About the Author

Henry Dozier Russell (1889-1972), a native Georgian, began his military service in the Georgia National Guard as an infantry officer in 1916. He commanded the Thirtieth Infantry Division (National Guard) upon its mobilization for federal service from 1940 to 1942 and served in several Army senior staff assignments until the end of World War II. He commanded the newly created Forty-Eighth Infantry Division (National Guard) from 1946 until his retirement in 1951.

Lawrence M. Kaplan, PhD, is a military historian with more than twenty years experience. He is currently the command historian for U.S. Army Cyber Command. He is the author of Homer Lea: American Soldier of Fortune, (University Press of Kentucky, 2010) and editor of John C. Tidball, The Artillery Service in the War of the Rebellion, (Westholme Publishing, 2011). He has a PhD from Kansas State University.

Reviews

…this book is an important contribution to the historiography of the US Army at the outset of the Second World War." - H-Net "Anyone interested in the political conflict between the Regular Army and the National Guard must read this book. It provides an interesting but biased opinion of the U.S. Army in 1940-41 that all military historians writing about the World War II period should read and consult."--Journal of America's Military Past