
An inventive study of relations between the National Guard and the Regular Army during World War II, Guard Wars follows the Pennsylvania National Guard's 28th Infantry Division from its peacetime status through training and into combat in Western Europe. The broader story, spanning the years 1939--1945, sheds light on the National Guard, the U.S. Army, and American identities and priorities during...
Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: Indiana University Press (October 29, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0253355214
ASIN: B005DIBP9Y
Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.1 x 9 inches
Amazon Rank: 15566384
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Scholarly, thorough, and well researched. I liked and enjoyed much of this book. As a member of the NG, I wanted to learn more about the Guard and it's history. This book was very helpful. If was a little dry and the author seemed to go off on rabbit...
ars. Michael E. Weaver carefully tracks the division's difficult transformation into a combat-ready unit and highlights General Omar Bradley's extraordinary capacity for leadership -- which turned the Pennsylvanians from the least capable to one of the more capable units, a claim dearly tested in the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest. This absorbing and informative analysis chronicles the nation's response to the extreme demands of a world war, and the flexibility its leaders and soldiers displayed in the chaos of combat.