Research Catalog

Title

Unknown soldiers : the American Expeditionary Forces in memory and remembrance / edited by Mark A. Snell.

Publication

Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, [2008], ©2008.

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Additional Authors

Snell, Mark A.

Description

xvi, 274 pages : illustrations, maps, plans; 25 cm

Summary

"When the United States declared war in April 1917, President Woodrow Wilson sent the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) under the command of General John Pershing to the Western Front. After the war, Pershing became the head of the American Battle Monuments Commission, the new government agency that commemorated the AEF's exploits." "This collection draws on primary sources from previously unheard voices, including memoirs, autobiographies, official records, and oral histories, to present the coherent story of the AEF's experience and the memories they evoked. Unknown Soldiers will be a welcome addition to World War I literature and a solid addition to the fields of military history and the history of memory."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• United States. American Expeditionary Forces
• World War, 1914-1918 > United States
• Collective memory > United States
• Memorialization > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Pt. 1. Remembering the AEF -- "The Price Was Made and the Price Was Paid": Grandpa's Scar and Other Memories of the AEF / Mark A. Snell -- Remembering the War to End All Wars / G. Kurt Piehler -- The Memory of the Great War in the African American Community / Jennifer D. Keene -- Pt. 2. Soldiers and Their Units in Battle and Beyond -- Bayonets, Blood, and Beyond: A Single Day of Combat for a Marine Corps Rifle Company / Michael Miller -- Brothers-in-Arms: The 27th and 30th American Divisions with the British Army and the Breaking of the Hindenburg Line, 1918 / Mitchell Yockelson -- Robert Rutherford McCormick: Journalist, Citizen-Soldier, and Country Gentleman / John F. Votaw -- General Charles P. Summerall: The Training, Command, and Education of the Citizen-Soldier / W. Gary Nichols -- In Search of York: Man, Myth, and Legend / Taylor V. Beattie -- Pt. 3. The AEF in Popular Memory -- The Literature of the AEF: A Doughboy Legacy / Jack Capps -- "After They've Seen Paree": The AEF in Film and Music / Michael E. Birdwell.

ISBN

• 9780873389402 (hbk. : alk. paper)
• 0873389409 (hbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2008001524
• 40015976773

OCLC

• ocn191024021
• 191024021
• SCSB-5438183

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries