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Few American military figures are more revered than General John J. "Black Jack" Pershing (1860-1948), who is most famous for leading the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I. The only soldier besides George Washington to be promoted to the highest rank in the U.S. Army (General of...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948 (Autor)
Otros Autores: Greenwood, John T. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2013]
Colección:American warriors (Lexington, Ky.)
Temas:
Pershing, John J. > (John Joseph), > 1860-1948.
United States. > Army > History > Punitive Expedition into Mexico, 1916.
United States. > Army.
1866-1946
Generals > United States > Biography.
Indians of North America > Wars > 1866-1895.
Spanish-American War, 1898 > Campaigns > Cuba.
Généraux > États-Unis > Biographies.
Peuples autochtones > Guerres > États-Unis > 1866-1895.
Guerre hispano-américaine, 1898 > Campagnes et batailles > Cuba.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
HISTORY > Military > Biological & Chemical Warfare.
HISTORY > Military > United States.
Generals.
Indians of North America > Wars.
Military campaigns.
Philippines > History > 1898-1946.
Philippines > Histoire > 1898-1946.
Cuba.
Mexico.
Philippines.
United States.
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Ancestry and Boyhood
  • Youth : Its Happy Days and Others
  • West Point : Its Grind and Its Pleasures
  • The Army : With the Sixth Cavalry in New Mexico
  • The Sioux Campaign and Commanding Indian Scouts
  • New Assignments, New Challenges, New Friends
  • The Spanish-American War to the San Juan Heights
  • The Spanish-American War : Victory in Cuba and Its Consequences
  • The Division of Customs and Insular Affairs and My First Assignment to the Philippines
  • Duty in the Philippines : Manila, Mindanao, and Iligan
  • Dealing with the Hostile Moros around Lake Lanao
  • Military Operations against the Lake Lanao Moros and the Routine of Governing
  • Finishing the Campaign against the Lake Lanao Moros
  • Return to the United States, Duty with the General Staff, and Romance and Marriage
  • Off to See a Modern War as the Military Attaché in Tokyo and Observer with the Imperial Japanese Army
  • Brigade Commander, Fort McKinley, Philippines
  • A Long Journey Home, Taft's Inauguration, Sick Leave, New Orders, and a Son Arrives
  • My Return to Mindanao
  • Disarming and Taming the Moros
  • The Last Military Governor of the Moro Province
  • Diplomatic Missions, Our Return to the United States, and Commanding the Eighth Brigade at the Presidio of San Francisco
  • On the Mexican Border with the Eighth Brigade
  • The Expedition into Mexico
  • Epilogue.

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