Offering an abundance of new details and insight, Forty-Seven Days is the definitive account of the First Army's hard-fought victory in World War I-and the revealing tale of how our military came of age in its most devastating battle.
Mitchell Yockelson, recipient of the Army Historical Foundation’s Distinguished Writing Award, is an investigative archivist at the National Archives and Records Administration, as well as a former professor of military history at the United States Naval Academy. He currently teaches at Norwich University. One of America’s foremost experts on the First World War, he holds a doctorate from the Royal Military College of Science, Cranfield University, in the United Kingdom.
“Get ready to dig into one of the wildest and deadliest battles in
history. The beautifully researched Forty-Seven Days takes you
right there and shows you all the minute details, from the pings of
a bullet to Pershing’s confidence and fears.”—Brad
Meltzer, New York Times bestselling author of The
President’s Shadow
“On September 26, 1918, the American Expeditionary Forces began the
Battle of the Argonne Forest lacking a strategy, experience, or an
understanding of what lay ahead. Forty-seven days later, at
battle’s end, the back of the German army had been broken and
General John J. Pershing had secured his place as one of the great
generals in American history. The story of this pivotal battle has
never been better told than it is here. Mitchell Yockelson expands
our understanding not only of how World War I ended, but also of
how militaries can change and adapt under conditions of great
adversity.”—Max Boot, New York Times bestselling author of The
Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and the Rise of American Power and
Invisible Armies: An Epic History of Guerrilla Warfare from Ancient
Times to the Present Day
“The Meuse-Argonne campaign in 1918 was the most significant battle
fought by American Doughboys in World War I. In Forty-Seven Days,
Mitchell Yockelson has written a superbly researched account of
their coming of age under the leadership of Gen. John J. ‘Black
Jack’ Pershing. This book will take its place as one of the best
books written about the largest and one of the deadliest campaigns
in American military history.”—Carlo D’Este, author of Patton: A
Genius For War
“Mitchell Yockelson has become a preeminent World War I historian.
With an absorbing narrative, fast pacing, and gritty detail, his
Forty-Seven Days brings to life that war’s final and bloody
Meuse-Argonne offensive, when General John ‘Black Jack’ Pershing
and more than one million American and French soldiers broke the
back of the mighty German army.”—Douglas Waller, New York Times
bestselling author of Disciples and Wild Bill Donovan
“Yockelson moves by increments through the intricate phases of
Pershing’s ultimate victory, which he achieved despite the
greenness of his doughboys. [Yockelson] does a sharp job filling in
the military details and fleshing out the biographies of the
legendary figures who would feature prominently in the next great
conflagration: Patton, Marshall, MacArthur, Donovan, etc....An
accessible, elucidating study by a knowledgeable
expert.”—Kirkus
“For students of history and followers of the United States’
military, [Forty-Seven Days] — which also includes informative maps
and follow-up accounts of notable participants’ lives in the war’s
aftermath—is a must-read. In fact, it is for everyone, since most
Americans know very little about our country’s actions in World War
I. This volume is an easy way to get caught up.”—The Washington
Independent Review of Books
“Well written with a pulsating and dramatic narrative verve,
Forty-Seven Days takes readers into the trenches with raw and
untested American troops during the Meuse-Agonne campaign…
Yockelson does an exceptional job of paralleling the experiences of
American forces within the context of [General John J.] Pershing’s
life.”—On Point: The Journal of Army History
“This work provides the reader a very thorough and entertaining
account of the U.S. Army’s first true foray onto the world
stage.”—Military Heritage
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