American soldiers : ground combat in the World Wars, Korea, and Vietnam /
A sobering chronicle of war as well as a tribute to soldiers' perseverance in the face of its horrors that draws upon soldiers' memoirs, psychological studies, and oral histories to show that - regardless of the enemy, terrain, training, or weaponry - combat soldiers' wartime experien...
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Lawrence :
University Press of Kansas,
[2003]
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| Series: | Modern war studies.
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Table of Contents:
- Rallying to the flag
- Environment of war
- Immersion in the environment
- Coping with the environment of war
- Comrades and country
- Failing to cope with the environment of war
- Joys of war
- Closing with the enemy
- Leadership in combat
- Dwellers beyond the environment of war
- Equal opportunity in the foxhole
- Conclusion: Don't expect too much from war
- Bibliography
- Index.