The First Infantry Division And The U S Army Transformed
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The First Infantry Division And The U S Army Transformed
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Author : Gregory Fontenot
language : en
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Release Date : 2017-06-30
The First Infantry Division And The U S Army Transformed written by Gregory Fontenot and has been published by University of Missouri Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-30 with History categories.
This fast-paced and compelling read closes a significant gap in the historiography of the late Cold War U.S. Army and is crucial for understanding the current situation in the Middle East. From the author's introduction: “My purpose is a narrative history of the 1st Infantry Division from 1970 through the Operation Desert Storm celebration held 4th of July 1991. This story is an account of the revolutionary changes in the late Cold War. The Army that overran Saddam Hussein’s Legions in four days was the product of important changes stimulated both by social changes and institutional reform. The 1st Infantry Division reflected benefits of those changes, despite its low priority for troops and material. The Division was not an elite formation, but rather excelled in the context of the Army as an institution.” This book begins with a preface by Gordon R. Sullivan, General, USA, Retired. In twelve chapters, author Gregory Fontenot explains the history of the 1st infantry Division from 1970 to 1991. In doing so, his fast-paced narrative includes elements to expand the knowledge of non-military readers. These elements include a glossary, a key to abbreviations, maps, nearly two dozen photographs, and thorough bibliography. The First infantry Division and the U.S. Army Transformed: Road to Victory in Desert Storm is published with support from the First Division Museum at Cantigny.
Army Transformation A View From The U S Army War College
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Release Date :
Army Transformation A View From The U S Army War College written by and has been published by DIANE Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Military planning categories.
No Sacrifice Too Great
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Author : Gregory Fontenot
language : en
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Release Date : 2023-06-21
No Sacrifice Too Great written by Gregory Fontenot and has been published by University of Missouri Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-21 with History categories.
Winner of the 2023 Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award for Unit History The U.S. 1st Infantry Division (1st ID), familiarly known as the Big Red One, adapted to dynamic battlefield conditions throughout the course of its deployment during World War II by innovating and altering behavior, including tactics, techniques, and procedures. Both the Division’s leaders and soldiers accomplished this by thinking critically about their experiences in combat and wasting little time in putting lessons learned to good use. Simply put, they learned on the job—in battle and after battle—and did so quickly. In telling the Division’s WWII story, which includes an extensive photographic essay featuring many previously unpublished images, Gregory Fontenot includes the stories of individual members of the Big Red One, from high-ranking officers to enlisted men fresh off the streets of Brooklyn, both during and after the conflict. Colonel Fontenot’s rare ability to combine expert analysis with compelling narrative history makes No Sacrifice Too Great an absorbing read for anyone interested in the military history of the United States.
Chasing The Shadow
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Author : Steven L. Ossad
language : en
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Release Date : 2024-12-20
Chasing The Shadow written by Steven L. Ossad and has been published by University of Missouri Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-12-20 with History categories.
The life of David “Mickey” Marcus has become the stuff of legends and myths (even fantasy), conspiracy, wild exaggeration, and untethered embellishment. The image of Marcus cast by the character portrayed by Kirk Douglas in the film version of his life still dominates most evocations of the man, for good or ill. And these days, reactions to the book or film rest mostly on the current headlines rather than the historical context of the struggle in which Marcus died, or the events that cast him as a real-life player in an event marked by destiny. Chasing the Shadow: Mickey Marcus’s 200 Days of Destiny is the first comprehensive and balanced biography of David Daniel “Mickey” Marcus, a founder of American Civil Affairs and Military Government doctrine and practice and a seminal figure in early Israeli military history. Far from merely a tribute to Mickey Marcus's legacy, Ossad’s work serves as a critical tool for understanding the realities of mid-20th-century warfare in a Postwar colonial struggle and the dynamics of U.S.-Israeli military and political relations in 1948, the critical year for Israel’s struggle for independence. Indeed, Chasing the Shadow is a valuable read for those interested in Middle East history, Jewish military history, and a fascinating character whose story is told in an engaging, informative, and insightful narrative.
No Average Day
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Author : Rona Simmons
language : en
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Release Date : 2024-10-24
No Average Day written by Rona Simmons and has been published by University of Missouri Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-10-24 with History categories.
On Tuesday, October 24, 1944, nearly three years after the United States entered World War II, over 2,600 Americans perished—more than on any other single day of the conflict—yet the day remains overshadowed by more widely remembered dates in WWII history. Drawing from the accounts of men from diverse backgrounds who served in the U.S. Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Corps, Rona Simmons offers a gripping retelling of the fateful day, hour by hour and incident by incident. The book begins with Army Private First Class Paul Miller’s demise in a prisoner of war camp and ends with the death of Navy Seaman Second Class Wanza E. Matthews after the Japanese submarine I-56 attacked his ship off New Guinea. The sinking of the Japanese “hellship” Arisan Maru—a lesser-known tragedy of the war—looms large, deftly interwoven through each part of the narrative. Perhaps the most compelling aspect of No Average Day is its attention to the human side of conflict, telling the stories of ordinary individuals—clerks, radio operators, cooks, sailors, machinist mates, riflemen, and pilots and their air crews—as they grapple with the horrors of the war. Despite its narrow focus, or perhaps because of it, No Average Day reveals the vastness of World War II through a consideration of the largely overlooked events that unfolded on what, for members of the US Armed Forces, was its deadliest day.
Patton S War
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Author : Kevin M. Hymel
language : en
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Release Date : 2023-04-07
Patton S War written by Kevin M. Hymel and has been published by University of Missouri Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-07 with History categories.
Winner of the 2023 Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award for Biography This second of three volumes of Patton’s War picks up where the first one left off, examining General George S. Patton’s leadership of the U.S. Third Army. The book follows Patton’s contributions to both the Normandy and Brittany campaigns—the closing of the Falaise Pocket in Normandy, and racing to the port cities in Brittany. It ends with Patton and his corps rescuing the besieged town of Bastogne in the Battle of the Bulge. As he did in the preceding volume, Hymel relies not only on Patton’s diaries and letters, but countless veteran interviews, surveys, and memoirs. He also provides a unique insight missed by previous Patton scholars. Instead of using Patton’s transcribed diaries, which were heavily edited and embellished, he consults Patton’s original, hand-written diaries to uncover previously unknown information about the general. This second volume of Hymel’s groundbreaking work shows Patton at the height of his generalship, successfully leading his army without the mistakes and caustic behavior that almost got him sent home earlier—even if we also see a Patton still guided at times by racism and antisemitism.
Transformation Of The 2nd Brigade 25th Infantry Division L To A Stryker Brigade Combat Team In Hawai I
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Transformation Of The 2nd Brigade 25th Infantry Division L To A Stryker Brigade Combat Team In Hawai I written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with categories.
Patton S War
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Author : Kevin M. Hymel
language : en
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Release Date : 2021-11-01
Patton S War written by Kevin M. Hymel and has been published by University of Missouri Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-01 with History categories.
George S. Patton Jr. lived an exciting life in war and peace, but he is best remembered for his World War II battlefield exploits. Patton’s War: An American General’s Combat Leadership: November 1942–July 1944, the first of three volumes, follows the general from the beaches of Morocco to the fields of France, right before the birth of Third Army on the continent. In highly engaging fashion, Kevin Hymel uncovers new facts and challenges long-held beliefs about the mercurial Patton, not only examining his relationships with his superiors and fellow generals and colonels, but also with the soldiers of all ranks whom he led. Using new sources unavailable to previous historians and through extensive research of soldiers’ memoirs and interviews, Hymel adds a new dimension to the telling of Patton’s WWII story.
Lessons Unlearned
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Author : Pat Proctor
language : en
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Release Date : 2020-03-09
Lessons Unlearned written by Pat Proctor and has been published by University of Missouri Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-09 with History categories.
Colonel Pat Proctor’s long overdue critique of the Army’s preparation and outlook in the all-volunteer era focuses on a national security issue that continues to vex in the twenty-first century: Has the Army lost its ability to win strategically by focusing on fighting conventional battles against peer enemies? Or can it adapt to deal with the greater complexity of counterinsurgent and information-age warfare? In this blunt critique of the senior leadership of the U.S. Army, Proctor contends that after the fall of the Soviet Union, the U.S. Army stubbornly refused to reshape itself in response to the new strategic reality, a decision that saw it struggle through one low-intensity conflict after another—some inconclusive, some tragic—in the 1980s and 1990s, and leaving it largely unprepared when it found itself engaged—seemingly forever—in wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The first book-length study to connect the failures of these wars to America’s disastrous performance in the war on terror, Proctor’s work serves as an attempt to convince Army leaders to avoid repeating the same mistakes.
Patton
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Author : J. Furman Daniel
language : en
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Release Date : 2020-04-03
Patton written by J. Furman Daniel and has been published by University of Missouri Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-03 with History categories.
General George S. Patton Jr. is one of the most successful yet misunderstood figures in American military history. Despite the many books and articles written about him, none considers in depth how his love of history shaped the course of his life. In this thematic biography, Furman Daniel traces Patton’s obsession with history and argues that it informed and contributed to many of his successes, both on and off the battlefield. Patton deliberately cultivated the image of himself as a warrior from ages past; the more interesting truth is that he was an exceptionally dedicated student of history. He was a hard worker and voracious reader who gave a great deal of thought to how military history might inform his endeavors. Most scholars have overlooked this element of Patton’s character, which Daniel argues is essential to understanding the man’s genius.