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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Thomas M. Johnson , Fletcher Pratt , Edward M. CoffmanPublisher: University of Nebraska Press Imprint: Bison Books Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.386kg ISBN: 9780803276130ISBN 10: 0803276133 Pages: 364 Publication Date: 01 May 2000 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of print, replaced by POD  We will order this item for you from a manufatured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviews[In October 1918] the Seventy-seventh American Division attacked in the Argonne. One mixed battalion of companies from two regiments got as far as it could. Germans closed in the rear, surrounding 600 men. Six days later, after incredible hardships, the wounded and an unharmed 194 were relieved... [The authors] have reconstructed every dramatic hour of the six-day siege... Correcting myths, cleaning up official whitewashes, Johnson and Pratt succeed in telling a more dramatic story than all the myths and official embroideries put together. - New York Times- The reissuing of this classic book ... is to be welcomed by students of the First World War and those with a general interest in warfare and the fighting man... Written by a journalist who covered the war and a historian of some repute this book ... is a detailed account of a remarkable series of events. The pace of the writing will keep the reader turning the pages for more, but the book is more than just an adventure yarn. Indeed, its relevance to the modern officer is obvious as its incisive observations about leadership, motivation and morale still have much contemporary relevance. -The Wish Stream, Vol 54, Summer 2000 ""[In October 1918] the Seventy-seventh American Division attacked in the Argonne. One mixed battalion of companies from two regiments got as far as it could. Germans closed in the rear, surrounding 600 men. Six days later, after incredible hardships, the wounded and an unharmed 194 were relieved... [The authors] have reconstructed every dramatic hour of the six-day siege... Correcting myths, cleaning up official whitewashes, Johnson and Pratt succeed in telling a more dramatic story than all the myths and official embroideries put together."" - New York Times-""The reissuing of this classic book ... is to be welcomed by students of the First World War and those with a general interest in warfare and the fighting man... Written by a journalist who covered the war and a historian of some repute this book ... is a detailed account of a remarkable series of events. The pace of the writing will keep the reader turning the pages for more, but the book is more than just an adventure yarn. Indeed, its relevance to the modern officer is obvious as its incisive observations about leadership, motivation and morale still have much contemporary relevance.""-The Wish Stream, Vol 54, Summer 2000 [In October 1918] the Seventy-seventh American Division attacked in the Argonne. One mixed battalion of companies from two regiments got as far as it could. Germans closed in the rear, surrounding 600 men. Six days later, after incredible hardships, the wounded and an unharmed 194 were relieved... [The authors] have reconstructed every dramatic hour of the six-day siege... Correcting myths, cleaning up official whitewashes, Johnson and Pratt succeed in telling a more dramatic story than all the myths and official embroideries put together. -New York Times New York Times """[In October 1918] the Seventy-seventh American Division attacked in the Argonne. One mixed battalion of companies from two regiments got as far as it could. Germans closed in the rear, surrounding 600 men. Six days later, after incredible hardships, the wounded and an unharmed 194 were relieved... [The authors] have reconstructed every dramatic hour of the six-day siege... Correcting myths, cleaning up official whitewashes, Johnson and Pratt succeed in telling a more dramatic story than all the myths and official embroideries put together."" - New York Times-""The reissuing of this classic book ... is to be welcomed by students of the First World War and those with a general interest in warfare and the fighting man... Written by a journalist who covered the war and a historian of some repute this book ... is a detailed account of a remarkable series of events. The pace of the writing will keep the reader turning the pages for more, but the book is more than just an adventure yarn. Indeed, its relevance to the modern officer is obvious as its incisive observations about leadership, motivation and morale still have much contemporary relevance.""-The Wish Stream, Vol 54, Summer 2000" Author InformationThomas M. Johnson was a newspaperman and author who covered World War I. Fletcher Pratt was a historian and prolific author. Edward M. Coffman is a professor emeritus of history at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and the author of several books, including The War to End All Wars: The American Military Experience in World War I. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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