Across the Face of France Liberation and Recovery, 1944-63

Häftad, Engelska, 1998

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This book describes aspects of the liberation of France in 1944. The author, who fought across France with the 134th Infantry, follows their approximate liberation route – from the Normandy beaches, Sainte-Mére Église, and Saint-Lô, through Orléans and Nancy, east to Sarreguemines and the Saar – and then revisits the towns ten and twenty years later. The book is not only a military history but a report on the social, economic, and political reconstruction of postwar France.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1998-12-31
Mått153 x 228 x 21 mm
Vikt450 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor252
FörlagPurdue University Press
ISBN9781557531445

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James A. Huston was a professor of history at Purdue University. He received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from Indiana University and his Ph.D. from New York University. A rifle-battalion operations officer with the 134th Infantry which fought in France in 1944-45, he also served with the Office of the Chief of Military History and the Office of the Chief of Army Field Forces, U.S. Army, and held the Ernest J. King Chair of Maritime History at the Naval War College, Newport, R.I. The author also wrote Combat History of the 134th Infantry, Biography of a Battalion, The Sinews of War: Army Logistics 1775-1953, and some fifty articles on military and foreign affairs.