the forgotten American soldiers who defeated Germany in World War I
"The heroic American contribution to World War I is one of the great stories of the twentieth century, and yet is largely overlooked by history. . . Historian Geoffrey Wawro presents the dramatic narrative of the courageous American troops who took up arms in a conflict 4,000 miles across the Atlantic, and in doing so ensured the Allies' victory. Historians have long dismissed the American war effort as too little too late, . . . but drawing on extensive research in US, British, French, German, and Austrian archives, Wawro contends that the Allies simply would not have won the war without the help of the Americans. . . [and] argues it was the Americans' relentless pressure on the front that drove the war to its end. Fundamentally revising the history of the First World War and its tense final year, [this book] also reveals why the vital American contribution was so quickly forgotten"--Provided by publisher.
