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  • Enduring Battle

    American Soldiers in Three Wars, 1776-1945

    Series series Modern War Studies
    Throughout history, battlefields have placed a soldier’s instinct for self-preservation in direct opposition to the army’s insistence that he do his duty and put himself in harm’s way. Enduring Battle looks beyond advances in weaponry to examine changes in warfare at the very personal level. Drawing on the combat experiences of American soldiers in three widely separated wars—the Revolution, the ... Leer más

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  • The Art of Maneuver

    Maneuver Warfare Theory and Airland Battle

    The Art of Maneuver shows how true maneuver-warfare theory has been applied in campaigns throughout history. With a genius for apt analogy the author shows how our obsession with fighting and winning set-piece battles causes us to overlook an enemy’s true vulnerabilities. But as low-intensity conflicts promise to become the dominant warfare of the future, the importance of maneuver in attacking an ... Leer más

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  • The Deadly Brotherhood

    The American Combat Soldier in World War II

    de John McManus ...
    In his book Men Against Fire, [historian S. L. A.] Marshall asserted that only 15 to 25 percent of American soldiers ever fired their weapons in combat in World War II. . . .Shooting at the enemy made a man part of the “team,” or “brotherhood.” There were, of course, many times when soldiers did not want to shoot, suchas at night when they did not want to give away a position or on reconnaissance ... Leer más

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  • The Art of Command

    Military Leadership from George Washington to Colin Powell

    Series series American Warriors Series
    What essential leadership lessons do we learn by distilling the actions and ideas of great military commanders such as George Washington, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Colin Powell? That is the fundamental question underlying The Art of Command: Military Leadership from George Washington to Colin Powell. The book illustrates that great leaders become great through conscious effort—a commitment not ... Leer más

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  • American Generalship

    Character Is Everything: The Art of Command

    de Edgar Puryear ...
    “What does it take to make a great general or a great leader in any field? . . . An excellent contribution to the study of leadership among those who make life-and-death decisions in the most challenging situations—one that could well serve as required reading in both military and business schools.”—Kirkus ReviewsThroughout his life, Edgar F. “Beau” Puryear has studied America’s top military ... Leer más

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  • The Boys' Crusade

    The American Infantry in Northwestern Europe, 1944-1945

    de Paul Fussell ...
    The Boys’ Crusade is the great historian Paul Fussell’s unflinching and unforgettable account of the American infantryman’s experiences in Europe during World War II. Based in part on the author’s own experiences, it provides a stirring narrative of what the war was actually like, from the point of view of the children—for children they were—who fought it. While dealing definitively with issues of ... Leer más

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  • Canadians Under Fire

    de Robert Engen ...
    Infantrymen have been the sledgehammer of land warfare throughout the twentieth century but precisely how they fought at the tactical level has been difficult to determine. American historian S.L.A. Marshall for instance famously claimed that most Allied soldiers would not fight at all even when their lives were at stake. ... Leer más

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  • Men Against Fire

    The Problem of Battle Command

    S.L.A. "Slam" Marshall was a veteran of World War I and a combat historian during World War II. He startled the military and civilian world in 1947 by announcing that, in an average infantry company, no more than one in four soldiers actually fired their weapons while in contact with the enemy. His contention was based on interviews he conducted immediately after combat in both the European and ... Leer más

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  • First to Fight

    An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps

    Series series Bluejacket Books
    In this riveting insider's chronicle, legendary Marine General Brute Krulak submits an unprecedented examination of U.S. Marines-their fights on the battlefield and off, their extraordinary esprit de corps. Deftly blending history with autobiography, action with analysis, and separating fact from fable, General Krulak touches the very essence of the Corps: what it means to be a Marine and the ... Leer más

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  • Union Infantryman vs Confederate Infantryman

    Eastern Theater 1861–65

    de Ron Field ...
    Series Libro 2 - Combat
    Men from all over North America and beyond – whether regulars, volunteers, or draftees – found themselves fighting for their lives on a host of bloody battlefields during the Civil War.The enthusiastic but largely inexperienced soldiers serving on both sides had to adapt quickly to the appalling realities of warfare in the industrial age. Author Ron Field, an authority on the Civil War, ... Leer más

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  • Gettysburg

    The Story of the Battle with Maps

    A unique visual account: "The hour-by-hour maps of the maneuvering and fighting provide the clearest cartographic picture of the battle in existence." —James M. McPherson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Battle Cry of FreedomIn this extraordinary book, seventy crystal-clear color maps and insightful text tell the hour-by-hour story of the three-day Battle of Gettysburg. Each map shows the same ... Leer más

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  • Warfighting

    de A.M. Gray ...
    Warfighting is an authentic American philosophy of action that will thrill the millions of fans of SunTzu's The Art of War and Musashi's The Book of Five Rings. This modern classic of strategy and philosophy is the quintessential guide to prevailing in competitive situations, be it war, work, play, or daily living.Sometimes life is war and sometimes business is war and sometimes you need to call ... Leer más

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