How Long to Read Combat Ready? The Eighth U.S. Army on the Eve of the Korean War

How Long Does it Take to Read Combat Ready? The Eighth U.S. Army on the Eve of the Korean War?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 31 minutes to read Combat Ready? The Eighth U.S. Army on the Eve of the Korean War by Thomas E. Hanson

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In the decades since the "forgotten war" in Korea, conventional wisdom has held that the Eighth Army consisted largely of poorly trained, undisciplined troops who fled in terror from the onslaught of the Communist forces. Now, military historian Thomas E. Hanson argues that the generalizations historians and fellow soldiers have used regarding these troops do little justice to the tens of thousands of soldiers who worked to make themselves and their army ready for war. In Hanson's careful study of combat preparedness in the Eighth Army from 1949 to the outbreak of hostilities in 1950, he concedes that the U.S. soldiers sent to Korea suffered gaps in their professional preparation, from missing and broken equipment to unevenly trained leaders at every level of command. But after a year of progressive, focused, and developmental collective training--based largely on the lessons of combat in World War II--these soldiers expected to defeat the Communist enemy. By recognizing the constraints under which the Eighth Army operated, Hanson asserts that scholars and soldiers will be able to discard what Douglas Macarthur called the "pernicious myth" of the Eighth Army's professional, physical, and moral ineffectiveness.

How long is Combat Ready? The Eighth U.S. Army on the Eve of the Korean War?

Combat Ready? The Eighth U.S. Army on the Eve of the Korean War by Thomas E. Hanson is 151 pages long, and a total of 37,901 words.

This makes it 51% the length of the average book. It also has 46% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Combat Ready? The Eighth U.S. Army on the Eve of the Korean War Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 27 minutes to read Combat Ready? The Eighth U.S. Army on the Eve of the Korean War aloud.

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Combat Ready? The Eighth U.S. Army on the Eve of the Korean War is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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