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Doughboys on the Great War
Edward A. Gutierrez
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Description for Doughboys on the Great War
Paperback. An engaging and informative narrative drawn from the first-hand accounts of American soldiers who served in France during World War I. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
“It is impossible to reproduce the state of mind of the men who waged war in 1917 and 1918,” Edward Coffman wrote in The War to End All Wars. In Doughboys on the Great War the voices of thousands of servicemen say otherwise. The majority of soldiers from the American Expeditionary Forces returned from Europe in 1919. Where many were simply asked for basic data, veterans from four states—Utah, Minnesota, Connecticut, and Virginia—were given questionnaires soliciting additional information and “remarks.” Drawing on these questionnaires, completed while memories were still fresh, this book presents a chorus of soldiers’ voices speaking directly ... Read more
“It is impossible to reproduce the state of mind of the men who waged war in 1917 and 1918,” Edward Coffman wrote in The War to End All Wars. In Doughboys on the Great War the voices of thousands of servicemen say otherwise. The majority of soldiers from the American Expeditionary Forces returned from Europe in 1919. Where many were simply asked for basic data, veterans from four states—Utah, Minnesota, Connecticut, and Virginia—were given questionnaires soliciting additional information and “remarks.” Drawing on these questionnaires, completed while memories were still fresh, this book presents a chorus of soldiers’ voices speaking directly ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700624447
SKU
V9780700624447
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About Edward A. Gutierrez
Edward A. Gutierrez received his PhD from Ohio State University and is a lecturer at the University of Hartford in West Hartford, Connecticut. The recipient of a Harry Frank Guggenheim research grant, his work has appeared in A Concise Companion to the Meuse-Argonne; Russia at War: From the Mongol Conquest to Afghanistan, Chechnya, and Beyond; and Germany at War: 400 ... Read more
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