{"product_id":"tank-driver-9780253014979","title":"Tank Driver","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe author was a teenager when he was sent overseas to drive a Sherman tank into combat to face the desperate German counterattack known as the Battle of the Bulge. He gives a riveting account of the shifting tides of battle and the final Allied breakout. This book tells the story of a young man's combat initiation in World War II.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e[A] well-balanced, often moving look at one man's war and every man's war.\u003c\/p\u003e * World War II *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Maps\u003cbr\u003eForeword by Spencer C. Tucker\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e1. The Army Beckons\u003cbr\u003e2. Basic Training at Camp Roberts\u003cbr\u003e3. ASTP at the University of Oregon\u003cbr\u003e4. Camp Cooke\u003cbr\u003e5. Going Abroad\u003cbr\u003e6. England\u003cbr\u003e7. Forced March across Northern France\u003cbr\u003e8. Entry into Battle\u003cbr\u003e9. The Ambush at Noville\u003cbr\u003e10. First and Second Drives to the Rhine\u003cbr\u003e11. Bloody Easter\u003cbr\u003e12. Bayreuth to Grafenwohr\u003cbr\u003e13. Release of Concentration Camp Prisoners\u003cbr\u003e14. Fierce Battle for the City of Regen\u003cbr\u003e15. The Intensity of the Drive Continues\u003cbr\u003e16. Mauthausen, Gusen I and Gusen II\u003cbr\u003e17. Mass Surrender and Death March\u003cbr\u003e18. Adjusting to Peacetime\u003cbr\u003e19. Waiting to Go Home\u003cbr\u003e20. Belgium Remembers: Fiftieth Anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge\u003cbr\u003e21. Belgium Revisited, May 2000: Belgian Memorial Day\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400544100695,"sku":"9780253014979","price":15.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253014979.jpg?v=1730470943","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/tank-driver-9780253014979","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}