{"product_id":"2940170010967","title":"NPR American Chronicles: World War I","description":"\u003cp\u003eFamously referred to by US president Woodrow Wilson as ¿the war to end all wars,¿ the first world war eclipsed all previous wars with its scale of destruction. With over twenty-seven nations involved, the battle-field horrors and political outcomes of the first truly global military conflict had repercussions that are still felt today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNPR presents a vivid portrait of what most experts consider the first modern war, including profiles of America¿s flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker, unlikely savior of war-torn Belgium Herbert Hoover, and the last surviving doughboy Frank Buckles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContents:\u003cli\u003eIntroduction by Rachel Martin\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eWashington¿s World War I Memorial\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eStumbling Into World War I, Like \u003ci\u003eSleepwalkers\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e1913\u003c\/i\u003e Leads a Tour of the World a Century Ago\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eA Race Against Time to Find WWI¿s Last Doughboys\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe Human Toll of the War \u003ci\u003eTo End All Wars\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eNational World War I Museum\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eFrank Buckles: Last U.S. Veteran of World War I\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eBelgian Exhibit Honors Hoover¿s WWI Effort\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eChristmas Truce\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eBattle of the River Aisne\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eWWI Poetry: The Words of War\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eGround War: Winston Rochet\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eLast Post\u003c\/i\u003e: Final Thoughts from Britain¿s WWI Vets\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eDiary Provides Black Soldier¿s View of WWI\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eBattle of the Somme\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eFrance Pays Tribute to Early U.S. Fighter Pilots\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eThomas Sopwith, Plane Designer\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e¿Fast Eddie¿ Rickenbacker\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eRobert K. Massie¿s \u003ci\u003eCastles of Steel\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eVeterans Day Journey Ends Near WWI Trenches\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eNew Clues in \u003ci\u003eLusitania\u003c\/i\u003e¿s Sinking\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eGermany¿s Last WWI Debt\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eArtists¿ Masks Hid Wounds of WWI Soldiers\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eWWI Munitions Still Live Beneath Western Front\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e11th Month, 11th Day, 11th Hour\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe Middle East and the West: WWI and Beyond\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe Bonus Army: How a Protest Led to the GI Bill\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eSavage Peace\u003c\/i\u003e of 1919, Relevant Today\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003ePete Seeger on His Uncle, Alan Seeger\u003c\/li\u003e","brand":"HighBridge Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47161802850544,"sku":"2940170010967","price":17.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170010967_p0.jpg?v=1763699219","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170010967","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}