John Mosier

John Mosier

John Mosier is an American academic known for his work in English, film, and history.

Mosier received his Ph.D. in 1968, from Tulane University. He completed his dissertation on the links between poetry and historiography.

Mosier is probably best known for his revisionist military history books. These books "The Myth of the Great War: A New Military History of World War I " and "The Blitzkrieg Myth: How Hitler and the Allies Misread the Strategic Realities of World War II". In each of these books, Mosier challenges the current views held in regard to these conflicts. In "The Myth of the Great War", Mosier argues that Germany was winning the First World War, and only the arrival of the United States allowed the Allies to win. In "The Blitzkrieg Myth", Mosier argues that the supposedly revolutionary concept of blitzkrieg has been overrated and that most of the victories on both sides were the result of conventional military tactics. Both of these books and their thesis remain controversial. He also recently published a military biography of Ulysses S. Grant. The book was revisionist in method; however, his thesis focused on the more traditional view that Grant was a genius. This deviates from Mosier's previous revisionist tendencies for he supported a view, from Grant's own day, that is hagiographical in nature.

Mosier is currently a professor of English at Loyola University New Orleans. In addition to his books on military history, Mosier serves on Cannes Film Festival committees, and works as writer and editor for publications such as the journal of the Organization of American States.

John Mosier Bibliography

* "The Myth of the Great War: A New Military History of World War I", John Mosier, Perennial, 2002, paperback, 381 pages, ISBN 0-06-008433-2
* "The Blitzkrieg Myth: How Hitler and the Allies Misread the Strategic Realities of World War II", John Mosier, HarperCollins, 2003, hardcover, 400 pages, ISBN 0-06-000976-4
* "Cross of Iron: The Rise And Fall of the German War Machine, 1918-1945", John Mosier, Henry Holt & Co, 2006, hardcover, 336 pages, ISBN 0-8050-7577-1, To be released in May 2006
* "Grant", John Mosier, Palgrave Macmillan, 2006, hardcover, 193 pages, ISBN 1-4039-7136-6

External links

* [http://cas.loyno.edu/english/facultyandstaff.html Loyola University New Orleans English Department website]


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