Dogface Soldiers
Marco Büchl
Dogface Soldiers
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Dogface Soldiers is an interdisciplinary and image centered cultural history of the Army of the United States‘ infantry riflemen in the Mediterranean- and European Theaters of Operations of World War II. Its methods transcend the boundaries of conventional historiography and make use of Clifford Geertz’s anthropological method of thick description as well as military used comprehensive analysis methods.

Dogface Soldiers ist eine interdisziplinäre und bildbasierte Kulturgeschichte US-amerikanischer Infanterieschützen des europäischen Zweiten Weltkriegs. Methodisch werden konventionelle Grenzen der Histriogarpahie überschritten und Anleihen bei Clifford Geertz und seiner anthropologischen „Thick Description“, sowie bei comprehensive analysis-Modellen militärisch-operativer Provenienz genommen.

Language
English
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Preface
1 Introduction
Dogface soldiers
2 The American Way of War: socio-cultural and mass psychological dualisms between the U.S. and its military forces
2.1 Regulars – citizen soldiers
2.2 Conscription – volunteer service
2.3 Mobility – power
3 Between the wars: demobilization, isolationism and reactions to the crisis in Europe
4 From defensive to offensive planning
4.1 Political will: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
4.2 Grand design: George Catlett Marshall
4.3 Strategic conception: Albert Wedemeyer
4.4 Victory Program
5 The right way, the wrong way, the Army way
5.1 The draft
5.2 Mobilization of the Army of the United States within the framework of the Mobilization Training Program
Induction
Reporting for duty
Training
Field maneuvers
5.3 Army of the United States: vintage 1941/42
Demography of the Army of the United States
The Great Depression
Chickenshit
5.4 Overseas deployment
6 Digression: African Americans in the Army of the United States
6.1 Case study: Black Buffaloes – 92nd Infantry Division205F
6.2 Case study: manpower crisis 1944/45
7 The American occupation of Great Britain
7.1 Planning …
7.2 Realities
Gals
Piccadilly Commandos
Illegitimates
Wives
Allies
8 Dogface soldiers
8.1 On the front lines
When things got tough
8.2 Critical factor: topography
8.3 Catalyst: Bill Mauldin
Life
Cartooning
8.4 Journalistic connectionrelay: Stars and Stripes
8.5 Origin
North African Theater of Operations
Mediterranean Theater of Operations
9 Up Front … with Mauldin
9.1 Sicily: Bloody Ridge (October 17, 1943)
Strategic setting
Planning
Operations
Mule cavalry
Bloody Ridge
9.2 5-in-1s (December 11, 1943)
Rations
Field rations – combat rations
D
C
K
5-in-1 (U)
9.3 An excuse for cowardice (January 19, 1944)
NERVOUSSHELLCOMBATEXHAUSTIONFATIGUESHOCK
World War I
World War II
Old sergeants …
Good war stories
9.4 Cold injury, ground type (March 2, 1944)
Mediterranean Theater of Operations 1943/44
European Theater of Operations
9.5 Lili Marleen … (March 31, 1944)
Acquaintances
Song of a young soldier on guard duty
9.6 Italy: SHINGLE – a stranded whale (June 5, 1944)
Strategic setting
Planning
Operations
Anzio beachhead
9.7 A door that opens only one way (July 15, 1944)
Replacement system
Primary groups
Replacement realities
Front
Hauling ass
Dogface-ization
9.8 The shorn women (summer 1944)
The savage purification
Horizontal collaboration
The tondues
Sociological digression
Dear John
9.9 Northern France: a quartermaster’s purgatory (September 15, 1944)
OVERLORD
Dirty bush war589F
COBRA
LÜTTICH
Touring France with an army624F
Paris
… mouvement immédiat sur Paris!635F
… the most unforgettable day in the world641F
Delights of a night dedicated to Venus
A quartermaster’s purgatory
9.10 The brass
Inspirin’ (December 5, 1944)
Beautiful View (September 25, 1944)
Changes (November 23, 1944)
10 The greatest generation?
Culture
Genesis
The Sharp End
Significance
List of abbreviations
Bibliography
Sources
Country Guides
Operational documents
Literature
United States Army Command and General Staff College
United States Army Center of Military History
Monographies
Periodicals
Audio sources
Films
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