Nothing Less Than Full Victory: Americans at War in Europe, 1944-1945

by Edward G. Miller

Book Overview

At the onset of World War II, the U.S. Army was a third-rate ground force of 145,000 with some generals who still believed in the relevance of horse cavalry. Its soldiers were untrained, its doctrine out of date, and its weapons hopelessly obsolete. Four years later, the U.S. Army was engaged in a global war with a force of more than 8 million men armed with modern weapons and equipment. Nothing Less than Full Victory is the story of how American...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591144949
• ISBN13: 9781591144946
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.1" x 9.0"