Title: Grunts : inside the American infantry combat experience, World War II through Iraq /
Authors: McManus, John C., 1965-
Publisher: NAL Caliber,
Year: 2010
Subjects: United States. History; United States. History; United States. History; United States. History; Combat History; Combat History
Abstract: Describes the history of the American soldier during four decades of warfare, from the Battle of the Bulge to counterinsurgency combat in Iraq.
Contents: Guam, July 1944 : amphibious combat against a self-destructive enemy -- Peleliu, September 1944 : amphibious combat against a clever, defensive-minded enemy -- Aachen, 1944 : knocking 'em all down on a politically unrestrained urban battlefield -- Scenes from the northern shoulder of the bulge : men against tanks and everything else -- Operation Masher/White wing : air mobility, attrition, and the big-unit grunts of Vietnam -- Counterinsurgency from the barrel of a gun : the marine combined action platoons -- Attrition and the tears of autumn : Dak To, November 1967 -- Eleven mikes and eleven bravos : infantry moments in the ultimate techno-war -- Grunts in the city : urban combat and politics : Fallujah, 2004 -- "Watch out for IEDs!" : twenty-first-century counterinsurgent warfare through the eyes of one infantry regiment in Iraq.