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Combat ready? : the Eighth U.S. Army on the eve of the Korean War /

"Historians and sliders have not been kind to either [General Douglas] MacArthur or the soldiers whom he placed in harm's way in the summer of 1950 ... This study seeks to redress the imbalance that exists between fact and interpretation. For too long historians and soldiers have roundly c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hanson, Thomas E., 1965- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station [Texas] : Texas A&M University Press, [2010]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ; no. 129.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Postwar or prewar Army?
  • The bumpy road from rhetoric to readiness
  • The 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division
  • The 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division
  • The 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division
  • The 8th Cavalry Regiment (Infantry), 1st Cavalry Division (Infantry)
  • Conclusions.