<![CDATA[To the Last Man: A Novel of the First World War]]>

false <![CDATA[To the Last Man: A Novel of the First World War]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167784862m/26175.jpg 26175 9 Jeff Shaara has enthralled readers with his New York Times bestselling novels set during the Civil War and the American Revolution. Now the acclaimed author turns to World War I, bringing to life the sweeping, emotional story of the war that devastated a generation and established America as a world power. Spring 1916: the horror of a stalemate on Europe’s western front. France and Great Britain are on one side of the barbed wire, a fierce German army is on the other. Shaara opens the window onto the otherworldly tableau of trench warfare as seen through the eyes of a typical British soldier who experiences the bizarre and the horrible–a “Tommy” whose innocent youth is cast into the hell of a terrifying war. In the skies, meanwhile, technology has provided a devastating new tool, the aeroplane, and with it a different kind of hero emerges–the flying ace. Soaring high above the chaos on the ground, these solitary knights duel in the splendor and terror of the skies, their courage and steel tested with every flight. As the conflict stretches into its third year, a neutral America is goaded into war, its reluctant president, Woodrow Wilson, finally accepting the repeated challenges to his stance of nonalignment. Yet the Americans are woefully unprepared and ill equipped to enter a war that has become worldwide in scope. The responsibility is placed on the shoulders of General John “Blackjack” Pershing, and by mid-1917 the first wave of the American Expeditionary Force arrives in Europe. Encouraged by the bold spirit and strength of the untested Americans, the world waits to see if the tide of war can finally be turned. From Blackjack Pershing to the Marine in the trenches, from the Red Baron to the American pilots of the Lafayette Escadrille, To the Last Man is written with the moving vividness and accuracy that characterizes all of Shaara’s work. This spellbinding new novel carries readers–the way only Shaara can–to the heart of one of the greatest conflicts in human history, and puts them face-to-face with the characters who made a lasting impact on the world. From the Hardcover edition. 168569 2004 To the Last Man: A Novel of the First World War total:443|5:150|4:164|3:105|2:21|1:3| 443 1766 622 51 5 2 false false Sun Sep 14 09:00:35 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 23 20:09:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 23 14:26:58 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 23 14:52:32 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 14 08:19:35 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 30 07:02:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 14:54:57 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 13:39:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Fri Jul 24 21:50:39 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 21:53:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Jul 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 14:55:51 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 06:17:19 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Sep 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 21:28:56 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 12:42:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Dec 18 17:35:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 17:36:10 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Wed Jan 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 22:58:27 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 23:07:26 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Sep 02 12:21:14 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 08:37:05 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 02 12:21:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Mar 23 11:39:24 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 12:14:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 16:57:44 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 17:00:14 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Oct 17 17:18:15 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 17:20:09 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Tue Apr 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 14:46:53 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 07:06:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Dec 26 19:30:49 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 19:33:12 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Mon Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 23:13:59 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 02:50:10 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Jan 15 10:01:42 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 10:02:21 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sat May 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 20:11:08 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 20:12:03 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon May 11 20:34:17 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 20:36:01 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue May 26 11:32:13 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 11:32:13 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=26175