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020			_a9780330420518 [paperback]
040			_aUniversity of Cebu-Banilad _cUniversity of Cebu-Banilad
100			_aWhiting, Charles, _eauthor.
245			_aThe battle of hurtgen forest / _cCharles Whiting.
260			_aLondon : _bPan Books ; _cc2003.
300			_axiii, 290 pages : _billustrations (black & white), maps ; _c19.6 cm.
336			_2rdacontent _atext
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume
490			_aPan grand strategy series.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_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.
520			_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
521			_aAdult
541			_xLauron, Rodello _yGeneral Education _zGeneral Education : History
546			_aText in English
650			_aHürtgen Forest, Battle of, Germany, 1944.
830			_aPan grand strategy series.
942			_2ddc _cBK
998			_cGian [new] _d12/17/2025
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