Format:
Online-Ressource (409 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9780870210662
Content:
The Purge of the Thirtieth Division by Major General Henry Dozier Russell is the only known written work by any of the eighteen National Guard division commanders mobilized in1940 and 1941. It chronicles from a National Guard perspective many of the challenges and growing pains experienced by the Army in the critical months leading up to its entry into World War II. Through Russell, the reader gains insight into the vast cultural differences between the Regular Army and the National Guard at the time.Russell's memoir offer an invaluable source of a commander's first-hand account of how his div
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Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Editor's Introduction; Introduction; 1. Straws in the Wind; 2. War Days at Fort Jackson; 3. The Tennessee Maneuvers; 4. Back at Fort Jackson; 5. The Carolina Maneuvers; 6. The Beginning of the End; 7. The Trial; 8. In Washington; 9. After Us; 10. Where Do We Go from Here?; Appendix; Notes; Index; About the Authors
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780870210747
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780870210662
Additional Edition:
Print version The Purge of the Thirtieth Division
Language:
English
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