{"product_id":"the-deadly-brotherhood-john-mcmanus-9780891418238","title":"The Deadly Brotherhood: The American Combat Soldier in World War II","description":"In his book \u003ci\u003eMen Against Fire\u003c\/i\u003e,  historian S. L. A.] Marshall asserted that only 15 to 25 percent of American soldiers ever fired their weapons in combat in World War II. . . .\u003cbr\u003eShooting at the enemy made a man part of the \"team,\" or \"brotherhood.\" There were, of course, many times when soldiers did not want to shoot, such \u003cbr\u003eas at night when they did not want to give away a position or on reconnaissance patrols. But, in the main, no combat soldier in his right mind would have deliberately sought to go through the entire ear without ever firing his weapon, because he would have been excluded from the brotherhood but also because it would have been detrimental to his own survival. One of  rifle company commander Harold] Leinbaugh's NCOs summed it up best when discussing Marshall: \"Did the SOB think we \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eclubbed\u003c\/i\u003e the Germans to death?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John McManus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0891418237\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780891418238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Presidio Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/26\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.88h x 4.26w x 1.11d","brand":"John McManus","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44069623955711,"sku":"9780891418238","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_28240bae-28ad-4222-be07-0f0d4d0cfcca.jpg?v=1685425652","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-deadly-brotherhood-john-mcmanus-9780891418238","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}