My Fellow Soldiers

Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of War Letters, a marvellously vivid and moving account of the American experience in World War I, centred on an intimate portrait of General Pershing, drawing on a rich trove of newly uncovered letters. My Fellow Soldiers tells the story of the American experience in World War I with General John Pershing in the foreground against a landscape of extraordinary voices, to convey the grassroots perspective of American doughboys, war nurses, and their families with extraordinary intimacy and power.