NPR American Chronicles: World War I
Nonfiction
eAudiobook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : HighBridge, 2014
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Made available through hoopla
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 audio file (3hr., 30 min.)) : digital
ISBN/ISSN
9781622313860 MWT11418351, 1622313860 11418351
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Read by Rachel Martin
Famously referred to by US president Woodrow Wilson as the war to end all wars, the first world war eclipsed all previous wars with its scale of destruction. With over twenty-seven nations involved, the battle-field horrors and political outcomes of the first truly global military conflict had repercussions that are still felt today. NPR presents a vivid portrait of what most experts consider the first modern war, including profiles of America's flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker, unlikely savior of war-torn Belgium Herbert Hoover, and the last surviving doughboy Frank Buckles
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