1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910708679403321

Autore

Chabalko Justin J. <1983->

Titolo

Forging the 10th Mountain Division for war, 1940-45 : how innovation created a highly adaptive formation / / Justin J. Chabalko

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Fort Leavenworth, Kansas : , : Army University Press, , 2019

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 98 pages) : illustrations, color maps

Collana

Art of war papers

Disciplina

940.541273

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Regimental histories - United States

World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Italy

World War, 1939-1945 - Mountain warfare

Mountain warfare - History - 20th century

Winter warfare - History - 20th century

Armed Forces - Ski troops

Military campaigns

Mountain warfare

Regimental histories

Winter warfare

History

Italy

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The seal of the US Army Command and General Staff College authenticates this document ..."--Title page verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 93-98).

Sommario/riassunto

"As the US Army faces new and uncertain challenges across the globe, the need to create new capabilities in organizations, doctrine, and equipment is critical. As new threats in the sea, air, land, space, and cyber domains appear, it is vital for the Army to produce capable and well-equipped formations that are prepared to adapt and meet any challenges. This work examines the relationship between peace-time innovation and combat adaptation. It uses the history of the 10th Mountain Division as a historical example of how the Army faced



threats in multiple areas of the world. In response, it innovated to create a new capability to fight in the mountains. Using new techniques, it recruited highly experienced volunteers, then developed training and equipment to build a new capability for the US Army. As a result of this innovation, the 10th Mountain Division exemplified a highly adaptive and successful formation in combat. The War Department's ability to leverage innovation to create an adaptive organization is relevant to the contemporary Army and how it looks at the current challenges of multi-domain battle and Army War Fighting Challenges"--

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786017203321

Autore

Hallett Hilary A. <1968->

Titolo

Go west, young women! [[electronic resource] ] : the rise of early Hollywood / / Hilary A. Hallett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2013

ISBN

1-283-89179-4

0-520-95368-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (327 p.)

Disciplina

791.43/6522

Soggetti

Women in the motion picture industry - California - Los Angeles - History - 20th century

Motion picture actors and actresses - California - Los Angeles

Motion pictures and women - United States

Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) History 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes filmography.

Nota di contenuto

Along the road to Hollywood: landscapes "in motion-picture land". "Oh for a girl who could ride a horse like pearl white": the actress democratizes fame -- Women-made women: writing the "movies" before Hollywood -- Melodramas of Hollywood's birth: the postwar revolution in morals and manners, redux. Hollywood bohemia -- The movie menace -- A star is born: rereading Hollywood's first sex scandal



-- Conclusion: the girl from Hollywood.

Sommario/riassunto

In the early part of the twentieth century, migrants made their way from rural homes to cities in record numbers and many traveled west. Los Angeles became a destination. Women flocked to the growing town to join the film industry as workers and spectators, creating a "New Woman." Their efforts transformed filmmaking from a marginal business to a cosmopolitan, glamorous, and bohemian one. By 1920, Los Angeles had become the only western city where women outnumbered men. In Go West, Young Women, Hilary A. Hallett explores these relatively unknown new western women and their role in the development of Los Angeles and the nascent film industry. From Mary Pickford's rise to become perhaps the most powerful woman of her age, to the racist moral panics of the post-World War I years that culminated in Hollywood's first sex scandal, Hallett describes how the path through early Hollywood presaged the struggles over modern gender roles that animated the century to come.