Lost Battalions: The Great War and the Crisis of American Nationality

Lost Battalions: The Great War and the Crisis of American NationalityDescription by Richard Slotkin Paperback During the bloodiest days of World War I, no soldiers served more valiantly than the African American troops of the 369th Infantrythe fabled Harlem Hellfightersand the legendary 77th "lost battalion" composed of New York City immigrants. Though these men had lived up to their side of the bargain as loyal American soldiers, the country to which they returned solidified laws and patterns of social behavior that

The Beauty and Sorrow brings to life these twenty particular people and lets them speak for all who were shaped in some way by the War

as well as two World War I nurses: Vera Brittain and Mary Borden

sleeping four hours a night in their haste

had shot down an impressive total of fifteen aircraft by January 1917

” author Modris Eksteins examines the lives of ordinary people

Eurographics puzzles are made according to high standards

When the United States entered the Great War

which in the case of German East Africa proved ephemeral

by Paul Knight

Mass-produced

Drawing upon the subjects' intimate

from their dawn to modern armored fighting vehicles