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Black '41: The West Point Class of 1941 and the American Triumph in World War II - Softcover

Yenne, Bill

 
9780803234147: Black '41: The West Point Class of 1941 and the American Triumph in World War II
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0803234147 ISBN 13: 9780803234147
Verlag: Bison Books, 2010

Inhaltsangabe

Black ’41 opens with the arrival of the class of 1941 at the gates of West Point in the spring of 1937. It follows that class—nicknamed “Black ’41” for their misdeeds while at the Academy—over the course of the next four years, as they absorb the lessons that will help them become military leaders. Their cadet days provide the backdrop for the ominous events in a world headed toward war.
 
It would be a war, as Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson underscored in his commencement address to the class in June 1941, that “may fall, in large measure, upon your shoulders.” The U.S. Army into which those new graduating second lieutenants were commissioned in 1941 was in many ways a holdover from the army of an earlier era, with plenty of cavalry but without a single armored division. Black ’41 became a key part of the new army, quickly transitioning to a mechanized force and growing its air arm. By the time of the major Pacific and European action, Black ’41’s officers were captains and majors, and leading soldiers into some of the critical fighting in the war.
 
Told largely through the words of the graduates, Black ’41 is the coming-of-age story of West Point’s finest, during the hour of our country’s greatest need.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Bill Yenne is the author of more than three dozen books on historical topics, including Aces High: The Heroic Saga of the Two Top-Scoring American Aces of World War II and Operation Cobra and the Great Offensive, and has been a contributor to encyclopedias on both world wars. He lives in San Francisco. Brigadier General Michael J. L. Greene (U.S. Army, retired) is a former president of the USMA Class of 1941.

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Verlag
Bison Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2010
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0803234147
ISBN 13 
9780803234147
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
388
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