The personal sacrifice of soldiers in war often gets lost in military histories, and Jordan's moving account of the 107th Ohio is a welcome corrective.
Seidule openly confronts his own indifference to racism, and this absorbing book will be of value to anyone interested in how history informs our present.
Woodard is a gifted historiographer, and this excellent work will be appreciated by anyone interested in American history and how it came to be written.
Readers with an interest in reflective philosophical history will appreciate this book. Those looking for a more straightforward narrative of the period and how the two world wars relate might find Ian Kershaw’s To Hell and Back a better choice.