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12%OFFSanders Marble - Scraping the Barrel: The Military Use of Substandard Manpower, 1860-1960 - 9780823239788 - V9780823239788
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Scraping the Barrel: The Military Use of Substandard Manpower, 1860-1960

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Description for Scraping the Barrel: The Military Use of Substandard Manpower, 1860-1960 Paperback. From the dawn of organized conflict, sub-standard men--the inverse of the elites that get the lion's share of our attention-- have served their countries. This is their untold history. OR The untold story of the use of sub-standard men in militaries, from the American Civil War to the dawn of the Cold War Editor(s): Marble, Sanders. Num Pages: 372 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBW; TTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.

It is a truism that history is written by the victors, and perhaps this is doubly so of military history, where the tendency is to relate the biggest battles, the most victorious and heroic deeds, the very best (or worst) of men. This book stands as a corrective to this belief.
Scraping the Barrel covers ten cases of armies’ using substandard manpower in wars from 1860 to the 1960s. Dennis Showalter and André Lambelet look at the changing standards in Germany and France leading up to World War I, while Peter Simkins chronicles what happened with the “Bantams,” special ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
Number of Pages
372
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780823239788
SKU
V9780823239788
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About Sanders Marble
Sanders Marble is a historian for the U.S. Army Medical Command. He has written a variety of works about World War I and military medicine.

Reviews for Scraping the Barrel: The Military Use of Substandard Manpower, 1860-1960
Marble does us a great service by reminding us of the value of an inclusive military manpower policy. As a former Director of the Selective Service System I am all to aware of the cost of excluding men and women from military service. While on the face of it some excluded groups may not do as well as the ... Read more

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