Men of war : the American soldier in combat at Bunker Hill, Gettysburg, and Iwo Jima
Record details
- ISBN: 0553805185
- ISBN: 9780553805185
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Physical Description:
x, 480 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, [2015]
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-453) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Bunker Hill, 1775. The battle ; The redoubt, part one ; The beach ; The rail fence ; The redoubt, part two ; The wounded and the dead ; Aftermath -- Gettysburg, 1863. Combat in the Civil War ; The machine breaks down: the reality of combat ; The battle ; Marching to Gettysburg ; Skirmishing ; Artillery versus artillery ; Artillery versus infantry ; Infantry versus infantry : the attack ; Infantry versus infantry : the defense ; The attack continues ; The critical moment ; Holding the line ; At close quarters ; Surrender ; The return to normal ; Sights, sounds, smells ; The dead ; The wounded -- Iwo Jima, 1945. The nature of the battle ; The strategy ; The battle ; The landing ; The beach ; The nights ; The madness in the method ; Understanding hearts and minds ; The method in the madness ; The Japanese defensive system ; Adapt or die ; Minefields and antitank weapons ; Spider traps and snipers ; Pillboxes, bunkers, blockhouses ; The caves ; Surrendering and prisoners ; After the battle -- The great red god. |
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Genre: | Military history. History. Case studies. |
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