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Gutierrez's has done his homework. His book rests on thorough research in masses of hitherto-ignored primary sources, and presents a sweeping, compelling narrative of the experiences of American soldiers in World War I. Finally, the Doughboys have a historian able to tell their story in all of its many dimensions. -- Edward G. Lengel, author of To Conquer Hell: The Meuse-Argonne, 1918

Gutierrez's has done his homework. His book rests on thorough research in masses of hitherto-ignored primary sources, and presents a sweeping, compelling narrative of the experiences of American soldiers in World War I. Finally, the Doughboys have a historian able to tell their story in all of its many dimensions. --Edward G. Lengel, author of To Conquer Hell: The Meuse-Argonne, 1918

A gripping and engaging view into the feelings and perspectives of the average soldier before, during, and immediately after World War I. It does a terrific job painting a picture of the soldier's experience, to include an engaging description of the motivations driving Italian-Americans and African-Americans in proving their worth in battle to reflect their value as citizens. . . . A valuable contribution to the historiography on the First World War. <i><b>Parameters</i></b>

-Gutierrez's fine book is based on a truly remarkable treasure trove of respondent forms from demobilizing soldiers. Soldiers wrote with remarkable frankness on just how 'war was hell' and how they responded to it. Many recorded a disdain and horror for war in the abstract, coupled with a fierce pride in their particular participation in 'their' war.--- Leonard V. Smith, author of The Embattled Self: French Soldiers' Testimony of the Great War

Edward Gutierrez has been studying thousands of [World War I] soldiers. . . . What he has discovered ought to make Americans proud, for, although the veterans returned with an understandable hatred of war-- Sherman was right, wrote one, war is hell --they were almost universally proud of what they had done. -- Wall Street Journal

-Gutierrez's scholarship reflects a deep knowledge of the historical period. Anyone seeking to better understand the soldiers of the AEF will find this book invaluable.- Steven Trout, editor of Scarlet Fields: The Combat Memoir of a World War I Medal of Honor Hero

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Edward A. Gutiérrez received his PhD from Ohio State University, USA and is a lecturer at the University of Hartford in West Hartford, Connecticut, USA. The recipient of a Harry Frank Guggenheim research grant, his work has appeared in A Concise Companion to the Meuse-Argonne; Russia at War: From the Mongol Conquest to Afghanistan, Chechnya, and Beyond; and Germany at War: 400 Years of Military History, among other volumes.

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