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Article: SOLDIERS AND SLED DOGS: A History of Military Dog Mushing

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SOLDIERS AND SLED DOGS A History of Military DOJJ; Mushing Charles L. Dean University of Nebraska Press. Lincoln, 2005. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index, xv + 129 pp. $24.95 cloth.

The past decade has seen a number of histories about World War II. A great many, including works by John Keegan. Stephen Ambrose, and others focus on the shooting war. However, many other writers have attempted to fill in the gaps left by these larger histories by focusing on to]iics of particular personal significance. Such is the case with Charles L. Dean's Soldiers and Sled Dogs.

A former U.S. Army officer and arctic warfare instructor, Dean is also an amateur nuisher. This combination of career and ...

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