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inside the American infantry combat experience, World War II through Iraq
viii, 518 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, plans ; 24 cm.
Describes the history of the American soldier during four decades of warfare, from the Battle of the Bulge to counterinsurgency combat in Iraq.
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 -- "Watch out for IEDs!" : twenty-first-century counterinsurgent warfare through the eyes of one infantry regiment in Iraq.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-458) and index.
Given in memory of Mr. Joseph "Joe" Byrd '69 by Mr. & Mrs. Johnny Carl Falco; October 2010.