The boys' crusade : the American infantry in Northwestern Europe, 1944-1945 / Paul Fussell.

Author/creator Fussell, Paul
Format Book
EditionModern Library pbk. ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Modern Library, 2005.
Description184 pages ; 21 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
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Subjects
United States. Army. Infantry--History. --20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns. --Western Front.
World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories. --United States.

SeriesModern Library chronicles ; 14
Modern Library chronicles ; 14. ^A461092
Contents Boy Crusaders -- First time abroad -- Fortitude secret -- Boys and the French -- Episode called Cobra -- The Boys who hold out near Mortain -- Lost opportunity at Falaise -- One small-unit action -- Haunted wood: Hurtgen Forest -- Replacements and infantry morale -- Modes of dishonor -- Treatment of damaged bones, alive and dead -- The Bulge -- The Skorzenzy Affair -- The Peiper Affair -- The End -- The Camps -- Seriousness -- Sources -- Index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [167]-171) and index.
LCCN 2006271069
ISBN0812974883 (pbk.)
ISBN9780812974881 (pbk.)