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who was just 15 when he enlisted

one soldier recalled

among them prophets of the horrors of future wars whose warnings went unheeded: Alfred Nobel

In the wake of the First World War

Doughboys, the Great War, and the Remaking of America Influenza Beyond those specific images lieDescription by Jennifer D. Keene Paperback How does a democratic government conscript citizens, turn them into soldiers who can fight effectively against a highly trained enemy, and then somehow reward these troops for their service? In Doughboys, the Great War, and the Remaking of America, Jennifer D. Keene argues that the doughboy experience in 191718 forged the U. S. Army of the twentieth century and ultimately led to the most sweeping piece of