Fever of War: The Influenza Epidemic in the U.S. Army During World War I 0814799248, 9780814799246

The influenza epidemic of 1918 killed more people in one year than the Great War killed in four, sickening at least one

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Fever of War: The Influenza Epidemic in the U.S. Army During World War I
0814799248, 9780814799246

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*Includes pictures *Includes soldiers' accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *

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“Who Murdered the Vets?” writer Ernest Hemingway demanded in an impassioned article about the deaths of hundreds of form

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This book provides the most comprehensive examination of American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) combat doctrine and methods

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Of the US Armies fighting in Europe at the end of World War II, General Patch's Seventh Army has received the least

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The Punjab region of India sent more than 600,000 combatants to assist the British war effort during World War I. Their

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"Well-researched . . . tells the story of the military bodyguard known as the 'Coats Mission' led initial

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*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the fighting *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading

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The French army of the First World War withstood the main force of the German onslaught on the Western Front, but often

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*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents World War I, also known i

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