Format:
Book
Author:
McManus, John C., 1965-
Title:
Grunts : inside the American infantry combat experience, World War II through Iraq / John C. McManus.
Publisher, Date:
New York, N.Y. : NAL Caliber/New American Library, c2010.
Description:
viii, 518 p., [16] p. of plates ; ill., maps, plans ; 24 cm.
Summary:
Describes the history of the American soldier during four decades of warfare, from the Battle of the Bulge to counterinsurgency combat in Iraq.
Subjects:
United States. Army. Infantry -- History -- 20th century.
United States. Army. Infantry -- History -- 21st century.
United States. Marine Corps -- History -- 20th century.
United States. Marine Corps -- History -- 21st century.
Combat -- History -- 20th century.
Combat -- History -- 21st century.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
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/Whitewing : airmobility, 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.
Web Site:
Contributor biographical information Web Link
LCCN:
2010009828
ISBN:
9780451227904
0451227905
9780451233417 (paperback)
Other Number:
462902005
System Availability:
5
Current Holds:
0
Control Number:
661903
Call Number:
356/.1140973
Course Reserves:
0
# System items in:
5