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The Boys' Crusade: The American Infantry in Northwestern Europe, 1944-1945 (Modern Library Chronicles)
de Paul Fussell
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0812974883
- ISBN 13
- 9780812974881
- Librería
-
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Modern Library. Used - Very Good. 2005. Paperback. Cloth, dj. Slight shelf-wear. Very Good. (Subject: Military History & Exploration).
Sinopsis
The Boys' Crusade is the great historian Paul Fussell's unflinching and unforgettable account of the American infantryman's experiences in Europe during World War II. Based in part on the author's own experiences, it provides a stirring narrative of what the war was actually like, from the point of view of the children--for children they were--who fought it. While dealing definitively with issues of strategy, leadership, context, and tactics, Fussell has an additional purpose: to tear away the veil of feel-good mythology that so often obscures and sanitizes war's brutal essence. "A chronicle should deal with nothing but the truth," Fussell writes in his Preface. Accord-ingly, he eschews every kind of sentimentalism, focusing instead on the raw action and human emotion triggered by the intimacy, horror, and intense sorrows of war, and honestly addressing the errors, waste, fear, misery, and resentments that plagued both sides. In the vast literature on World War II, The Boys' Crusade stands wholly apart. Fussell's profoundly honest portrayal of these boy soldiers underscores their bravery even as it deepens our awareness of their experiences. This book is both a tribute to their noble service and a valuable lesson for future generations.From the Hardcover edition.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Powell's Bookstores Chicago
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- SON000046011
- Título
- The Boys' Crusade: The American Infantry in Northwestern Europe, 1944-1945 (Modern Library Chronicles)
- Autor
- Paul Fussell
- Estado del libro
- Used - Very Good
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0812974883
- ISBN 13
- 9780812974881
- Editorial
- Modern Library
- Lugar de publicación
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Primera fecha de publicación de esta edición
- September 13, 2005
Términos de venta
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Sobre el vendedor
Powell's Bookstores Chicago
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Chicago, Illinois
Sobre Powell's Bookstores Chicago
Used, rare and out-of-print titles, specializing in academic and scholarly books. Independent bookstores in Chicago since 1970
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- Cloth
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