Andrew Wiest
M.K. Barbier
Illustrated with action photographs, Infantry Combat describes the changes in the way infantrymen have fought, from the German stormtroopers of 1918 to the close jungle combat of Vietnam and the modern mechanized soldier going to war in an armoured personnel... Read moreRead less
Illustrated with action photographs, Infantry Combat describes the changes in the way infantrymen have fought, from the German stormtroopers of 1918 to the close jungle combat of Vietnam and the modern mechanized soldier going to war in an armoured personnel carrier. Using examples from many different wars of the twentieth century, the book provides a definitive guide to the art of infantry warfare.
Format: 245 x 183mm pb
Extent: 176pp
Word count: 60,000
Illustrations: 150 b/w photos, 25 b/w line drawings
ISBN: 978-1-78274-536-5
M.K. Barbier is an Associate Professor at Mississippi State University, and a former Olin Postdoctoral Fellow at the department of International Security Studies at Yale University. With Andrew Wiest she is co-author of Infantry Combat.
Andrew Wiest is University Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Southern Mississippi and Founding Director of the university’s Dale Center for the Study of War and Society. He is author of many books including The Illustrated History of World War I and The Boys of ’67, and co-author of Campaigns of World War II: The Pacific War, The Illustrated History of the Vietnam War and Strategy and Tactics: Infantry Warfare.
M.K. Barbier is an Associate Professor at Mississippi State University, and a former Olin Postdoctoral Fellow at the department of International Security Studies at Yale University. With Andrew Wiest she is co-author of Infantry Combat.
978-1-78274-536-5 pb