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| Title: | Battle at Best
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| Author: | S L A Marshall |
| ISBN: | 8181580915 : 9788181580917 |
| Illustrations: | b/w illus |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 140x215mm |
| Pages: | 257 |
| Weight: | .488 Kg. |
| Published: | Natraj Publishers - August 2007 |
| List Price: | 16.95 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Theory of warfare & military science |
S L A Marshall is justly famous for his unique method of battle analysis. In "Battle at Best" he applies this method of the assessment of data gleaned from on-the-spot interviews with the troops themselves -- to eight critical actions of World War II and Korea. Taken together, these battles illustrate the infinite variety of combat experience and reveal new truths about soldiers under fire. From the Korean War, General Marshall highlights the role of Easy Company in the attack on Hill 180 ("Fix Bayonets and Follow Me") and two phases of the 1st Marine Division experience during the Chosin Reservoir operation. From World War II comes the title, the fight against overwhelming odds of one platoon of the 101st Airborne Division at Best, Holland and, most movingly, the self-sacrifice of Private Joe Mann. Also included is an account of the 29th Infantry Division at Omaha Beach, two stories of Pacific combat and, finally, a surprising view of the liberation of Paris-and of Ernest Hemingway who participated.
Battle at Best; First Wave at Omaha Beach; "Fix Bayonets and Follow Me!"; Last Barrier; The Fight on Saki Night; The Affair at the Pigpen; When Papa Took Paris; Index.
