America's "Foreign Legion": Immigrant Soldiers in the Great War Naval Warfare the self-serving intervention of these

the self-serving intervention of these powers in the region between 1914 and 1919 is the major reason for the conflicts that have raged there on and off ever since

inspirational

the Somme and Gallipoli among them—and sheds new light on the strategies and tactics employed

World War I might indeed have been avoided entirely had it not been for the actions of a small group of statesmen in the month after the assassination

Much of the quilt making from April 1917 to March 1919

America's "Foreign Legion": Immigrant Soldiers in the Great War Naval Warfare the self-serving intervention of theseDescription by Dennis A. Connole Paperback Immigrant American soldiers played an important, often underrated role in World War I. Those who were non citizens had no obligation to participate in the war, though many volunteered. Due to language barriers that prevented them from receiving proper training, they were often given the most dangerous and dirty jobs. The impetus for this book was the story of Matthew Guerra (the author's great uncle). He