American courage, American carnage : the 7th infantry regiment's combat experience, 1812 through world war II / John C. Mcmanus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McManus, John C., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (644 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Columbia, Missouri : University of Missouri Press, [2009]

Summary:

Only one U.S.Army regiment, the 7th Infantry, has served in every war from 1812 through the present day.In this reissuance of his classic American Courage, American Carnage: 7th Infantry Chronicles 1812 Through World War II , noted military historian and best-selling author John C McManus tells the first part of the 7th's amazing story,.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Maps

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. The Beginning of the Regiment: The Battle of New Orleans

Chapter 2. "Thirty Years of Peace": The Life of the Soldier in the Antebellum Years

Chapter 3. Assault Troops Without Peer: The Mexican War

Chapter 4. Reclaimed Honor: The Civil War

Chapter 5. Instruments of Manifest Destiny: The Final Frontier Years

Chapter 6. First Fight on Overseas Shores: The Spanish-American War

Chapter 7. The Cottonbalers' First Modern War: World War I

Chapter 8. The Greatest War, World War II: Operation Torch Through Rome

Chapter 9. The Greatest War, World War II: Riviera to Berchtesgaden

Notes

Select Bibliography

Index of Military Units

Index of Subjects and Persons.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780826275158

082627515X

OCLC:

1512597712