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Americans at War in Foreign Forces: A History, 1914-1945
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Americans at War in Foreign Forces: A History, 1914-1945 Paperback - 2014

by Chris Dickon


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The role of Americans in the two world wars is well known, but with a glaring exception--one that reveals a little-known aspect of the common history of the United States and Canada. By the time of the American entrance into World War I in April 1917 and World War II in December 1941, tens of thousands of Americans had already fought and died in those conflicts in the uniforms of other nations. Most had quietly traveled over the northern border to join the ground, air and naval forces of the Commonwealth nations, others to France, Poland, China and the other nations and armed forces that played a role in the continuing world conflict of the first half of the century. In preceding their own nation to war, they influenced the course of events in those years and, though threatened with loss of citizenship, were ultimately met with the acceptance of their own government. This book tells the story of who these Americans were, why they took the actions they did, their experiences in war, and the effects of their presence as Americans in foreign forces.

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  • Title Americans at War in Foreign Forces: A History, 1914-1945
  • Author Chris Dickon
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher McFarland & Company
  • Date 2014-07-29
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780786471904 / 0786471905
  • Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.9 x 6.9 x 0.6 in (25.15 x 17.53 x 1.52 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1900-1919
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2014023633
  • Dewey Decimal Code 940.412

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  • Choice, 04/01/2015, Page 1387

About the author

Chris Dickon is an Emmy-awarded former broadcast producer whose work develops new information about the human results of Americans at war. He has written about the places where named American war dead are still buried, the role of Americans in the non-American forces of the two world wars, and the social results of U.S. military racial policy and practice in Europe. He lives in Portsmouth, Virginia.
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