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...
| Main Author: | Dickson, Paul (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Atlantic Monthly Press,
2020.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: |
"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, less than a year after Pearl Harbor, the American army led the Allied invasion of North Africa, beginning the campaign that would defeat Germany, and the Navy and Marines were fully engaged with Japan in the Pacific. The story of America's astounding industrial mobilization during World War II has been told. But what has never been chronicled before is the extraordinary transformation of America's military from a disparate collection of camps with dilapidated equipment into a well-trained and spirited army ten times its prior size in little more than eighteen months."--Publisher's description. |
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| Item Description: |
Map on endpapers. |
| Physical Description: |
xvi, 432 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780802147677 0802147674 |
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