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To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918

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To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918 by Adam Hochschild
ISBN: 9780547750316
Published by Mariner Books on March 6th 2012
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 448

Len's Summary: Existing tensions in British society exacerbated by the huge human and material costs of industrialized war shaped conflict that often pitted brother against sister. father against son.

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The Last of the Doughboys: The Forgotten Generation and their Forgotten World War

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The Last of the Doughboys: The Forgotten Generation and their Forgotten World WarThe Last of the Doughboys: The Forgotten Generation and their Forgotten World War by Richard Rubin
ISBN: 9780544290488
Published by Mariner Books on May 6th 2014
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, History, World War I, United States, Veterans
Pages: 518

Len's Summary: Beginning ten years ago, the author set out to interview surviving WWI veterans and succeeded in finding several dozen men and women aged 101 to 113. These included an infantryman, an artillerist, an engineer a balloonist, sailors, marines, a woman War Department worker, yoemanettes, a veteran of the Siberian expedition, and a Canadian veteran, as well as the last surviving Doughboy Frank Buckles. These are their stories.

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