Serpents of War: An American Officer’s Story of World War I Combat and Captivity

2026/02/17 by Mark Ethan Grotelueschen · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact #African history and culture studies #Military history and social perspectives

paper · doi:10.1080/19475020.2026.2622643

openalex publication_date 2026/02/17 · openalex created_date 2026/02/18 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/15

Abstract

One of the benefits of continued scholarly research into the First World War is the unearthing of entirely new personal accounts of the conflict, as researchers find diaries and memoirs written lon...

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• Grotelueschen shows how "Serpents of War" presents Major Harry Dravo Parkin’s unsparing view of the "horrors and glories" of leadership. He notes the editors' work in highlighting Parkin's critiques o [bsky, 3 points, 1 comments]

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