Kent Roberts Greenfield (1893–1967)

A series of four essays relating to the methods and matter of the USA's Army's WWII history series. There was no separate Air Force in those days so the Air Corps history is also discussed. But these essays deal with the scope of the larger work, and then an essay about a small action demonstrating the detail in which the USA's records can reduce the fog of war, if a description of a small action is called for, the overall goals in WWII, relating to the narrow interests of the Army, the way in which the experience of WWII changed the army's organization and finally, general observations about the larger role of the army in WWII.
Though a slim volume there is a lot of information here for the historian and histologist.… (mais)

A good collection of photographs designed in part to provide examples of the many pieces of military hardware deployed by the US army in WWII, specifically in North Africa and Italy in 1943 to 1945. The captions are often beyond simple descriptions, and those of landscapes are increasingly valuable as modern developments now obscure the sites photographed. I understand that the kingdom of the Netherlands terraformed the ridge where the battle of Waterloo took place, causing the Duke of Wellington to mourn that the battlefield had been altered. While the resulting monument was attractive, he said future explanation of the battle would be considerably obscured by visiting the site. In part this is an attempt to counteract that tendency.… (mais)