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Overview"When he took ship for France in the spring of 1918, Horace Baker was ill prepared for war. A private in the American Expeditionary Forces, the unassuming Mississippi schoolteacher joined the renowned Thirty-second Division and learned his soldiering skills from men who'd already fought in the Aisne-Marne offensive. Before long, he was to put those skills to use in the largest and most costly battle ever fought by the U.S. Army. This poignant memoir recalls the great battle of the Meuse-Argonne, an epic conflict waged by well over a million men that saw casualties of 26,277 killed and 95,786 wounded. Many books have been written about General Pershing's planning of the offensive; this one tells what happened to the soldiers who had to carry out his orders. The Thirty-second was a shock division made up largely of National Guard units - farm boys from the Upper Midwest. But as casualties mounted, replacements were rushed into battle with little training - and devastating results. Baker knew friends and tent mates who were alive one day, dead the next, and he kept track of the battle in diary entries tucked into his Bible - and made evasively short in case of capture. He shares his and his comrades' thoughts about fighting in a harsh climate and terrain, relates their ongoing problems with short supplies, and tells how they managed to overcome their fears. It is a straightforward narrative that doesn't glorify battle or appeal to patriotism yet conveys the horrors of warfare with striking accuracy. Historian Robert Ferrell's new introduction puts Baker's recollections in the context of the larger theater of war. Baker fleshed out his diary in a book that saw limited publication in 1927 but has remained essentially unknown. """"Argonne Days in World War I"""" is a masterpiece brimming with insight about the ordinary doughboys who fought in the European trenches. It conveys the spirit of a man who did his duty in a time of trouble - and is a testament to the spirit shared by thousands like him." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Horace L. BakerPublisher: University of Missouri Press Imprint: University of Missouri Press Dimensions: Width: 15.40cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.10cm Weight: 0.420kg ISBN: 9780826217080ISBN 10: 0826217087 Pages: 184 Publication Date: 30 March 2007 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews<p> Argonne Days in World War I gives every impression of accuracy. The book is, literally, a page turner. I wish I had had this book available when I wrote Yanks . --John S. D. Eisenhower, author of Yanks: The Epic Story of the American Army in World War I -Argonne Days in World War I gives every impression of accuracy. The book is, literally, a page turner. I wish I had had this book available when I wrote Yanks.---John S. D. Eisenhower, author of Yanks: The Epic Story of the American Army in World War I Argonne Days in World War I gives every impression of accuracy. The book is, literally, a page turner. I wish I had had this book available when I wrote Yanks. John S. D. Eisenhower, author of Yanks: The Epic Story of the American Army in World War I Argonne Days in World War I gives every impression of accuracy. The book is, literally, a page turner. I wish I had had this book available when I wrote Yanks. --John S. D. Eisenhower, author of Yanks: The Epic Story of the American Army in World War I Author InformationRobert H. Ferrell is Professor Emeritus of History at Indiana University in Bloomington. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including Collapse at Meuse-Argonne: The Failure of the Missouri-Kansas Division and Five Days in October: The Lost Battalion of World War I, both available from the University of Missouri Press. Ferrell resides in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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