{"product_id":"unknown-soldiers-snell-9780873389402","title":"Unknown Soldiers: The American Expeditionary Forces in Memory and Remembrance","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Great War remembered\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book is not a history of World War I, nor is it a history of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) on the Western Front. Rather, it is a collection of essays that examines how the wartime generation and those that followed have remembered or commemorated individuals, groups, and military organizations that comprised the AEF.\"\u003cbr\u003e--from the Preface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe essays comprising \u003cem\u003eUnknown Soldiers\u003c\/em\u003e are divided into three sections: \"Remembering the AEF,\" \"Soldiers and Their Units in Battle and Beyond,\" and \"The AEF in Popular Memory.\" The first section provides an overview of how Americans and the government have remembered, commemorated, and interpreted the history of the AEF, its battles, and its soldiers. The four essays in the second section shed light on how the doughboys fought, how they interacted with Allied soldiers, how the war shaped their postwar careers and memories, and how heroic feats became the stuff of myth and legend. The last section explores how the AEF has been remembered through popular literature, film, and music.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis 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. \u003cem\u003eUnknown Soldiers\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Snell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0873389409\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780873389402\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kent State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 274\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.56h x 6.32w x 1.05d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/12\/2008 pg. 20","brand":"Snell","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48587661541631,"sku":"9780873389402","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/unknown-soldiers-snell-9780873389402","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}