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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Oklahoma Press
ISBN-100806132809
ISBN-139780806132808
eBay Product ID (ePID)1717173
Product Key Features
Book TitleMen Against Fire : the Problem of Battle Command
Number of Pages224 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMilitary / Strategy, Military / United States, Military / World War I, Social Psychology
Publication Year2000
IllustratorYes
GenrePsychology, History
AuthorS. L. A. Marshall
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight9.3 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN00-037397
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal355.3/3041
SynopsisS.L.A. "Slam" Marshall was a veteran of World War I and a combat historian during World War II. He startled the military and civilian world in 1947 by announcing that, in an average infantry company, no more than one in four soldiers actually fired their weapons while in contact with the enemy. His contention was based on interviews he conducted immediately after combat in both the European and Pacific theaters of World War II. To remedy the gunfire imbalance he proposed changes to infantry training designed to ensure that American soldiers in future wars brought more fire upon the enemy. His studies during the Korean War showed that the ratio of fire and more than doubled since World War II.