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Paul Dickson

The Rise of the G.I. Army, 1940-1941

The Forgotten Story of How America Forged a Powerful Army Before Pearl Harbor

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The dramatic, untold story of how the American Army was mobilized from scattered outposts two years before Pearl Harbor into the disciplined and mobile fighting force that helped win World War IIIn September 1939, when Nazi Germany invaded Poland and initiated World War II, a strong strain of isolationism existed in Congress and across the country. The U.S. Army stood at fewer than 200,000 men-unprepared to defend the country, much less carry the fight to Europe and the Far East. And yet, less than a year after Pearl Harbor, the American army led the Allied invasion of North Africa, beginning the campaign that would defeat Germany, and the Na… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-8021-4768-4
  • EAN: 9780802147684
  • Produktnummer: 31346274
  • Verlag: Grove Atlantic
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 25'878 KB

Über den Autor


Paul Dickson is the author of more than sixty nonfiction books, including Sputnik: The Shock of the Century and The Bonus Army: An American Epic (with Thomas B. Allen), and books on electronic warfare and war slang. He concentrates on writing about the American language, baseball, and 20th century history. He lives in Garrett Park, Maryland.

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