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The World War I Memoirs of Robert P. Patterson: A Captain in the Great War

The World War I Memoirs of Robert P. Patterson: A Captain in the Great War

Paperback

Series: Legacies of War

Biographies GeneralMilitary BiographiesWorld War I

ISBN10: 1621904687
ISBN13: 9781621904687
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
Published: Mar 29 2019
Pages: 136
Weight: 0.45
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

This memoir illuminates key aspects of the war experience: the enthusiasm for fighting, tensions with officers, tedium with regard to noncombatant work, the variety of trench experiences, the sharp learning curve that the army underwent on the ground, and the confusing nature of combat for ground troops. As the centennial of the war approaches this well-annotated memoir that connects Patterson's individual experiences to the larger U.S. experience of the war will appeal to general readers and specialists alike. --Jennifer D. Keene, author of World War I: The American Soldier Experience

A journalist once called Under Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson the toughest man in Washington for his fervid efforts in managing U.S. mobilization in World War II. The World War I Memoirs of Robert P. Patterson: A Captain in the Great War recounts Patterson's own formative military experiences in the First World War.

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