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Guard Wars - 9780253355218

Un libro in lingua di Weaver Michael E. edito da Indiana Univ Pr, 2010

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This is the story of how a group of citizen-soldiers were transformed into an effective fighting unit during World War II. An ingenious study of the relations between the National Guard and the Regular Army, 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 from proud individuals from the Keystone State into a cohesive, combat-ready unit of the United States Army. Weaver highlights General Omar Bradley's extraordinary capacity for leadershipùwhich helped the Pennsylvanians become one of the Army's more capable units, a claim dearly tested in the Battle of the Hnrtgen Forest.

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

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