02114nam a22002777a 4500003000400000005001700004008004100021020003000062040005900092100003100151245005400182260003500236300007100271336002100342337002500363338002300388490003100411504005100442505019400493520097200687521001001659541006801669546002001737650004801757830003101805OSt20251217105540.0251217b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780330420518 [paperback]  aUniversity of Cebu-BaniladcUniversity of Cebu-Banilad  aWhiting, Charles,eauthor.  aThe battle of hurtgen forest  /cCharles Whiting.  aLondon :bPan Books ; cc2003.  axiii, 290 pages :billustrations (black & white), maps ;c19.6 cm.  2rdacontentatext  2rdamediaaunmediated  2rdacarrieravolume  aPan grand strategy series.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  aContents: Introduction -- Part one: Into the green hell -- Part two: The death factory -- Part three: Dark December -- Part four: The race for the dams -- Epilogue -- Source notes -- Index.  a"From September 1944 to February '45, in the longest battle ever fought by the U.S. Army, division after division were sent into the Hurtgen Forest on the Belgian-German border. By the time the smoke cleared, nearly 30,000 GIs had been killed or wounded. Whiting makes it painfully clear that the battle of Hurtgen was unnecessary and had more to do with the maintenance of high-level reputations than strategic imperatives. He argues that Hurtgen was the forerunner of an attitude that became pervasive in Vietnam, where "generals were still throwing away the lives of their young soldiers with the same careless abandon." Whiting ( Bloody Aachen ) describes the battle with a sure hand; there is plenty of heroism on these pages, but little glory. As he points out, the only soldier of Hurtgen remembered today is "the one who ran away": Pvt. Eddie Slovik, the first American soldier executed for desertion since the Civil War. Photos." -- Provided by the publisher  aAdult  xLauron, RodelloyGeneral EducationzGeneral Education : History  aText in English  aHürtgen Forest, Battle of, Germany, 1944.  aPan grand strategy series.