Bill Yenne

Black '41

The West Point Class of 1941 and the American Triumph in World War II

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published: New York: Wiley, 1991.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Nebraska Medical Center
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 217mm x 140mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 535g
• ISBN-13: 9780803234147
• ISBN-10: 0803234147
• Artikelnr.: 29929155

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue: Rites of Passage
1. You're in the Army Now
2. Duty, Honor, West Point
3. Reporting for Duty
4. Infamy
5. In the Philippines
6. Awakening the Giant
7. A Grand Strategy
8. Striking Back at the Empire
9. Crusade in Europe
10. The Battle of the Bulge
11. Victory in Europe
12. The Final Victory
13. Between the Wars
14. Korea
15. The Good Years
16. Vietnam
17. Retirement and Reflection
Epilogue: The Brothers
Appendix A: Directory of the USMA Class of 1941
Appendix B: US Army Organization in World War II
Appendix C: US Army Organization in the Korean War
Appendix D: Decorations Awarded to Members of the Class of 1941 during
World War II and the Korean War
Bibliography
Index