The Last Ridge: Story of America's First Mountain Soldiers

A close-up look at the creation of the U.S. Army's first alpine division, made up of some of America's most elite skiers and climbers, describes the evolution of the 10th Mountain Division, and their stunning nighttime mountain attack during the winter of 1945 on seemingly impenetrable German mountain fortifications.

McKay Jenkins
Paperback 336 pages 2005