Forty-seven days : how Pershing's warriors came of age to defeat the German Army in World War I / Mitchell Yockelson.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York, New York : NAL Caliber/New American Library, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: ix, 390 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780451466952
- 0451466950
- 47 days
- D570 .Y63 2016
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Non-Fiction | Davis (Central) Library Non-Fiction | Non-Fiction | 940.434 YOC | 1 | Available | T00607341 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The Battle of the Muese-Argonne was the deadliest clash in American history. More than a million untested American soldiers went up against a better-trained and more experienced German Army, costing over 26,000 deaths and nearly a hundred thousand wounded. In Forty-Seven Days, historian Mitchell Yockelson tells how General John J. Black Jack' Pershing's exemplary leadership led to the unlikeliest of victories.'
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-379) and index.
Black Jack -- First Army is born -- St. Mihiel -- Preparing for America's greatest battle -- On with the battle -- Advance! -- Behind the lines -- No progress -- Fighting in the Argonne -- There is much fighting ahead -- Regrouping First Army -- Resuming the attack -- Now we are making headway -- The end is near -- First Army has come of age -- The battle will be over today.
The Battle of the Meuse-Argonne is the deadliest clash in American history: more than a million untested American soldiers went up against a better-trained and experienced German army, resulting in more than twenty-six thousand deaths and leaving nearly a hundred thousand wounded. Yet in forty-seven days of intense combat, these Americans forced the Germans to surrender, bringing the First World War to an end. Historian Mitchell Yockelson tells how General John J. “Black Jack” Pershing’s exemplary leadership led to the unlikeliest of victories.
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