Lest We Forget: The Great War
As the United States commemorates the centennial of World War I, one of the nation’s premier military history institutions pays tribute to the Americans who served and the allies they fought beside to defeat a resourceful enemy with a lavishly illustrated book published in partnership with the Unites States World War One Centennial Commission.
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Lest We Forget: The Great War
As the United States commemorates the centennial of World War I, one of the nation’s premier military history institutions pays tribute to the Americans who served and the allies they fought beside to defeat a resourceful enemy with a lavishly illustrated book published in partnership with the Unites States World War One Centennial Commission.
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As the United States commemorates the centennial of World War I, one of the nation’s premier military history institutions pays tribute to the Americans who served and the allies they fought beside to defeat a resourceful enemy with a lavishly illustrated book published in partnership with the Unites States World War One Centennial Commission.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780998968902
Publisher: Pritzker Military Museum & Library
Publication date: 04/11/2018
Pages: 400
Product dimensions: 1.20(w) x 9.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Sir Hew Strachan is the author of 14 major publications, including the first installment of his groundbreaking three-volume work on the Great War, The First World War (To Arms). Strachan is known for his detailed and carefully researched writings. His research interests center on military history and strategic studies, with particular interest in the First World War and the history of the British army. Strachan has been significantly involved in the preparations for the centenary of the First World War, serving on the U.K. and Scotland national advisory committees and on the Comité Scientifique of the Mission du Centenaire in France. Strachan served as chair of the Imperial War Museum’s academic advisory committee for its new First World War galleries and the commonwealth War Graves Commission’s 2014-18 committee.

Colonel (IL) Jennifer N. Pritzker, IL ARNG (Retired) is the Founder and Chair of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library, which she created in 2003; President and Founder of the Pritzker Military Foundation and the TAWANI Foundation; and President and CEO of TAWANI Enterprises, Inc. She is Founder and Executive Editor of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library’s publications. In 1974, Pritzker enlisted in the U.S. Army, serving until 1977 with the 82nd Airborne Division where she rose to the rank of sergeant. She was commissioned in 1979 and served on active duty until 1985 with the 101st Airborne Division and VII Corps Germany. From 1985 to 2001, she served in the U.S. Army Reserves and the Illinois National Guard. She retired with the rank of lieutenant colonel and subsequently received an honorary promotion to full colonel in the Illinois National Guard. Pritzker holds an honorary doctorate from Norwich University and in 2016 received the U.S. Department of Defense Spirit of Hope Award from the U.S. Army.

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