Doughboys on the Great War: How American Soldiers Viewed Their Military Experience

by Edward A. Gutièrrez

Book Overview

"It is impossible to reproduce the state of mind of the men who waged war in 1917 and 1918," Edward Coffman wrote in The War to End All Wars. In Doughboys on the Great War the voices of thousands of servicemen say otherwise. The majority of soldiers from the American Expeditionary Forces returned from Europe in 1919. Where many were simply asked for basic data, veterans from four states--Utah, Minnesota, Connecticut, and Virginia--were...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700624449
• ISBN13: 9780700624447
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"