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World War I: The American Soldier Experience
Jennifer D. Keene
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Description for World War I: The American Soldier Experience
Paperback. An in-depth look at American soldiers' daily lives during World War I. Num Pages: 234 pages, 36 illustrations, 1 map, 1 chronology, 1 glossary. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JJF; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 424.
World War I explores the daily lives of the men and women who served the United States in the Great War. Relying extensively on letters, diaries, and reminiscences of those Americans who fought or served in World War I, Jennifer D. Keene reports on the training camp experience at home; the journey overseas; and the unique difficulties African Americans, Native Americans, women, and immigrants encountered in the predominately white and native-born army. She also describes in vivid detail the perspective of naval and air service personnel and, for those on the ground in France, the horrors of static trench warfare ... Read more
World War I explores the daily lives of the men and women who served the United States in the Great War. Relying extensively on letters, diaries, and reminiscences of those Americans who fought or served in World War I, Jennifer D. Keene reports on the training camp experience at home; the journey overseas; and the unique difficulties African Americans, Native Americans, women, and immigrants encountered in the predominately white and native-born army. She also describes in vivid detail the perspective of naval and air service personnel and, for those on the ground in France, the horrors of static trench warfare ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
234
Place of Publication
Nebraska, United States
ISBN
9780803234871
SKU
V9780803234871
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About Jennifer D. Keene
Jennifer D. Keene is a professor of history and the chair of the Department of History at Chapman University. She is the author of two other books on American involvement in World War I: Doughboys, the Great War, and the Remaking of America and The United States and the First World War. She also served as an associate editor for ... Read more
Reviews for World War I: The American Soldier Experience
“The real value in Keene’s work is her ability to look beyond the trenches of the Western Front, which have long dominated any discussion of the World War, and illuminate the struggles of a people and a nation engaging in their first truly international and modern war. . . . Keene’s study works as an overview, drawing together numerous aspects ... Read more