- Summary
- Looks at World War II in Europe, from D-Day to the fall of Berlin, from the perspective of the American infantry soldiers who fought, capturing the horrors and hardships of battle while dealing with issues of leadership, strategy, and tactics.
- Series
- Modern Library chronicles ; 14
Modern Library chronicles ; 14.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Fussell, Paul, 1924-2012, author.
- Published
- New York : Modern Library, [2003]
©2003
- Locale
- Western Front
United States
Western Front (World War (1939-1945))
- Edition
- 2003 Modern Library edition
- Contents
-
The boys crusaders
First time abroad
The fortitude secret
The boys and the French
An episode called Cobra
The boys hold our near Mortain
The lost opportunity at Falaise
One small-unit action
The haunted wood: Hurtgen forest
Replacements and infantry morale
Modes of dishonor
treatment of damaged bodies, alive and dead
The bulge
The Skorzeny affair
The Peiper affair
The end
The camps
Seriousness.
- Notes
-
"A Modern Library chronicles book."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-171) and index.
The boys crusaders -- First time abroad -- The fortitude secret -- The boys and the French -- An episode called Cobra -- The boys hold our near Mortain -- The lost opportunity at Falaise -- One small-unit action -- The haunted wood: Hurtgen forest -- Replacements and infantry morale -- Modes of dishonor -- treatment of damaged bodies, alive and dead -- The bulge -- The Skorzeny affair -- The Peiper affair -- The end -- The camps -- Seriousness.
