Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour

Praise for Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour The days preceding November 11, 1918, featured a deadly minuet involving exhausted armies conditioned to fight, yet desperate to avoid still more futile bloodshed. Joe Persico recreates this twilight struggle with heartbreaking intimacy. His pointillist portrait is at once harrowing and heroic. Written with a narrative elegance and factual command reminiscent of David McCullough or William Manchester, this is much more than a poignant account of the road to armistice. It is the single finest work I have read on the Great War. -RICHARD NORTON SMITH, executive director, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Once again Joe Persico has brought us an unforgettable moment in history. At a time when our own world is changing, Americans are increasingly understanding how we are still affected by World War I, and Persico takes us into the experience of how that war ended-the violence, sacrifice, frustration, and hope. -MICHAEL BESCHLOSS Joe Persico has done the impossible-he has written an original book on World War I. By starting with the last day, he has found a way to see the nightmare as a separate world, something that became for all the participants a totally consuming passion. -THOMAS FLEMING, author of The Illusion of Victory: America in World War I A compelling account of the dramatic final moments of World War I that not only captures the tragedy that marked the final hours of the Great War but brings to life the remarkable stories of its participants. This is a splendid book by a born storyteller and a superb historian. -CARLO D'ESTE, author of Eisenhower: A Soldier's Life and Patton: A Genius for War From the Hardcover edition.