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"A thoroughly revised and updated edition of the book first published by UPK in 2007. What's new: Wheeler brings the history of the division up to date. The new chapters cover the peacekeeping missions in the Balkans (1995-2004) and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (2001-2017). All of the earlier chapters have been edited to reduce their length by roughly 1500-2000 words each. The introduction and conclusion are new, and Paul Herbert has revised his foreword"--Provided by publisher

Front cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1 From York to West Point -- 2 Apprenticeship -- 3 World War I and the Roaring Twenties -- 4 Professional Growth -- 5 The Approach of War -- 6Marshall's Fireman andDivision Command -- 6 Marshall's Fireman and Division Command -- 7Forging the Thunderbolt -- 7 Forging the Thunderbolt -- 8 On to the War -- 9 European Theater Commander -- 10 Mediterranean Theater of Operations -- Photographs -- 11 Stalemate in Italy and the Invasion of Southern France -- 12 Sixth Army Group -- 13 The Vosges and Alsace Campaigns -- 14 Winter of Discontent -- 15 Victory in Europe -- 16 Postwar Challenges -- 17 Retirement and Beyond -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.