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America and World War I : A Traveler's Guide by Mark D. Van Ells (2015, Trade Paperback)

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FOLLOWING THE DOUGHBOY FROM THE HOME FRONT TO THE WESTERN FRONT—AND MAPPING THE MANY MEMORIALS BUILT IN HIS HONOR It has now been a century since World War I began, but America’s role in this colossal struggle has been largely forgotten on both sides of the Atlantic. Historian and trave

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PublisherInterlink Publishing Group, Incorporated

ISBN-101566569753

ISBN-139781566569750

eBay Product ID (ePID)201682694

Product Key Features

Book TitleAmerica and World War I : a Traveler's Guide

Number of Pages320 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicSpecial Interest / Adventure, Military / United States, Military / World War I, North America

Publication Year2015

IllustratorYes

GenreTravel, History

AuthorMark D. Van Ells

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height5 in

Item Weight17.6 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2014-022829

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsAs we reach the centennial of what Europe calls the Great War, World War I, we all need to gain insight into that war. It was the war that set up all the other wars of the twentieth century. Mark D. Van Ells's book is a must-read experience. It is invaluable in learning the unmistakable lessons of history.|9781566569750|

Dewey Decimal940.4/0973

SynopsisFOLLOWING THE DOUGHBOY FROM THE HOME FRONT TO THE WESTERN FRONT--AND MAPPING THE MANY MEMORIALS BUILT IN HIS HONOR It has now been a century since World War I began, but America's role in this colossal struggle has been largely forgotten on both sides of the Atlantic. Historian and travel writer Mark D. Van Ells aims to change that. America and World War I follows in the footsteps of the Doughboy--as the U.S. soldier of the Great War was known--from the training camps of the United States to the frontlines of Europe. Tracing the totality of America's experience from the factors that led the nation to enter the war in April 1917 to the armistice in November 1918, his riveting narrative describes a military buildup on a scale the world had never seen, as well as the war's major battles and campaigns?and, throughout, it leads the traveler to the memorials erected in the Doughboys' wake, as well as to the many places that remain unmarked and uncommemorated. Through their own words, we learn the feelings of those young men and women who served in the war. What were their private thoughts and fears? Their personal memories? Such eyewitness accounts, woven into the fabric of each chapter, give this absorbingly written book an immediacy and vividness that marks a new departure in guidebooks. Complete with photographs, the voices of the doughboys themselves, and up-to-date travel information, America and World War I is an indispensible guide for those who wish to explore this vital but neglected chapter in the American and European experience. * Major battles and battlefields * Memorials, museums, sites, cemeteries, and statues * How to get there * What to see * Eyewitness accounts * Maps * Then and now photographs, FOLLOWING THE DOUGHBOY FROM THE HOME FRONT TO THE WESTERN FRONT--AND MAPPING THE MANY MEMORIALS BUILT IN HIS HONOR It has now been a century since World War I began, but America's role in this colossal struggle has been largely forgotten on both sides of the Atlantic. Historian and travel writer Mark D. Van Ells aims to change that. America and World War I follows in the footsteps of the Doughboy--as the U.S. soldier of the Great War was known--from the training camps of the United States to the frontlines of Europe. Tracing the totality of America's experience from the factors that led the nation to enter the war in April 1917 to the armistice in November 1918, his riveting narrative describes a military buildup on a scale the world had never seen, as well as the war's major battles and campaigns?and, throughout, it leads the traveler to the memorials erected in the Doughboys' wake, as well as to the many places that remain unmarked and uncommemorated. Through their own words, we learn the feelings of those young men and women who served in the war. What were their private thoughts and fears? Their personal memories? Such eyewitness accounts, woven into the fabric of each chapter, give this absorbingly written book an immediacy and vividness that marks a new departure in guidebooks. Complete with photographs, the voices of the doughboys themselves, and up-to-date travel information, America and World War I is an indispensible guide for those who wish to explore this vital but neglected chapter in the American and European experience. - Major battles and battlefields - Memorials, museums, sites, cemeteries, and statues - How to get there - What to see - Eyewitness accounts - Maps - Then and now photographs

LC Classification NumberD570.V29 2014