John Mosier is an American academic known for his work in English, film, and history. Mosier was formerly a professor of English at

Loyola University New Orleans Loyola University New Orleans is a Private university, private Jesuit university in New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana. Originally established as Loyola College in 1904, the institution was chartered as a university in 1912. It bears the name o ...

. Mosier received his

Ph.D. A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields. Because it is a ...

in 1968, from

Tulane University Tulane University, officially the Tulane University of Louisiana, is a private university, private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded as the Medical College of Louisiana in 1834 by seven young medical doctors, it turned into ...

. He completed his dissertation on the links between

poetry Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings i ...

and

historiography Historiography is the study of the methods of historians in developing history as an academic discipline, and by extension is any body of historical work on a particular subject. The historiography of a specific topic covers how historians ha ...

. Mosier is probably best known for his revisionist

military history Military history is the study of armed conflict in the history of humanity, and its impact on the societies, cultures and economies thereof, as well as the resulting changes to local and international relationships. Professional historians norma ...

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

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

, and only the arrival of the United States spared the Allies from military defeat and a negotiated peace with the Germans. In ''The Blitzkrieg Myth'', Mosier argues that the supposedly revolutionary concept of

blitzkrieg Blitzkrieg ( , ; from 'lightning' + 'war') is a word used to describe a surprise attack using a rapid, overwhelming force concentration that may consist of armored and motorized or mechanized infantry formations, together with close air su ...

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 theses remain controversial. In his 2010 book ''Deathride: Hitler vs. Stalin - The Eastern Front, 1941-1945,'' he posits that the Germans would surely have defeated the Soviets if not for the Allies, and that one of the Russians' problems is that they were "pathological liars".'''' He also published a military biography of

Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant ; April 27, 1822July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As Commanding General, he led the Union Ar ...

. 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. In addition to his books on military history, Mosier is a former film critic and serves on

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committees. He also works as writer and editor for publications such as the journal of the

Organization of American States The Organization of American States (OAS; es, Organización de los Estados Americanos, pt, Organização dos Estados Americanos, french: Organisation des États américains; ''OEA'') is an international organization that was founded on 30 April ...

Bibliography

* ''The Myth of the Great War: A New Military History of World War I'', Harper Perennial, 2002, paperback, 381 pages, * ''The Blitzkrieg Myth: How Hitler and the Allies Misread the Strategic Realities of World War II'' HarperCollins, 2003, hardcover, 400 pages, *''Cross of Iron: The Rise And Fall of the German War Machine, 1918-1945'', Henry Holt & Co, 2006, hardcover, 336 pages, * ''Grant'', Palgrave Macmillan, 2006, hardcover, 193 pages, *''Deathride: Hitler vs. Stalin - The Eastern Front, 1941-1945'', Simon & Schuster, 2010, hardcover, 480 pages, *''Verdun: The Lost History of the Most Important Battle of World War One, 1914-1918'', Dutton Caliber, 2014, ISBN 9780451414632

References

External links

Loyola University New Orleans English Department website
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