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Optimism at Armaggedon - Voices of American Participants in World War One (Hardcover, New) Loot Price: R2,527
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Optimism at Armaggedon - Voices of American Participants in World War One (Hardcover, New): Mark Meigs

Optimism at Armaggedon - Voices of American Participants in World War One (Hardcover, New)

Mark Meigs

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The experiences of American soldiers in World War I differed enormously from those of European combatants. With the U. S. emerging from its previous isolation, soldiers arrived in the European theater late, fought briefly, and soon found themselves among the victors. Exposed for the first time to a foreign culture and bombarded by the messages of America's first concerted propaganda campaign, doughboys and other American participants struggled to make sense of their role and participation in the war.

Mark Meigs here juxtaposes more official views--as expressed in speeches and in The Stars and Stripes, army handbooks, and unit histories--with informal, widely disseminated sources, such as popular songs, jokes, and postwar fiction, together with the soldiers' own letters and journals. Optimism at Armageddon begins with an exploration of how Americans rationalized their involvement and goes on to examine the effects of veterans' experiences during the war, focusing on combat, cultural and sexual contact with their European hosts, and death and concludes with the doughboys' account of their return to American society.

General

Imprint: New York University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: March 1997
First published: March 1997
Editors: Mark Meigs
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-5548-8
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > First World War
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > First World War
LSN: 0-8147-5548-8
Barcode: 9780814755488

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