 Cover of the 1998 hardcover first edition | |
| Author | Belton Y. Cooper |
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| Publisher | Presidio Press (1st edition) Ballantine Books (paperback) |
Publication date | August 4, 1998 (1st edition hardback) April 29, 2003 (4th edition paperback) |
| ISBN | 0891416706 |
Death Traps: The Survival of an American Armored Division in World War II is a 1998 memoir by Belton Y. Cooper. The book relates Cooper's experiences during World War II and puts forth an argument against the US Army's use of the M4 Sherman tank during the war.