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Review �From the frozen spine of the Colorado Rockies to the icy steeps of Riva Ridge in Italy, Maurice Isserman skillfully tracks the birth of the 10th Mountain Division and its harrowing World War II battles. The Winter Army is a fitting tribute to the high-altitude soldiers who fought with more courage than oxygen.��Mark Obmascik, author of The Storm on Our Shores �Compelling and readable, this is how a unit history should be written. Isserman has shed long overdue light on the remarkable 10th Mountain Division, an elite unit full of fascinating personalities, many of whom almost seem like characters from a fast-paced adventure novel. I had serious trouble putting this book down.��John C. McManus, author of Fire and Fortitude and The Dead and Those About to Die � �You won�t find any U.S. Army division history better than this one. Maurice Isserman�s superbly crafted account of this wild and completely unique military organization is gripping, masterful, and moving. A must-read for anyone with even the slightest interest in military history.���Flint Whitlock, co-auther of�Soldiers on Skis ��As the son of a 10th Mountain trooper, I consider The Winter Army�essential reading�for anyone interested in this fascinating history. With great attention to detail and depth of research, Maurice Isserman brings a new, more personal perspective to the story of the division during World War II, allowing me to get to know, as young men, the veterans I�ve known for many years.��Stephen Coffey, Immediate Past President, 10th Mountain Division Descendants, Inc.� �A solid military history focused on an elite division that made its mark in the final stages of World War II.��Kirkus Reviews �Drawing from letters sent by 10th Mountain Division soldiers to family and friends back home, Isserman provides frontline views of such famous battles as Riva Ridge and Mt. Belvedere, and relates how the unit�s veterans took part in the postwar rise of the American ski industry. The result is an entertaining, well-sourced blend of military and sports history.��Publishers Weekly �Isserman has created a fascinating study of this branch of specialized American soldiers during WWII, a bit of military history that will be of interest to WII buffs and readers who have been on the slopes or gazed in wonder at mountains' majesty.��Booklist �A masterwork� the work of a master craftsman.��Vail Daily Read more About the Author MAURICE ISSERMAN, Ph.D., is the Publius Virgilius Rogers Professor of American History at Hamilton College, where he teaches U.S. history, including the history of mountaineering. A former Fulbright grant winner, his prize-winning books include Fallen Giants (co-authored with Stewart Weaver, which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and winner of the Banff Mountain Book Festival Award for best mountaineering history, the National Outdoor Book Award for best history, and the Andrew Eiseman Writers Award), The Other America (recipient of a Choice magazine Outstanding Academic Book Award), and Cronkite�s War (co-authored with Walter Cronkite IV). He has written for the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, the Christian Science Monitor, Newsday, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the American Historical Review, as well as numerous academic journals and contributed volumes. He lives in Clinton, New York. Read more
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