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Author:

McManus, John C., 1965-

Title:

Grunts : inside the American infantry combat experience, World War II through Iraq / John C. McManus.

Publisher:

New American Library,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

viii, 518 p. ; ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

United States.--Infantry--Infantry--History--20th century.
United States.--Infantry--Infantry--History--21st century.
United States.--Marine Corps--History--20th century.
United States.--Marine Corps--History--21st century.
Combat--History--20th century.
Combat--History--21st century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [451]-458) and index.

Contents:

Guam, July 1944 : amphibious combat against a self destructive enemy -- Peleliu, September 1944 : amphibious combat against a clever, defensive-minded enemy -- Aachen, 1944 : knocking 'em all down on a politically unrestrained urban battlefield -- Scenes from the northern shoulder of the bulge : men against tanks and everything else -- Operation Masher/White wing : air mobility, attrition, and the big unit grunts of Vietnam -- Counterinsurgency from the barrel of a gun : the marine combined action platoons -- Attrition and the tears of autumn : Dak To, November, 1967 -- Eleven mikes and eleven bravos : infantry moments in the ultimate techno-war -- Grunts in the city : urban combat and politics-Fallujah, 2004 -- "Watch out for IEDs!" : twenty-first century counterinsurgent warfare through the eyes of one infantry regiment in Iraq.

ISBN:

0451227905
9780451227904

OCLC:

(OCoLC)462902005

LCCN:

2010009828

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Des Moines)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)