Название: The Rise of the G.I. Army, 1940-1941: The Forgotten Story of How America Forged a Powerful Army Before Pearl Harbor
Автор: Paul Dickson
Издательство: Atlantic Monthly Press
ISBN: 0802147674
Год: 2020
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 416
Размер: 8,9 МБ
Язык: Английский
In September 1939, when Nazi Germany invaded Poland and initiated World War II, a strong strain of isolationism existed in Congress and across the country. The U.S. Army stood at fewer than 200,000 men―unprepared to defend the country, much less carry the fight to Europe and the Far East.