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001 2006029067
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008 060831s2007 ksuabc b s001 0 eng
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020 $a9780700615087 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a0700615083 (cloth : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aD756.5.A7$bW56 2007
082 00 $a940.54/219348092273$222
100 1 $aWinton, Harold R.,$d1942-
245 10 $aCorps commanders of the Bulge :$bsix American generals and victory in the Ardennes /$cHarold R. Winton ; foreword by Dennis Showalter.
260 $aLawrence, Kan. :$bUniversity Press of Kansas,$cc2007.
300 $axxiii, 504 p. :$bill., maps, ports. ;$c25 cm.
440 0 $aModern war studies
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 365-474) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Prologue. Toward an American philosophy of command ; The making of six corps commanders ; The coming of the Bulge -- Phase I: German initiative in action. The Germans attack, the Allies react ; V Corps halts the German Schwerpunkt ; VIII Corps slows the flood ; XVIII (Airborne) Corps stands in the breach ; III, XII, and VII Corps prepare for battle -- Phase II: initiative in flux. The struggle for initiative: tension in the Allied camp ; III, VIII, and XII Corps fight for initiative in the south ; XVIII (Airborne), VII, and V Corps fight for initiative in the north -- Phase III: American initiative in action. Closing the Bulge: more tension in the Allied camp ; VII, XVIII (Airborne), and V Corps close the Bulge from the north ; VIII, III, and XII Corps close the Bulge from the south -- Epilogue. Conclusions and epilogue.
650 0 $aArdennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945.
650 0 $aGenerals$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aLeadership$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aCommand of troops$xHistory$y20th century.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0620/2006029067.html