Guard Wars: The 28th Infantry Division in World War II - Hardcover

Weaver, Michael E

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0253355214 ISBN 13: 9780253355218

Verlag: Indiana University Press (IPS), 2010

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Book by Weaver Michael E

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Micheal E. Weaver's Guard Wars does a fine job of bringing the Twenty-Eighth Infantry Division to life. * H-Net Reviews Humanities and Social Sciences * Overall, Guard Wars is an excellent addition to any World War II library. The book is a study in preparedness, and many of its lessons are relevant today. Fall 2011 * Journal of Army History * Weaver has written an excellent account of the Pennsylvania National Guard's role in the European campaign. He has also demonstrated that there is still much important work to be done on the U.S. Army's participation in the 'good war.'April 2011 * The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography * Weaver has written an absorbing book that includes fascinating details about the pre-war National Guard, its relations with the Regular Army, and the uncomfortable amalgamation of the two caused by the national emergency. Weaver's research is wide-ranging and his writing skill is admirable; his analyses and conclusions are all reasonable and supported by the evidence he presents. * The Journal of America's Military Past *

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An inventive study of relations between the National Guard and the Regular Army during World War II, Guard Wars follows the Pennsylvania National Guard's 28th Infantry Division from its peacetime status through training and into combat in Western Europe. The broader story, spanning the years 1939-1945, sheds light on the National Guard, the U.S. Army, and American identities and priorities during the war years. Michael E. Weaver carefully tracks the division's difficult transformation into a combat-ready unit and highlights General Omar Bradley's extraordinary capacity for leadership-which turned the Pennsylvanians from the least capable to one of the more capable units, a claim dearly tested in the Battle of the Hurtgen Forest. 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.

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• Verlag: Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0253355214
• ISBN 13: 9780253355218
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 382