Michael E Weaver

Guard Wars

The 28th Infantry Division in World War II

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This absorbing and informative analysis chronicles the nation's response to the extreme demands of a world war, and the flexibility its leaders and soldiers displayed in the chaos of combat.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 164mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 661g
• ISBN-13: 9780253355218
• ISBN-10: 0253355214
• Artikelnr.: 29977077

Autorenporträt

Michael E. Weaver

Inhaltsangabe

List of Maps
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: Background and Issues
2. Relations with the Army and State Identity
3. Readiness and Training: 1939-1941
4. Peacetime Maneuvers: 1939-1941
5. The Pennsylvania National Guard and American Society
6. Social Class, Recruiting, and Ideology
7. The October Purge
8. Stateside Training: 1942-1943
9. Training in Wales: 1943-1944
10. From Normandy to the West Wall
11. Battle of the Hürtgen Forest: A Leadership Failure
12. Battle of the Bulge: Stubbornness and Flexibility
13. Winter Battles
14. Conclusion
Appendix 1: The Execution of Private Slovik
Appendix 2: The Reestablishment of the Pennsylvania National Guard
Notes
Bibliography
Index