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America's Forgotten Army: The True Story of the U.S. Seventh Army in WWII - And An Unknown Battle that Changed History (Mass Market Paperback)

~ Charles Whiting (Author) "THE great deception had started innocently enough, far away from the scene of the bloody battle to come..." (more)
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"The U.S. Seventh Army has never had a volume devoted to thoroughly documenting its actions in WWII. Charles Whiting rights that wrong." --Publishers Weekly
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"The U.S. Seventh Army has never had a volume devoted to thoroughly documenting its actions in WWII. Charles Whiting rights that wrong." --Publishers Weekly

Product Details

  • Mass Market Paperback: 272 pages
  • Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks (February 15, 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0312976550
  • ISBN-13: 978-0312976552
  • Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.2 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5.4 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #800,569 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Standard lackluster read from Whiting, June 19, 2006
By Mannie Liscum (Columbia, MO United States) - See all my reviews
  
As a historical writer Charles Whiting, in the parlance of our favored American pastime, is a solid hitter with a decent average of ground-rule doubles and an occasional triple with little evidence of a power stoke. Fortunately, "America's Forgotten Army: The Story of the U.S. Seventh" keeps up Whiting's average but does nothing to suggest a reader will see him hit one 'out of the park'. The title and subtitle alone suggest something more impressive than the reader gets. Whiting is certainly a prolific writer but maybe he should concentrate more on quality than quantity. Like so many of his books "America's Forgotten Army" is quite mediocre in its presentation, in this case leading to little improvement on the 'forgotten' nature of the Seventh's time in WWII (as suggested by the subtitle). As is also common of Whiting's works, he doesn't really do justice to the previous literature. For example, Whiting fails completely to utilize "Riviera to the Rhine", the official US Army history of Sixth Army group in the ETO, as a source of information. Whiting's minimal use of previous works also tends to leave the reader feeling as if Whiting is truly telling "the story of the Seventh" for the first time...don't be fooled. Aside from the official US Army accounts there are others, including one that uses essentially the same subtitle: "Destination Berchtesgaden: The story of the United States Seventh Army in World War II" by John F. Turner, published in 1975!! The conspicuous lack of reference to other secondary sources, and virtual absence of primary source works, is a common theme with Whiting's works. As such it is hard to see where he is contributing to the historical base other than rehashing 'old' stories. Fortunately for those of us happy to see important stories of WWII out in the public eye, Whiting has reached the popular press and viewing public, more so than earlier sources covering the same topics (that Whiting neglects to cite).

If you've never read anything about the Seventh US Army in WWII, "America's Forgotten Army" might be a good read for you, but be very aware that Whiting's accounts are not the first, nor the best. If the readers' interests are piqued she/he should search out some of these previous works. All in all, "America's Forgotten Army" is a 3 star effort (2 stars for historical content, 3.5 stars for readability).
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good history of little known WW2 campaigns with 2 flaws, October 30, 1999
By William B Murray (Escondido, CA USA) - See all my reviews
Charles Whiting has written an excellent,readable history of a very important segment of WWII in Europe that the press,the public and even many historians neglected. The book has only 2 flaws but they are major:In dividing the book into campaigns both in the Table of Contents and the Chapter headings , the Invasion of Southern France and the Vosges Mountain Attack are shown with dates in 1943! Obviously they took place in 1944 after the June 6 D-Day Invasion in Normandy.

The author deserves better than this. Either his editor or proof reader should be fired. I hope the 2nd edition corrects this.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book., December 13, 2008
Why don't they have books like THIS in classrooms?

Instead they make kids read horrible pieces of crud like Jane Eyre and The Cay. How is a teenaged boy supposed to connect with that?

Enter books like this.
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I recently learned the author was my uncle's commanding officer during WWII and this book follows my uncle's war experiences. Read more
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