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To: truedog who wrote (4624)	10/26/1999 5:00:00 PM
From: Henry Volquardsen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6418

TD, I'm far from proud of the Soviet Union, as I said at a couple of points I detest communism and the Soviet state. But when analyzing history it is important to learn the proper lessons. I am going to respond to Merritt's earlier post about the strategic air war but let me make one observation here. During WWII we began to sell ourselves on the notion that air power can win wars largely by itself. This notion grew in the post war years and contributed greatly to the poor policy decisions of the Viet Nam War. We have not weaned ourselves of this message as we continue to be fed images of video game warfare by the Pentagon. My point about WWII is not to glorify the Soviet Union. It is to analyze what really happened so we can make better decisions in the future. As to a bibliography. As a base start with the American Heritage New History of World War II by Stephen E Ambrose. Almost anything written by Ambrose is good. But to really get behind conventional wisdom and explode some myths try Dirty Little Secrets of World War II by James F Dunnigan and Albert A Nofi. You need a basic knowledge before you hit the Dunnigan book. Henry