The Yanks Are Coming!

A Military History of the United States in World War I

By: H. W. Crocker

Narrated by: Robertson Dean

Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins

Publisher's summary

Best-selling military historian H. W. Crocker III turns his guns on the epic story of America's involvement in the First World War with TheYanks Are Coming! A Military History of the United States in World War I.

The year 2014 marks the centenary of the beginning of the Great War, and in Crocker's sweeping, American-focused account, listeners will learn:

• How George S. Patton, Douglas MacArthur, George C. Marshall (of the Marshall Plan), "Wild Bill" Donovan (future founder of the OSS, the World War II precursor to the CIA), Harry S. Truman, and many other American heroes earned their military spurs in during World War I
• Why, despite the efforts of the almost absurdly pacifistic administration of Woodrow Wilson, American involvement in the war was inevitable
• How the First World War was "the war that made the modern world" - sweeping away most of the crowned heads of Europe, redrawing the map of the Middle East, setting the stage for the rise of communism and fascism
• Why the First World War marked America's transition from a frontier power - some of our World War I generals had actually fought Indians - to a global superpower, with World War I generals like Douglas MacArthur living to see, and help shape, the nuclear age
• About the "Young Lions of the War" - heroes who should not be forgotten, like air ace Eddie Rickenbacker, Sergeant Alvin York (memorably portrayed by Gary Cooper in the Academy Award - winning movie Sergeant York), and all four of Theodore Roosevelt's sons (one of whom was killed)

Stirring and full of brilliantly told stories of men at war, The Yanks Are Coming! will be the essential audiobook for listeners interested in rediscovering America's role in the First World War on its 100th anniversary.

©2014 H. W. Crocker III (P)2014 Blackstone Audio, Inc

Veryi in depth book on the causes of World War 1

Very good book on the causes of World War I and the progression of what happened there in the war and what happened to the people after the war.
The narration was great and kept your interests during the whole book.

Should be required reading

This is an excellent review of the US involvement in the first World War and the major personalities involved. The writing is top notch, especially the final chapter which includes a question that every American should ask themselves which, if honestly answered, would strike at the core of our country's problems these days.

Great book, all but forgotten part of US history

What made the experience of listening to The Yanks Are Coming! the most enjoyable?

The book concetrated on the people, not the timeline of the war. Too many histories simply tell what happened. By having a better understanding of the people that actually took part, we can learn more about their success and failures.

What did you like best about this story?

How the book showed how the main characters in the war came to be the people we only know by name.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Eddie Riddenbacher (sp?) and how he lived and conducted business. Very eye opening.

Any additional comments?

Very good book, the experience that America's future leaders gained in WWI is often overlooked. Well worth the time.

Excellent book

While I love reading about WW2, for whatever reason, WW1 just doesn't click with me. With that said, I thought the early part of this book was excellent. It gives a short (probably 3-hours I'd guess) history on WW1, and it's done in a way that is actually interesting and easy to follow. I really enjoyed that.

After that opening section you have a series of biographies of major figures, and I also really enjoyed those as well.

Overall I really thought this was a grade A book, and I'd hope the author would revisit the subject and write out a more comprehensive history of WW1, maybe closer to the 10-12 hour mark.

Also the dope complaining about the book not being woke, that guy is clearly a low IQ cupcake.

superb

story, timing and lay out all excellent. narrator is amazing too. highly recommend for anyone wanting to know more and pretty much a solid base for American entry and role (before, during and after) in WWI.

Excellent WWI book from American viewpoint

Not only was this book a good overview of American involvement in the first world war, with the book also does a really good job of highlighting key American individuals would end up having a significant role in the second world war, people, like Patton, Rickenbacker, and William Donovan.

Tremendously well done

Simply stated, it’s a great book. The ending makes me wonder about our nation’s future.

A real gem

Do not miss this one. It’s truly excellent
Seven more words are required only two mote

Really good book but not exactly what I expected

If you know in advance what you are getting, this is a really good book on America and WW1. I thought it was going to be a military history of the doughboys in Europe but that was covered fairly briefly in the first few chapters. From then on each chapter is a biography of important/famous personalities that took part in the War. MacArthur, Patton, Billy Mitchell etc. are each given a decent amount of coverage and the effects The Great War had on them and the men they became as a result is well presented and interesting. The last chapter deals with Wilson and the treaty of Versailles and how the failure there ensured we’d do it all again in ~20 years.

The narrator is great, I’ve heard him do a few books and he is very easy to listen to with pleasant diction. Again, a very good book and something I recommend, just don’t expect the entirety to be about a military history.

Outstanding history

The author really brings the great war into perspective for the US listener as well as the world.

Really liked the carry-on history of the various characters that he covers throughout the book after covering the strategies and battles.

The last few chapters really bring into focus the league of Nations, and what some would call the failing of the Wilson administration

Highly recommended!!