The rise of the G.I. Army 1940-1941 : the forgotten story of how America forged a powerful army before Pearl Harbor /

In September 1939, when Nazi Germany invaded Poland and initiated World War II, a strong strain of isolationism existed in Congress and across the country. The U.S. Army stood at fewer than 200,000 men, unprepared to defend the country, much less carry the fight to Europe and the Far East. And yet,...

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