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The Pentomic Army: The US Army and the Nuclear Battlefield of the 1950s-60s

By Robert F. Williams
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By Robert F. Williams
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Explores how a radical 1950s-60s reorganization aimed to fight in a nuclear battlefield through dispersed mobile units, technical weapons, and recruitment challenges.

In The Pentomic Army, Robert F. Williams explores the U.S. Army's radical 1956–1962 Pentomic transition, a desperate bid for relevance on the nuclear battlefield. Driven by Eisenhower's "New Look" strategy and intense inter-service rivalry for dwindling resources, the Army sought to transform and operate effectively in a future...