《The Last Ridge》是2004年Random House US出版的圖書，作者是Mckay Jenkins。
基本介紹
- 書名：The Last Ridge
- 作者：Mckay Jenkins
- 出版社：Random House US
- ISBN：9780375759512
內容簡介,作者簡介,
內容簡介
When World War II broke out in Europe, the American army hadno specialized division of mountain soldiers. But in the winter of1939–40, after a tiny band of Finnish mountain troops brought theinvading Soviet army to its knees, an amateur skier named CharlesMinot “Minnie” Dole convinced the United States Army to let himrecruit an extraordinary assortment of European expatriates,wealthy ski bums, mountaineers, and thrill-seekers and form theminto a unique band of Alpine soldiers. These men endured nearlythree years of grueling training in the Colorado Rockies and in theprocess set new standards for both soldiering and mountaineering.The newly forged 10th Mountain Division finally faced combat in thewinter of 1945, in Italy’s Apennine Mountains, against theseemingly unbreakable German fortifications north of the GothicLine. There, they planned and executed what is still regarded asthe most daring series of nighttime mountain attacks in U.S.military history, taking Mount Belvedere and the sheer, treacherousface of Riva Ridge to smash the linchpin of the German army’slines.Drawing on unique cooperation from veterans of the 10th MountainDivision and a vast archive of unpublished letters and documents,The Last Ridge is written with enormous warmth, energy, andhonesty. This is one of the most captivating stories of World WarII, a blend of Band of Brothers and Into Thin Air. It is a story ofyoung men asked to do the impossible, and succeeding.
作者簡介
McKay Jenkins holds degrees from Amherst, Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism, and Princeton, where he received a Ph.D. in English. He is also the author of The White Death and the editor of The Peter Matthiessen Reader. An associate professor of English and journalism at the University of Delaware, Jenkins lives with his wife and son in Baltimore.
