| Optimism at Armageddon: Voices of American Participants in the First World War 1997 Edition Contributor(s): Meigs, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: 134913936X ISBN-13: 9781349139361 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1997 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War I - History | Americas (north Central South West Indies) - History | Europe - General |
| Dewey: 940.409 |
| Series: Studies in Military and Strategic History |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.79 lbs) 269 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An analytical account of the experiences of American soldiers in World War 1 drawing on a wide range of sources in France and the United States. Since American forces did not appear on the Western Front in substantial numbers until the summer of 1918, their experiences of the war were short and less devastating than those of their Allied comrades. Thus surviving American troops emerged from the experience in a rather more upbeat mood about the war than the Allies. This is a fascinating and ground-breaking work as few other military historians have attempted to deal with the US army of 1918 in depth. |