American soldiers
Subtitle: ground combat in the World Wars, Korea, and Vietnam
By: Peter S. Kindsvatter ; foreword by Russell F. Weigley.
Series: Modern war studies
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Lawrence
Language: eng
Number of pages: 432
Subjects: United States. Army. Infantry -- History -- 20th century.; United States. Marine Corps -- History -- 20th century.; Combat -- History -- 20th century.
Description: A sobering chronicle of war as well as a tribute to soldiers' perseverance in the face of its horrors that draws upon soldiers' memoirs, psychological studies, and oral histories to show that - regardless of the enemy, terrain, training, or weaponry - combat soldiers' wartime experiences remain fundamentally the same. Publisher Fact Sheet. Annotation. Kindsvatter takes readers inside the minds of soldiers from World War I through Vietnam, revealing what motivated them to serve, how they dealt with danger and hardship, the roles of comradeship, leadership, and belief in cause and country. The study uses memoirs, oral histories, psychological studies, and fiction to show that the wartime experiences of American soldiers are essentially the same regardless of enemy, terrain, training, weaponry, or era.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 405-420) and index.