prados' incorporation Ultra intelligence and it's value and limitations. Prados see's the Ultra intelligence more in its tactical than strategic value.
Prados discusses the various operations highlighting Operation Goodwood and Cobra but also discusses other breakout attempts and the various mechanical innovations especially on the Sherman Tanks to overcome the Bocage.
The book then winds up discussing the operations around the closing of the Falaise Gap, the mistakes and successes made by both the Germans and the Allies. The Germans failure to achieve breakout of the pocket sooner but ultimately having enough core leadership and troops escape to be able to reforge their forces albeit more thinly manned and armed and more brittle than earlier renditions of the Whermact. The same lack of commitment in closing the gap and better and clearer communication between Monty. Bradley and SHAEF, which contributed to a successful entrapment of but not a complete entrapment of the Wehrmact. In the end Prados distributes blame and credit fairly equally among all parties.
A worthy addition to the literature.… (mais)