Pershing's Tankers : Personal Accounts of the AEF Tank Corps in World War I /

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"In Pershing's Tankers, Lawrence M. Kaplan compiles 47 official personal experience reports, 27 unofficial accounts, and six letters written by George Patton to his family to provide insight into the human dimension of US tank operations in World War I. These narratives vary in size, scope...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Wilson, Dale, 1951- (writer of foreword.), Kaplan, Lawrence M. (Lawrence Martin), 1954- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
United States. > Army. > Tank Corps.
United States. > Army. > Tank Corps > History.
Tank warfare.
HISTORY > Military > World War I.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
World War, 1914-1918 > Europe > Tank warfare.
World War, 1914-1918 > Europe > Personal narratives, American.
Europe.
Recits personnels.
Personal narratives.
Personal narratives > American.
History.
Personal Narrative
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"In Pershing's Tankers, Lawrence M. Kaplan compiles 47 official personal experience reports, 27 unofficial accounts, and six letters written by George Patton to his family to provide insight into the human dimension of US tank operations in World War I. These narratives vary in size, scope and depth, and cover a range of topics, including the organizing, training, combat operations, and equipping of the Tank Corps. Kaplan offers accounts from a broad cross-section of men from senior leaders down to the platoon level"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (312 pages).
ISBN:9780813176062

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