Guard Wars – The 28th Infantry Division in World War II Weaver Hardback

Guard WarsThe 28th Infantry Division in World War II\nAuthor(s): Michael E. Weaver\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Indiana University Press, United States\nImprint: Indiana University Press\nISBN-13: 9780253355218, 978-0253355218\nSynopsis\nAn inventive study of relations between the National Guard and the Regular Army during World War II, Guard Wars follows the Pennsylvania National Guard's 28th Infantry Division from its peacetime status through training and into combat in Western Europe. The broader story, spanning the years [tel], sheds light on the National Guard, the [url] Army, and American identities and priorities during the war years. Michael E. Weaver carefully tracks the division's difficult transformation into a combat-ready unit and highlights General Omar Bradley's extraordinary capacity for leadershipwhich turned the Pennsylvanians from the least capable to one of the more capable units, a claim dearly tested in the Battle of the Hrtgen Forest. This absorbing and inform.