Shaara's Next Big War

The Washington Post | December 22, 2004| | Copyright

TO THE LAST MAN

By Jeff Shaara

Ballantine. 636 pp. $27.95

Exciting glimpses into some of the less familiar aspects of World War I show that with "To the Last Man" Jeff Shaara has successfully graduated from his Civil War novels. In this padded but always readable account, he examines in turn the nuts and bolts of the air war, the fundamental problem that eventually led to the German defeat, and the absolutely incredible obstacles in the way of Gen. John J. Pershing as he tried to create the U.S. force that would win the war at long last.

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