Pershing

Pershing by Lacey, Jim. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780230603837.

In this persuasive biography, Jim Lacey sheds light on General Pershings legacy as the nations first modern combat commander, setting the standard for todays four-star officers. When the U.S. entered into WWI in 1917, they did so with inadequate forces. In just over a year, Pershing built and hurled a one million man army against forty battle-hardened German divisions, defending the hellish Meuse-Argonne and turning the tide of the war. With focus and clarity, Lacey traces the development of Pershing from Indian fighter, to guerrilla warrior against the Philippines insurgency to victorious commander in WWI.