The GI's War: American Soldiers in Europe During World War II

by Edwin P. Hoyt

Overview

The GI's War contains eyewitness accounts from ordinary young men, farm hands and factory workers, who had war thrust upon them and in the process became veteran soldiers. Their unsparing narratives, presented in their own words, capture the many emotions evoked by war. GIs and their commanding officers speak freely, and movingly, of becoming soldiers, of enduring the ordeals of the various campaigns, and of fightling for their lives and their country. Vividly personal and compelling, this book puts the reader on the front lines.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815410317
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	08/08/2000
Edition description:	1ST COOPER
Pages:	656
Product dimensions:	6.16(w) x 9.02(h) x 1.36(d)

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	vii
	Author's Note	xi
	Preface to the 2000 Edition	xiii
	Preface	xv
1	The Summer of 1940	1
2	Amateur Soldiers	16
3	Carolina Moon	26
4	The Way Overseas	37
5	To Verdant Shores	45
6	Over There...	60
7	Ready for the War	72
8	The Troops Go to War	82
9	Landings	96
10	Fighting the French	107
11	Against the Germans	125
12	Dubious Battle	133
13	Meanwhile...	141
14	Tunisia	148
15	Kasserine Pass	159
16	Allied Attacks	185
17	Interlude in Africa	199
18	On to Sicily	209
19	Sicily--II	222
20	The Morning of the Flies	229
21	Revving Up	238
22	Salerno	252
23	Anzio	266
24	Preparing for Invasion	283
25	"The Sky Is Full of Bodies"	306
26	Some Came by Sea	321
27	To the Shore	328
28	Omaha Beach	334
29	Utah Beach	372
30	D Day Goes On	377
31	Securing the Bridgehead	402
32	Breakout	428
33	Up from the South	458
34	On toward Paris	470
35	Push	483
36	Counteroffensive	519
37	The Last Days	556
	Notes	591
	Bibliography	599
	Subject Index	603
	Index of Names	613

Editorial Reviews

Fascinating....The reader will be riveted by the intimacy of the accounts and the honesty of the comments.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Hoyt adds breadth and depth to our understanding [and] uncovers a host of stories by common soldiers that are at times, amusing and enlightening; at times, horrifying and disgusting....[A] healthy corrective to official history.

Choice Reviews

Hoyt adds breadth and depth to our understanding [and] uncovers a host of stories by common soldiers that are at times, amusing and enlightening; at times, horrifying and disgusting....[A] healthy corrective to official history.

Choice

Fascinating....The reader will be riveted by the intimacy of the accounts and the honesty of the comments.--The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Hoyt adds breadth and depth to our understanding [and] uncovers a host of stories by common soldiers that are at times, amusing and enlightening; at times, horrifying and disgusting....[A] healthy corrective to official history.--CHOICE

Throughout this fast-paced narrative, Hoyt skillfully depicts how foot soldiers gradually evolved from an original state of confused ineptitude into disciplined warriors....Unblinkingly realistic and scrupulously unsentimental.--Publishers Weekly

From the Publisher

Hoyt adds breadth and depth to our understanding [and] uncovers a host of stories by common soldiers that are at times, amusing and enlightening; at times, horrifying and disgusting....[A] healthy corrective to official history.

CHOICE