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  • EDITION:
    1st Edition
  • ISBN:
    0700607447
  • ISBN-13:
    9780700607440
  • PUB. DATE:
    September 1995
  • PUBLISHER:
    University Press of Kansas
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Closing with the Enemy: How GIs Fought the War in Europe, 1944-1945 / Edition 1 by Michael D. Doubler

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A Formidable Adversary...by Anonymous

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This work is rapidly becoming a military classic and that is hard to argue with. Doubler, a serving officer in the Army, was one of the first authors who have called into dispute many historians' critical assessments of the U.S. Army's performance in the ETO. In this volume, Doubler contends through many convincing arguments that the G.I.s were quick learners and adapted to whatever conditions (with...

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Closing with the Enemy

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  • Pub. Date: September 1995
  • Publisher: University Press of Kansas
  • Sales Rank: 394,842

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Closing with the Enemy reveals that, contrary to the popular view that U.S. troops prevailed in Europe during World War II simply because of a preponderance of material resources, American GIs actually learned, adapted, and innovated their way to victory.

Biography

Foster received an MA in Theater from the University of Michigan.