Once Upon a Time in War: The 99th Division in World War II - Couverture souple

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Humphrey, Robert E.

 
9780806144542: Once Upon a Time in War: The 99th Division in World War II
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ISBN 10 : 0806144548 ISBN 13 : 9780806144542
Editeur : University of Oklahoma Press, 2014

Synopsis

For the soldier on the front lines of World War II, a lifetime of terror and suffering could be crammed into a few horrific hours of combat. This was especially true for members of the 99th Infantry Division who repelled the Germans in the Battle of the Bulge and engaged in some of the most dramatic, hard-fought actions of the war.

Once Upon a Time in War presents a stirring view of combat from the perspective of the common soldier. Author Robert E. Humphrey personally retraced the path of the 99th through Belgium and Germany and conducted extensive interviews with more than three hundred surviving veterans.

When Humphrey discovered that many 99ers had gone to their graves without telling their stories, he set about to honor their service and coax recollections from survivors. The memories recounted here, many of them painful and long repressed, are remarkable for their clarity. These narratives, seamlessly woven to create a collective biography, offer a gritty reenactment of World War II from the enlisted man's point of view.

Although focused on a single division, Once Upon a Time in War captures the experiences of all American GIs who fought in Europe. For readers captivated by Band of Brothers, this book offers an often tragic, sometimes heartwarming, but always compelling read.

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À propos de l'auteur

Robert E. Humphrey is Professor of Communication Studies at California State University, Sacramento. He has published numerous articles in The Checkerboard, the newspaper for the 99th Infantry Division, and is author of Children of Fantasy: The First Rebels of Greenwich Village, 1910-1920.

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Éditeur
University of Oklahoma Press
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0806144548
ISBN 13 
9780806144542
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
376
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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9780806139463: Once Upon a Time in War: The 99th Division in World War II

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ISBN 10 :  0806139463 ISBN 13 :  9780806139463
Editeur : University of Oklahoma Press, 2008
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