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ISBN 13 | 9781515100331 |
ISBN 10 | 1515100332 |
Author | George F Howe |
Language | English |
Book Description | (Includes maps) The history of initial actions in a war contains lessons of special value for the professional soldier and for all students of military problems. Northwest Africa abounds in such lessons, for it covers the first massive commitments of |
About the Author | George F. Howe, a graduate of the University of Vermont, received the Ph. D. degree in History from Harvard University in 1930. He was a member of the faculty of the University of Cincinnati from 1926 to 1945. In 1932-33 he studied and traveled in England, France, and the Mediterranean area as a Fellow of the Social Science Research Council. In 1945 he became a staff member of the Historical Branch, G-2, War Department. Until 1952 he was writing the present volume as a member of the Mediterranean Theater Section, Office of the Chief of Military History. He then became Defense Historian, Department of the Interior. He is now Historian with the Department of Defense. Dr. Howe is the author of a biography of Chester Alan Arthur, of a General History of the United States Since 1865, and of The Battle History of the First Armored Division. |
Publication Date | 16 July 2015 |
Number of Pages | 800 pages |
Northwest Africa: Seizing the Initiative in the West