James Carl Nelson
Auteur de The Remains of Company D
A propos de l'auteur
James Carl Nelson is the author of five acclaimed histories of the American experience in World War I. He was the recipient of the 2017 Marine Corps Heritage Foundation's Colonel Joseph Alexander Award for Biography.
Œuvres de James Carl Nelson
The Polar Bear Expedition: The Heroes of America's Forgotten Invasion of Russia, 1918-1919 (2019) 81 exemplaires
Five Lieutenants: The Heartbreaking Story of Five Harvard Men Who Led America to Victory in World War I (2012) 56 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Nelson, James Carl
- Date de naissance
- 20th century
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Études
- University of Minnesota (BA|Journalism)
Membres
Critiques
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 5
- Membres
- 336
- Popularité
- #70,811
- Évaluation
- 3.3
- Critiques
- 9
- ISBN
- 41
- Langues
- 1
I Will Hold is a history book following future Commandant Clifton B. Cates and the 96th Company of the USMC during their campaigns in France during World War 1. It is *NOT* a biography of Cates, even if you wanted to frame that as a "biography of Cates focusing on his time in WW1" (although it's close to that). Similarly, it is *NOT* a history of the 96th Company (although, again, it's close to that). It splits the difference between these two things, which makes it something of a tweener; not enough of either aspect to be great. As a quasi-biography, I learn a lot about what Cates did and who he was, but not a lot enough about what he *thought* and how his experiences in France shaped him for the rest of his career and life. As a quasi-unit history, I don't learn enough about the formation of the unit and its role in the larger war to properly appreciate it as a unit history.
With that said, it's still a fine book and a good read (and for the audiobook, very nicely narrated). It feels like it could have been something more, though.… (plus d'informations)