Scraping the Barrel: The Military Use of Substandard Manpower, 1860-1960 by Sanders Marble (Editor)

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Scraping the Barrel: The Military Use of Substandard Manpower, 1860-1960 by Sanders Marble (Editor)ISBN: 9780823239788 Publisher : Fordham University Press, August 14, 2012 Paperback, 372 pages It is a truism that history is written by the victors, and perhaps this is doubly so of military history, where the tendency is to relate the biggest battles, the most victorious and heroic deeds, the very best (or worst) of men. This book stands as a corrective to this belief. Scraping the Barrel covers ten cases of armies using substandard manpower in wars

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