World War I: The American Soldier Experience

World War I: The American Soldier ExperienceDescription by Jennifer D. Keene Paperback 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

Precipitated by the assassination of the Austro- Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife in the streets of Sarajevo on June 28

emblematic of national identity and of each citizen’s place within the collective effort to win the war

World War I meant territorial gains in China and the Pacific

is World War I—a story we think we know well

the individual battles fought along the Western Front as well as in-depth coverage of the war in the east of Europe

Though discussed in numerous histories and featured in popular culture (most famously the film Stormy Weather and the novel Jazz)

brisk narrative

including its organization

as others have claimed

from the streets of Pamplona to the waters of Key West—The Ambulance Drivers is a biography of a turbulent friendship between two of the century's greatest writers

The story follows the small band of survivors to France where they complete their tour of duty

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