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008			130103s2004 nyuabf b 001 0 eng
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020			_a0375508252
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050	0	0	_aD523 _b.P44 2004
082	0	0	_a940.4 PER
100	1		_aPersico, Joseph E. _d(, 1930-2014)
245	1	0	_aEleventh month, eleventh day, eleventh hour _b: Armistice Day, 1918, World War I and its violent climax _c/ by Joseph E. Persico.
260			_aNew York _b: Random House _c, c2004.
300			_axix, 456 p., [16] p. of plates _b: ill., map _c; 25 cm.
500			_aLocated in the Gloria Grant Room--special collection of SMA authors.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [427]-433) and index.
520			_aA tight focus-the activities of the British and American troops on the final morning of WWI-has yielded a somewhat sprawling study for Persico, who coauthored Colin Powell's My American Journey and whose Roosevelt's Secret War made the cover of several book reviews. Some soldiers laid down their arms and waited quietly for 11 a.m.; others suffered heavy casualties (a total of about 10,000) because aggressive commanders (including General Pershing) insisted on launching assaults right up to the last minute. Incidents of the final morning are sandwiched between an episodic overview of the Anglo-American experience on the Western Front (to the detriment of other nations and theaters of war) and capsule biographies of prominent and ground-level players in the war. The narratives of battles are something of a mixed bag, but more than commonly readable for the lay reader.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1914-1918
650		0	_aArmistice day
830		0	_aSan Miguel de Allende (Mexico)--Author
942			_cMO
999			_c270465 _d270465