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In the foreword to the volume, Brigadier General U. G. McAlexander says of the author that he “has taken great pains to present historical facts in an attractive, readable form and to show to the mind a realistic picture of the whole scene of operations.” After giving the history of events, from the arrival of Pershing in France to the armistice, he devotes four chapters to: Auxiliary arms; The services of supply; Division histories; A visitor’s guide. The book has illustrations, maps and an index.
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“Amid the great multiplicity of books on the war in its various phases which have appeared since the armistice there is none which, in the present or the future, is of more intensive value than this.”
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“It is written with unflagging energy and interest, is thoroughly readable, and its author is the very embodiment of the type and spirit of the thousands of young officers from civil life who made such admirable leaders of our troops in action.” F. V. Greene
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“It is the opinion of those most competent to judge that his story of America’s participation in the war is as accurate and complete as it can be made at this time.”
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