Forty-Seven Days How Pershing's Warriors Came of Age to Defeat the German Army in World War I |
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| Author:
| Yockelson, Mitchell |
| ISBN: | 978-0-451-46695-2 |
| Publication Date: | May 2016 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group
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| Imprint: | NAL |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $55.00 |
Book Description:
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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.'
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.'