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-Dissects this episode in a thorough and balanced manner. Ferrell shows that, despite battlefield confusion and press exaggeration, -together with what happened at the Alamo and the Little Big Horn, the Lost Battalion stood for courage, defiance in the face of odds, [and] willingness to fight when others might have given up.----Military Heritage -Ferrell's account and reexamination is concise and well-written, moving seamlessly from event to event as he conducts a thorough investigation into the actions--and inaction--of the officers directly involved with the entrapment and eventual relief of those troops.---Military History -They were never lost and they were never a battalion. Between 2 October and 7 November 1918, trapped in a pocket on the left bank of the Meuse River, they held out against everything the Germans could throw at them. Much of the mythology of the -Lost Battalion- was made up by newsmen anxious for a headline. It was good copy then and it is good copy now. Distinguished historian Robert H. Ferrell successfully penetrates the romantic mist to reconsider the events of those five tumultuous days.---The Journal of Military History Dissects this episode in a thorough and balanced manner. Ferrell shows that, despite battlefield confusion and press exaggeration, together with what happened at the Alamo and the Little Big Horn, the Lost Battalion stood for courage, defiance in the face of odds, [and] willingness to fight when others might have given up. --Military Heritage Ferrell's account and reexamination is concise and well-written, moving seamlessly from event to event as he conducts a thorough investigation into the actions--and inaction--of the officers directly involved with the entrapment and eventual relief of those troops. --Military History They were never lost and they were never a battalion. Between 2 October and 7 November 1918, trapped in a pocket on the left bank of the Meuse River, they held out against everything the Germans could throw at them. Much of the mythology of the Lost Battalion was made up by newsmen anxious for a headline. It was good copy then and it is good copy now. Distinguished historian Robert H. Ferrell successfully penetrates the romantic mist to reconsider the events of those five tumultuous days. --The Journal of Military History They were never lost and they were never a battalion. Between 2 October and 7 November 1918, trapped in a pocket on the left bank of the Meuse River, they held out against everything the Germans could throw at them. Much of the mythology of the Lost Battalion was made up by newsmen anxious for a headline. It was good copy then and it is good copy now. Distinguished historian Robert H. Ferrell successfully penetrates the romantic mist to reconsider the events of those five tumultuous days. The Journal of Military History Ferrell s account and reexamination is concise and well-written, moving seamlessly from event to event as he conducts a thorough investigation into the actions and inaction of the officers directly involved with the entrapment and eventual relief of those troops. Military History Dissects this episode in a thorough and balanced manner. Ferrell shows that, despite battlefield confusion and press exaggeration, together with what happened at the Alamo and the Little Big Horn, the Lost Battalion stood for courage, defiance in the face of odds, [and] willingness to fight when others might have given up. Military Heritage

They were never lost and they were never a battalion. Between 2 October and 7 November 1918, trapped in a pocket on the left bank of the Meuse River, they held out against everything the Germans could throw at them. Much of the mythology of the Lost Battalion was made up by newsmen anxious for a headline. It was good copy then and it is good copy now. Distinguished historian Robert H. Ferrell successfully penetrates the romantic mist to reconsider the events of those five tumultuous days. The Journal of Military History Ferrell s account and reexamination is concise and well-written, moving seamlessly from event to event as he conducts a thorough investigation into the actions and inaction of the officers directly involved with the entrapment and eventual relief of those troops. Military History Dissects this episode in a thorough and balanced manner. Ferrell shows that, despite battlefield confusion and press exaggeration, together with what happened at the Alamo and the Little Big Horn, the Lost Battalion stood for courage, defiance in the face of odds, [and] willingness to fight when others might have given up. Military Heritage

Dissects this episode in a thorough and balanced manner. Ferrell shows that, despite battlefield confusion and press exaggeration, together with what happened at the Alamo and the Little Big Horn, the Lost Battalion stood for courage, defiance in the face of odds, [and] willingness to fight when others might have given up. --Military Heritage

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Robert H. Ferrell (1921-2018) is the author or editor of numerous books, including Presidential Leadership: From Woodrow Wilson to Harry S. Truman, Harry S. Truman: A Life, and Five Days in October: The Lost Battalion of World War I, available from the University of Missouri Press.

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