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OverviewThe operation known as ""Market-Garden""-made famous in the book and film A Bridge Too Far-was the largest airborne assault in history up to that time, a high-risk Allied invasion of enemy territory that has become a legend of World War II even as it still invites criticism. Abundance of Valor re-creates for the first time the full adventures of the bold ""Jedburgh"" paratroopers, whose exploits were equally risky and heroic. Kicked off on September 17, 1944, Market-Garden was intended to secure crucial bridges in Nazi-occupied Holland by a parachute assault conducted by three Allied airborne divisions. Jedburgh teams-Allied Special Forces-were dropped into the Netherlands to train and use the Dutch resistance in support of the larger operation. Based on new firsthand testimony of survivors and declassified documents, Abundance of Valor concentrates on the three teams that operated farthest behind enemy lines, the nine men whose treacherous missions resulted in deaths, captures, and hairbreadth escapes. With piercing criticism of the mission's failure through faulty use of intelligence, Abundance of Valor is a brutally honest and truly inspiring account of fighting men in a noble cause who did their jobs with extraordinary honor and courage. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Will IrwinPublisher: University of Nebraska Press Imprint: University of Nebraska Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.585kg ISBN: 9780803240681ISBN 10: 0803240686 Pages: 432 Publication Date: 01 April 2012 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsList of MapsPrologue1. The England Game2. The Man from Washington3. Hazardous Duty4. Highlands Interlude5. First Jeds into Holland6. Operation Market-Garden7. Germans Everywhere8. Sunday, September 17, D-Day9. Monday, September 18, The Second Day10. Tuesday, September 19, The Third Day11. Wednesday, September 20, The Fourth Day12. Thursday, September 21, The Fifth Day13. Friday, September 22, The Sixth Day14. Saturday, September 23, The Seventh Day15. Sunday, September 24, The Eighth Day16. Withdrawal, The Last Day17. Prisoner of War18. Todd's Journey Begins19. Dulag Luft20. The Insufferable Lord Haw Haw21. Solitary Confinement22. Stolen Plans to Be Delivered23. Oflag 6424. Goodbye to Bunny and Henk25. Pappy's Return26. Missing in Action27. The Long March28. Patton's Hammelburg Raid29. Rumors of Evil30. FreedomEpilogueAcknowledgmentsAppendix: The Dutch Jedburgh TeamsNotesBibliographyIndexReviewsAll the elements of good, readable history are here: triumph and tragedy, heroes and villains, the few against the many. Irwin needs no special effects wizardry to weave a captivating story of desperate fights in desperate times. -America in World War II Magazine America in World War II Magazine A gripping account. -Washington Times Washington Times A thoroughly enthralling book for serious students of World War II, this is the labor of love of a Special Forces veteran with a rare talent for writing and research... For exhaustive studies of little-known episodes that add much to general WWII knowledge as well as provide enthralling reading, this book is hard to beat. -Booklist Booklist """All the elements of good, readable history are here: triumph and tragedy, heroes and villains, the few against the many. Irwin needs no special effects wizardry to weave a captivating story of desperate fights in desperate times.""-America in World War II Magazine America in World War II Magazine ""A gripping account.""-Washington Times Washington Times ""A thoroughly enthralling book for serious students of World War II, this is the labor of love of a Special Forces veteran with a rare talent for writing and research... For exhaustive studies of little-known episodes that add much to general WWII knowledge as well as provide enthralling reading, this book is hard to beat.""-Booklist Booklist" Author InformationWill Irwin retired from the U.S. Army in January 2000 after a career of more than twenty-eight years, half of that in Special Forces. He is the author of The Jedburghs: The Secret History of the Allied Special Forces, France 1944 and currently works as a defense consultant in Tampa, Florida. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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