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American Soldiers: Ground Combat in the World Wars, Korea, and Vietnam by Peter S. Kindsvatter (CD-Audio, 2010)

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Some warriors are drawn to the thrill of combat and find it the defining moment of their lives. Others fall victim to fear, exhaustion, impaired reasoning, and despair. This was certainly true for twentieth-century American ground troops. Whether embracing or being demoralized by war, these men risked their lives for causes larger than themselves with promise of safe return. Focusing on both soldiers and marines, Peter S. Kindsvatter draws on histories and memoirs, oral histories, psychological and sociological studies, and even fiction to show that their experiences remain fundamentally the same regardless of the enemy, terrain, training, or weaponry. Kindsvatter gets inside the minds of American soldiers to reveal what motivated them to serve and how they were turned into soldiers. He re-creates the physical and emotional aspects of war to tell how fighting men dealt with danger and hardship, and he explores the roles of comradeship, leadership, and the sustaining beliefs in cause and country. He also illuminates soldiers' attitudes toward the enemy, toward the rear echelon, and toward the home front. And he tells why some broke down under fire while others excelled. Here are the first tastes of battle, as when a green recruit reported that for the first time I realized that the people over the ridge wanted to kill me, while ather was befuddled by the unfamiliar sound of bullets whizzing overhead. Here are soldiers struggling to cope with war's stress by seeking solace from local women or simply smoking cigarettes. And here are tales of combat avoidance and fraggings t unique to Vietnam, of soldiers in Korea disgruntled over home-front indifference, and of the unique experiences of African American soldiers in the Jim Crow army. By capturing the core band of brothers experience across several generations of warfare, Kindsvatter celebrates the American soldier while helping us to better understand war's lethal reality-and why soldiers persevere in the face of its horrors.

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Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
ISBN-10
1400149509
ISBN-13
9781400149506
eBay Product ID (ePID)
103944101

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Author
Peter S. Kindsvatter
Format
CD, CD Standard Audio Format
Language
English

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Place of Publication
Old Saybrook, Ct
Running Time
1170
Narrator(s)
Joshua Swanson
Author Biography
Peter S. Kindsvatter served in the U.S. Army for twenty-one years and is now the Command Historian at the U.S. Army Ordnance Center and Schools, Aberdeen Proving Ground. Joshua Swanson is a five-time AudioFile Earphones Award winner, including for This Book Is Not Good for You by Pseudonymous Bosch and Testimony by Anita Shreve. He has narrated over one hundred books since 2007 and was named a Best Voice of 2010 for his work in the young adult genre by AudioFile magazine.
Out-Of-Print Date
04/02/2017
Date of Publication
27/09/2010
Subject
Military History
Edition Statement
Unabridged Library Ed
Imprint
Tantor Media, Inc
Country of Publication
United States

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