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Scraping the Barrel: The Military Use of Substandard Manpower, 1860-1960

Contributor(s): Marble, Sanders (Editor)

ISBN: 9780823239788

Publisher: Fordham University Press

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Pub Date: August 14, 2012

Dewey: 355.2230904

LCCN: 2011037012

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.90" H x 9.00" L x 6.00" W ( 1.10 lbs) 372 pages

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Description: From the dawn of organized conflict, sub-standard men--the inverse of the elites that get the lion's share of our attention-- have served their countries. This is their untold history.

Brief description: Sanders Marble is a historian for the U.S. Army Medical Command. He has written a variety of works about World War I and military medicine.

Review Quotes: What Marble did with Scraping the Barrel is what any good historian does: inspire questions and leave the reader wanting to investigate further.-- "--H-Net Reviews"

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