The Globe and Anchor Men: U.S. Marines and American Manhood in the Great War Era

The Globe and Anchor Men: U.S. Marines and American Manhood in the Great War EraDescription By Mark Ryland Folse Hardcover Throughout the World War I era, the United States Marine Corps efforts to promote their culture of manliness directed attention away from the dangers of war and military life and towards its potential benefits. As a military institution that valued physical, mental, and moral strength, the Marines created an alluring image for young men seeking a rite of passage into manhood. Within this context, the

The first American pilots to fight in World War One flew for the French military

and sometimes humorous stories of the American reporters who risked their lives in war zones to record their experiences and send the news to the people back home

by Greg VanWyngarden

the British

the Angel of Mercy

dogs sniffed out wounded soldiers on battlefields

Ranging across British Malaya

Intermingled with details of how they navigate daily life in the putrefied atmosphere of the trenches are both harrowing descriptions and a political

at camp in the field

Simon Sebag Montefiore’s gripping chronicle reveals their secret world of unlimited power and ruthless empire-building

Napoleon Bonaparte is often credited with saying that ‘an army marches on its stomach’

This mug features an emblem created to commemorate the 1918 Armistice that ended WWI