Guard Wars

Informationen zum Autor Michael E. Weaver Klappentext This absorbing and informative analysis chronicles the nation's response to the extreme demands of a world war, and the flexibility its leaders and soldiers displayed in the chaos of combat. Zusammenfassung Transforming citizen-soldiers into an effective combat unit Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Maps Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Background and Issues 2. Relations with the Army and State Identity 3. Readiness and Training: 1939-1941 4. Peacetime Maneuvers: 1939-1941 5. The Pennsylvania National Guard and American Society 6. Social Class, Recruiting, and Ideology 7. The October Purge 8. Stateside Training: 1942-1943 9. Training in Wales: 1943-1944 10. From Normandy to the West Wall 11. Battle of the Hürtgen Forest: A Leadership Failure 12. Battle of the Bulge: Stubbornness and Flexibility 13. Winter Battles 14. Conclusion Appendix 1: The Execution of Private Slovik Appendix 2: The Reestablishment of the Pennsylvania National Guard Notes Bibliography Index

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Michael E. Weaver

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This absorbing and informative analysis chronicles the nation's response to the extreme demands of a world war, and the flexibility its leaders and soldiers displayed in the chaos of combat.

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Transforming citizen-soldiers into an effective combat unit

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List of Maps
Acknowledgments

1. Introduction: Background and Issues
2. Relations with the Army and State Identity
3. Readiness and Training: 193941
4. Peacetime Maneuvers: 193941
5. The Pennsylvania National Guard and American Society
6. Social Class, Recruiting, and Ideology
7. The October Purge
8. Stateside Training: 194243
9. Training in Wales: 194344
10. From Normandy to the West Wall
11. Battle of the Htgen Forest: A Leadership Failure
12. Battle of the Bulge: Stubbornness and Flexibility
13. Winter Battles
14. Conclusion
    Appendix 1: The Execution of Private Slovik
    Appendix 2: The Reestablishment of the Pennsylvania National Guard
    Notes
    Bibliography
    Index