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His entertaining prose introduces a new generation of readers to a wide array of soldiers

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Rosecrans worried the North would “overlook so great an event because it is not written in letters of blood”—and history proved him right

Fighting the Great War: A Global History (Polity Short Introductions) (Neiberg, WH) Section- U.S. History General failed to properly discipline andby Michael S. Neiberg Despair at Gallipoli. Victory at Vimy Ridge. A European generation lost, an American spirit found. The First World War, the deadly herald of a new era, continues to captivate readers. In this lively book, Michael Neiberg offers a concise history based on the latest research and insights into the soldiers, commanders, battles, and legacies of the Great War. Tracing the war from Verdun to Salonika to Baghdad to German East Africa,