Grunts Inside the American Infantry Combat Experience, World War II Through Iraq

Name: Grunts Inside the American Infantry Combat Experience, World War II Through Iraq
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ISBN: 9780451233417

ISBN-10: 0451233417

ISBN-13: 9780451233417

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Authors: John C. McManus

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A renowned historian contends "that the American warrior, not technology, wins wars." (Patrick K. O'Donnell, author of Give Me Tomorrow) John C. McManus covers six decades of warfare in which the courage of American troops proved the crucial difference between victory and defeat. Based on years of archival research and personal interviews with veterans, Grunts demonstrates the vital, and too often forgotten, importance of the human element in protecting the American nation, and advances a passionate plea for fundamental change in our understanding of war.

Book details

List price: $17.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 8/2/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 544
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.98" long x 1.22" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Introduction: Facing Our Fears



Guam, July 1944: Amphibious Combat Against a Self-Destructive Enemy



Peleliu, September 1944: Amphibious Combat Against a Clever, Defensive-Minded Enemy



Aachen, 1944: Knocking 'Em All Down on a Politically Unrestrained Urban Battlefield



Scenes from the Northern Shoulder of the Bulge: Men Against Tanks and Everything Else



Operation Masher/White Wing: Air Mobility, Attrition, and the Big-Unit Grunts of Vietnam



Counterinsurgency from the Barrel of a Gun: The Marine Combined Action Platoons



Attrition and the Tears of Autumn: Dak To, November 1967



Eleven Mikes and Eleven Bravos: Infantry Moments in the Ultimate Techno-War



Grunts in the City: Urban Combat and Politics-Fallujah, 2004



ï¿½Watch Out for IEDs!ï¿½: Twenty-First-Century Counterinsurgent Warfare Through the Eyes of One Infantry Regiment in Iraq


Epilogue: A Plea for Change


Acknowledgments


Bibliography


Endnotes


Index