Pogue's War: Diaries of a WWII Combat Historian

by Forrest C. Pogue

Book Overview

" With a foreword by Stephen Ambrose and a preface by Franklin D. Anderson Forrest Pogue (1912-1996) was undoubtedly one of the greatest World War II combat historians. Born and educated in Kentucky, he is perhaps best known for his definitive four-volume biography of General George C. Marshall. But, as Pogue's War makes clear, he was also a pioneer in the development of oral history in the twentieth century, as well as an impressive interviewer with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813191602
• ISBN13: 9780813191607
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 8.7"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher