The rise of the G.I. Army 1940-1941 : the forgotten story of how America forged a powerful army before Pearl Harbor
by Dickson, Paul (Author)
Summary
"In September 1939, when Nazi Germany invaded Poland and initiated World War II, a strong strain of isolationism existed in Congress and across the country. The U.S. Army stood at fewer than 200,000 men--unprepared to defend the country, much less carry the fight to Europe and the Far East. And yet,... Full description
- Prologue
- A rude awakening
- The Tree Army to the rescue
- A "phoney" war abroad and a mock war at home
- For the want of a nail
- "Your number came up": the 1940 peacetime draft
- Assembling the new army: "The blind leading the blind"
- The Battle of Tennessee and the "Yoo-Hoo" incident
- "Over the hill in October": Treason, sabotage, and the vote
- Stagecraft: The extraordinary preparations for the war in Louisiana
- The Battle of the Bayous
- Promotion and purge
- The Carolinas: The final scrimmage
- December 7, 1941
- "Little Libya", Irish maneuvers, and Operation Torch
- Victory laps: V-E, V-J, and
- later
- The Double V.