History - World War I from Blue & Grey Book Shoppe

From inside dust jacket: For many Americans the First World War is the forgotten war: a war that seems to have fallen into an historical void between the Civil War and World War II. This is surprising given its profound significance to the United States. More than four million Americans were mobilized in 1917-18, of whom more than 100,000 were killed--double… Read more about this item

From inside dust jacket: THE FIRST WORLD WAR created the modern world. A conflict of unprecendented ferocity, it abruptly ended the relative peace and prosperity of the Victorian era, unleashing such demons of the twentieth century as mechanized warfare and mass death. It also helped to usher in the ideas that have shaped our times--modernism in the arts, new approaches to… Read more about this item

From the back cover: In the winter of 1918, at the height of World War I, history's most lethal influenza virus erupoted in an army camp in Kansas, moved east with American troops, then exploded, killing as many as 100 million people worldwide. It killed more people in twenty-four weeks than AIDS has killed in twenty-four years, more in a year… Read more about this item

From the back DJ cover: "In its scale and human cost, the Great War dwarfed any conflict before 1914. It was a clash of mighty empires, old enmities and new alliances sucking millions into battle across continents. The dawning of a new technological age ensured the price would be enormous, for victor and vanquished alike. ...this global confrontation sowed the… Read more about this item

From the back cover: "The life of Harry S. Truman is one of the greatest of American stories, filled with vivid characters - Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, Eleanor Roosevelt, Bess Wallace Truman, George Marshall, Joe McCarthy, and Dean Acheson - and dramatic events. In this riveting biography...not only captures the man...but also the turbulent times in which he rose, boldly,… Read more about this item

From back cover: "African Americans have had a long tradition of serving in the military forces of the United States. None served more proudly and with more dedication than the members of the 9th and 10th Cavalries. Called "Buffalo Soldiers" by Native Americans, the men of these two unites helped shape the American frontier from 1867 to the turn of… Read more about this item

From back cover: "The state of Missouri played a unique role in World War I - as the birthplace of Gen. John J. Pershing, the commanding officer of the American Expeditionary Forces, and Maj. Gen. Enoch Crowder, the primary author of the military draft - and it is an impressive legacy featuring a colorful cast of characters, events, and communities."… Read more about this item