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"This case study enhances our understanding of how the U.S. Army in peace time trains and prepares for war. Hanson makes a convincing case for reevaluating the combat readiness of the Eighth Army in 1950. America's shortcoming in the opening months of the Korean War cannot be blamed simply on occupation soldiers who had gone soft serving in Japan."--G. Kurt Piehler, founding director, Rutgers Oral History Archives of World War II and director of the Center for the Study of War and Society
(G. Kurt Piehler Founding Director, Rutgers Orah History archives of World War II)". . . the author has brought together a wealth of previously unexplored sources and documentation to tell a compelling story, one that to a considerable degree refutes the dominant scholarly interpretation of what happened (or didn't happen) to the Eighth Army prior to the outbreak of the Korean War."--Theodore A. Wilson, University of Kansas, author of WW2: Readings on Critical Issues
(Theodore A. Wilson University of Kansas)“An admirably coherent and insightful study of the U.S. Eighth Army before it plunged into the maelstrom of the Korean War. Thomas Hanson’s history is meticulous, balanced, and highly relevant.”—Rick Atkinson, author of An Army at Dawn and The Day of Battle
(Rick Atkinson author of An Army at Dawn and The Day of Battle)“By digging deep into little-used primary sources, Thomas Hanson makes a compelling argument for overturning the long-standing portrait of the Eighth Army in June 1950 as a poorly trained force softened by the pleasures of occupation duty. This book is revisionism of the best sort and an important contribution to the history of the U.S. Army.”—William M. Donnelly, author of Under Army Orders: The Army National Guard during the Korean War
(William M. Donnelly author of Under Army Orders: The Army National Guard during the Korean War)"Hanson overturns the pervasive myth that the U.S. soldiers committed to Korea in the summer of 1950 were occupation troops unfit for combat. Bolstered by extensive research, Combat Ready is a most thorough and comprehensive study of the pre-war Army, its training and preparations for war, and its strategic victory over the North Korean forces."--Brian McAllister Linn, professor of history and Claudius M. Easley Jr., Faculty Fellow Department of History
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