| Our Tortured Souls: The 29th Infantry Division in the Rhineland, November - December 1944 Contributor(s): Balkoski, Joseph (Author) |
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ISBN: 0811711692 ISBN-13: 9780811711692 Publisher: Stackpole Books OUR PRICE: $24.26 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii |
| Dewey: 940.542 |
| LCCN: 2012034669 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.1" W x 9" (1.10 lbs) 400 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Joseph Balkoski is the top living D-Day historian. --USA Today"Balkoski has fingertip command of his sources, and a sense of the dramatic that never loses touch with the brutal realities of combat." --Dennis Showalter, past president of the Society for Military History and author of Patton and RommelContinues Balkoski's acclaimed multivolume history of the U.S. 29th Infantry Division in World War IICovers the division's vital role in the U.S. Army's November offensive, which Gen. Omar Bradley hoped would get the Allies to the Rhine River by ChristmasA riveting story of heroism and tragedy, during which thousands of 29ers became casualties in a campaign that ultimately failed to end the warBalkoski blends meticulous research with masterful storytelling |