Book Titles Request--Opinions of American Soldiers

[Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor]

I’m looking for books about the opinions that foreign soldiers & civilians held about US Troops, in a variety of wars. (I found an article online, but some of it contradicts Military History that was taught to me in ROTC.)

So.
Titles?

[Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor]

Nobody?

[TSBG]

This is a book I’ve seen referenced before, but I haven’t read it–may be of help:

http://www.amazon.com/German-Generals-Talk-Basil-Liddell/dp/0688060129

I assume from your post you want opinions on soldiers in the field, not general officers?

And this is one I found from a quick google, about European observers of the American Civil War–seems to include primary source material:

http://www.amazon.com/The-Military-Legacy-Civil-War/dp/0700603794

Also, Bosda, this is the first time I’ve ever seen someone make casual reference to Scary Go Round. Well done!

EDIT: Wait a minute, didn’t you have a sig line in your first post with a quote from Scary Go Round? What happened to it?

[Boogly]

That is a very general question. I would suggest starting in a certain place and time and working from there.

Are there any specific theaters you are looking into?
What other soldiers/civilians are you wondering about? Allies or opposing forces?

Be advised that history seen from the US point of view will probably differ from how other people in the own land remember it.

[Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor]

@Boogly

That is a very general question. I would suggest starting in a certain place and time and working from there.

Are there any specific theaters you are looking into?
What other soldiers/civilians are you wondering about? Allies or opposing forces?

Be advised that history seen from the US point of view will probably differ from how other people in the own land remember it.

I’m looking for views by foreigners, of US troops.

[Nametag]

“Overpaid, oversexed, and over here.” (Britain and Australia, WWII)

[Loach]

@Nametag

“Overpaid, oversexed, and over here.” (Britain and Australia, WWII)

“Underpaid, undersexed and under Eisenhower.” (US soldiers, WWII)

I don’t remember specific recollections about American soldiers but the autobiography Soldat is by a German officer in WWII who fought on both fronts. He later moved to the US so I don’t think he felt too much animosity. Since he spend years in Russia after the war his opinion of them is a bit harsher.

[Donnerwetter]

Fighting Power: German and U.S. Army Performance, 1939-1945 (Contributions in Military History) Paperback – June 30, 2007

“In this study, Van Creveld analyzes the ways in which the WWII German Army developed the fighting power that allowed them to achieve a number of military victories even when outnumbered and using outdated equipment. He compares and contrasts the Germans with the U.S. Army, which developed a different style of war based on superior economic and technological resources. Coverage includes organizational elements such as principles of command, assignment of manpower, and indoctrination of troops. This is a reprint of a volume originally published in 1982.”

Fighting Power: German and U.S. Army Performance, 1939-1945 (Contributions in...

Martin van Creveld is an Israeli military historian

[Cardinal]

A French Soldier's View of US Soldiers in Afghanistan

French soldier basically says that current US soldiers would be considered elite troops in any previous era. Well trained and very capable:

“This, in fact, is the basic philosophy of both British and Continental soldiers. ‘In the absence of orders, take a defensive position.’ Indeed, virtually every army in the world. The American soldier and Marine, however, are imbued from early in their training with the ethos: In the Absence of Orders: Attack! Where other forces, for good or ill, will wait for precise orders and plans to respond to an attack or any other ‘incident’, the American force will simply go, counting on firepower and SOP to carry the day.”