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Death Ground: Today's American Infantry in Battle
by Daniel P. Bolger
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0891416714
- ISBN 13
- 9780891416715
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Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Hardcover edition, with dust jacket, published by Presidio Press, 1999. An insider's view of the American infantry and the tactics used in battle. No copyright data listed, presumed first printing. 358 pages with Index, Notes, illustrated throughout with charts, photos, and maps. Dust jacket is intact and is not price clipped. Boards are flat and the corners are not bumped or creased. Former owner's name was written on the fore edge of the text block - and then blacked out with sharpie - so there is a large black spot on the edge of the text block. Not a remainder, not a library discard. No writing on the text pages. Attached photo is of the copy we have in our inventory.
Synopsis
Daniel P. Bolger currently serves as Chief of Staff of the 2d Infantry Division in Korea. His previous assignments include duty as J-5 (Director Strategy & Analysis) in U.S. Joint Forces Command in Norfolk, Virginia; command of the 2d Brigade, 2d Infantry Division in Korea; duty as G-3 (operations officer) and Infantry battalion commander with the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky; an earlier assignment as a major with an Infantry battalion in Korea with the 2d Infantry Division; and service from platoon leader through rifle company commander with the 24th Infantry Division, then at Ft. Stewart, Georgia. A graduate of the U.S. Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania and the U.S. Army Command & General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Bolger also taught at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York. He holds a doctorate in history from the University of Chicago. Presidio Press has also published his books Dragons at War ; Americans at War ; Savage Peace; the Battle for Hunger Hill ; and the military novel Feast of Bones .
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- Bookseller
- Hopkins Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21-862
- Title
- Death Ground: Today's American Infantry in Battle
- Author
- Daniel P. Bolger
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0891416714
- ISBN 13
- 9780891416715
- Publisher
- Presidio Press
- Place of Publication
- Novato, Ca
- Date Published
- 1999
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military;
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