The Doughboys by Gary Mead. From the blurb: 'Drawing from the often harrowing personal accounts of the soldiers of the American Expeditionary Force, The Doughboys establishes the pivotal role played by the Americans in the defeat of the Central powers in November 1918. Gary Mead brings together an extraordinarily rich selection of archive material in an engaging account that is part military history, part social analysis and memoir. The Doughboys records the events of the war exclusively from the perspective of the United States, highlighting the pivotal role played by the troops of the AEF and exposing the prickly, often turbulent relationship between the American and the Allied forces.' Illustrated. Hardcover. 494pp.
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