The Deadly Brotherhood by John Macmanus

The Deadly Brotherhood by John Macmanus

In his book Men Against Fire, historian S. L. A. Marshall asserted that only 15 to 25 percent of American soldiers ever fired their weapons in combat in World War II. . . .
Shooting at the enemy made a man part of the "team," or "brotherhood." There were, of course, many times when soldiers did not want to shoot, such
as at night when they did not want to give away a position or on reconnaissance patrols. But, in the main, no combat soldier in his right mind would have deliberately sought to go through the entire ear without ever firing his weapon, because he would have been excluded from the brotherhood but also because it would have been detrimental to his own survival. One of rifle company commander Harold Leinbaugh's NCOs summed it up best when discussing Marshall- "Did the SOB think we
clubbed the Germans to death?"

John C.McManus is an award-winning academic, author, and military historian who is regarded as a prominent authority on the history of American battle. He is a Curators' Distinguished Professor of United States History. He teaches military history at Missouri University of Science and Technology and is currently a resident at the United States Army War College. As the Leo A. Naval Academy, The Shifrin Chair of Naval and Military History is named after the Shifrin family.

Grunts, September Hope, and The Dead and Those About to Die are among his critically regarded World War Two works. Dutton Caliber will publish his next book, Fire and Fortitude: The American Army in the Pacific War, 1941-1943, in July 2019.

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ISBN 13	9780891418238
ISBN 10	0891418237
Title	The Deadly Brotherhood
Author	John Macmanus
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Presidio Press
Year published	2003-08-26
Number of pages	416
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