Pershing's Crusaders: The American Soldier in World War I

by Richard S. Faulkner

Book Overview

The Great War caught a generation of American soldiers at a turning point in the nation's history. At the moment of the Republic's emergence as a key player on the world stage, these were the first Americans to endure mass machine warfare, and the first to come into close contact with foreign peoples and cultures in large numbers. What was it like, Richard S. Faulkner asks, to be one of these foot soldiers at the dawn of the American century? How...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700623736
• ISBN13: 9780700623730
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 784 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"