Pogue's war : diaries of a WWII combat historian /

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"With a foreword by Stephen Ambrose and a preface by Franklin D. Anderson Forrest Pogue (1912-1996) was undoubtedly one of the greatest World War II combat historians. Born and educated in Kentucky, he is perhaps best known for his definitive four-volume biography of General George C. Marshall....

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Pogue, Forrest C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©2001.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Pogue, Forrest C. > Diaries.
Pogue, Forrest C.
1939 - 1945
Military historians > United States > Diaries.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Western Front.
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Campagnes et batailles > Front occidental.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
HISTORY > Military > Veterans.
Military campaigns
Military historians
Tweede Wereldoorlog.
Krijgsgeschiedenis (wetenschap)
Guerre mondiale (1939-1945) > Campagnes et batailles > Front occidental > Récits personnels américains.
Soldat
Weltkrieg > 1939-1945
Erlebnisbericht
United States
Western Front (World War (1939-1945))
USA
diaries.
autobiographies (literary works)
Personal narratives
Autobiographies
Diaries
Personal narratives > American
Autobiographies.
Diaries.
Personal narratives.
Journaux intimes.
Récits personnels.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • London in the spring of 1944
  • We learn top secrets or we are bigoted
  • Waiting in Cornwall
  • Crossing the Channel one day late
  • The Lieutenant John Spaulding interview
  • First days in the field
  • First interviews in the field
  • The last weeks of June
  • Writing history for a change
  • The breakout at Saint-Lô
  • Restless days at the rear
  • Liberated Paris
  • Last Days in Normandy
  • Watching Paris come to life
  • Opinion and politics in liberated Paris
  • Return to the field
  • The deadly forest
  • The North flank of the bulge
  • Regaining lost ground
  • Battle for the dam
  • The close-up to the Rhine
  • Chasing the armor across Germany
  • Another form of German culture: Buchenwald
  • A non-sober history of the meeting with the Russians
  • Pilzen on VE-Day.

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