Over There
America in the Great War
Published on 15. January 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-0-8117-1485-3 (ISBN)
Description
More than 400 photographs detail the American military experience in World War I on the ground, in the air, and at sea, from recruitment to the Armistice. This is the premier visual history of the United States in the Great War to be published during these centennial years.
* Features not only the infamous Doughboys and Devil Dogs, but also flying aces, doctors and nurses, seamen, and the German enemy
* Color photos of weapons and equipment, uniforms, insignia, medals, and posters
* Richly informative text and captions by an expert on World War I and battlefield interpretation.
* Features not only the infamous Doughboys and Devil Dogs, but also flying aces, doctors and nurses, seamen, and the German enemy
* Color photos of weapons and equipment, uniforms, insignia, medals, and posters
* Richly informative text and captions by an expert on World War I and battlefield interpretation.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Mechanicsburg
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
381
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
816 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8117-1485-3 (9780811714853)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Col. Robert J. Dalessandro, USA (Ret.), is chairman of the U.S. World War One Centennial Commission. He has been director of the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center and chief of military history at the U.S. Army Center of Military History, and is currently deputy secretary of the American Battle Monuments Commission. He is revisor for Stackpole's Army Officer's Guide and author of Willing Patriots: Men of Color in the First World War, American Lions: The 332nd Infantry Regiment in Italy in World War I, and Organization and Insignia of the American Expeditionary Force. Dalessandro lives in northern Virginia.