9780700615520 - the big red one: america's legendary 1st infantry division from world war i to desert storm (modern war studies) von wheeler, james scott (7 Ergebnisse)
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 594 pages. Tight binding, pages lightly yellowed; very good shape. The jacket has light creasing and wear. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Military History; ISBN/EAN: 9780700615520. Inventory No: 227611.
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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. First Printing [Stated]. xiv, 594 pages. Foreword by Paul H. Herbert. List of Maps. Illustrations. Notes. Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Minor edge soiling noted. Slightly cocked. Col. James Scott Wheeler, USA (Ret.), is a retired professor of history at t…he United States Military Academy. He is the author of several books, including The Big Red One: America's Legendary 1st Infantry Division from World War I to Desert Storm and The Irish and British War, 1637--1654: Triumph, Tragedy, and Failure. No mission too difficult, no sacrifice too great-Duty First! For almost a century, from the Western Front of World War I to the deserts of Iraq, this motto has spurred the soldiers who wear the shoulder patch bearing the Big Red One. In this first comprehensive history of America's 1st Infantry Division, James Scott Wheeler chronicles its major combat engagements and peacetime duties during its legendary service to the nation. The oldest continuously serving division in the U.S. Army, the Fighting First has consistently played a crucial role in America's foreign wars. It was the first American division to see combat and achieve victory in World War I and set the standard for discipline, training, endurance, and tactical innovation. One of the few intact divisions between the wars, it was the first army unit to train for amphibious warfare. During World War II, the First Division spearheaded the invasions of North Africa and Sicily before leading the Normandy invasion at Omaha Beach and fighting on through the Hurtgen Forest, the Battle of the Bulge, the Ruhr Pocket, and deep into Germany. By war's end, it had developed successful combined-arms, regimental combat teams and made advances in night operations. Wheeler describes the First Division's critical role in postwar Germany and as the only combat division in Europe during the early Cold War. After returning to the United States at Fort Riley, Kansas, the division fought valiantly in Vietnam for five trying years, successfully protecting Saigon from major infiltration along Highway 13 while pioneering air-mobile operations. It led the liberation of Kuwait in Desert Storm and kept an uneasy peace in Bosnia and Kosovo. Along the way, Wheeler illuminates the division's organizational evolution, its consistently remarkable commanders and leaders, and its equally remarkable soldiers. Meticulously detailed and engagingly written, The Big Red One nimbly combines historical narrative with astute analysis of the unit's successes and failures, so that its story reflects the larger chronicle of America's military experience over the past century.
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. First Printing [Stated]. xiv, 594 pages. Illustrations. Maps. Notes. Index. No dust jacket present. Minor soiling on bottom edge. Foreword by Paul H. Herbert. Includes a signed inscription on the fep from then Brigadier General now retired Major General David C. Petersen that reads: "8 May 2010 MR.… SECRETARY, THANKS FOR SPENDING TIME WITH US AT FORT RILEY AS WE CELEBRATE THE MONTH OF THE MILITARY SPOUSE. DUTY 1ST BG David C Petersen". Major General David C. Petersen became Mobilization Assistant to the Deputy Commander, United States Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. This was presented to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates [based on other books acquired from the same source at the same time which had Gates name in some of them.] Robert Gates served as the 22nd United States secretary of defense from 2006 to 2011. James Scott Wheeler is former commander of the 4th Battalion, 67th Armor, and senior military analyst to the commanding general of the U.S. Army in Europe. He is also the author of Making of a World Power: War and the Military Revolution in Seventeenth-Century England and Irish and British Wars, 1637-1654. "No mission too difficult, no sacrifice too great-Duty First!" For almost a century, from the Western Front of World War I to the deserts of Iraq, this motto has spurred the soldiers who wear the shoulder patch bearing the Big Red One. In this first comprehensive history of America's 1st Infantry Division, James Scott Wheeler chronicles its major combat engagements and peacetime duties during its legendary service to the nation. The oldest continuously serving division in the U.S. Army, the "Fighting First" has consistently played a crucial role in America's foreign wars. It was the first American division to see combat and achieve victory in World War I and set the standard for discipline, training, endurance, and tactical innovation. One of the few intact divisions between the wars, it was the first army unit to train for amphibious warfare. During World War II, the First Division spearheaded the invasions of North Africa and Sicily before leading the Normandy invasion at Omaha Beach and fighting on through the Hurtgen Forest, the Battle of the Bulge, the Ruhr Pocket, and deep into Germany. By war's end, it had developed successful combined-arms, regimental combat teams and made advances in night operations. Wheeler describes the First Division's critical role in postwar Germany and as the only combat division in Europe during the early Cold War. After returning to the United States at Fort Riley, Kansas, the division fought valiantly in Vietnam for five trying years, successfully protecting Saigon from major infiltration along Highway 13 while pioneering "air-mobile" operations. It led the liberation of Kuwait in Desert Storm and kept an uneasy peace in Bosnia and Kosovo. Along the way, Wheeler illuminates the division's organizational evolution, its consistently remarkable commanders and leaders, and its equally remarkable soldiers. Meticulously detailed and engagingly written, The Big Red One nimbly combines historical narrative with astute analysis of the unit's successes and failures, so that its story reflects the larger chronicle of America's military experience over the past century.
