Black Jack: The Life and Times of John J. Pershing Volume I

642 Pages·1977·27.325 MB·English

by  Frank E. Vandiver

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The Life and
Times of
John J.
Pershing
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FRANK E ANDIVEI
2 Vols. $35.00
“Here at last is a complete, accurate, and ab¬
sorbing biography of Pershing. I recommend
this splendid work to scholars and general
readers alike.” John Toland
—
As a child in Laclede, Missouri, John J.
Pershing watched Rebel partisans threaten
the town. He lived to see his country victori¬
ous in a second world war, led by men who
had served under him in the first. Few men
have participated in as vast a sweep of the
events that determined the course of their
nation’s history.
Black Jack Pershing’s colorful, sometimes
controversial career paralleled the emer¬
gence of the United States as a world power.
His professional life covered an incredible
span of American history — Indian cam¬
paigns against Geronimo and against the
Sioux, the Spanish-American War, cam¬
paigns against the Moro in the Philippines,
service as U.S. military attache in the
Russo-Japanese War, the Punitive Expedi¬
tion against Pancho Villa, and World War I.
Even during World War II George Marshall
regularly consulted with Pershing, by then
old and ill, in his room at Walter Reed Hospi¬
tal.
Focusing on the man in the events of his
time, Frank Vandiver examines the qualities
of and challenges to Pershing the soldier
without losing sight of the man who wore the
uniform. Special attention is given to Persh¬
ing’s stint as head of the newly established
Bureau of Insular Affairs and his fourteen
years’ service in the Far East, especially in
the Philippines, where the United States first
faced the problems of colonial administra-
(continued on back flap)
BB VancJiver* Frank Everson* 1925-
PP4433vv Black Jack : the life and times of
John J* Pershing / by Frank E*
V. i
V. i Vandiver* —- 1st ed* — College
Station : Texas ASM University Press*
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2 v* (xxii* 1178 p** [17] leaves of
plates) I ill* ; 24 cm*
Includes index*
Bibliography: p* [1099]—1122*
ISBN 0-89096-024-0 : $35*00
1* Pershing* John Joseph* 1860—
1948. I. Title.
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Black Jack

Gen. John J. Pershing. Goldbeck Collection, Humanities Research Center,
University of Texas at Austin.
Black Jack
The Life and Times of
John J. Pershing
By FRANK E. VANDIVER
Volume I
Texas AbM University Press
COLLEGE STATION AND LONDON
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P'UfSLIQ LIBRARY
Copyright © 1977 by Frank E. Vandiver
All rights reserved
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Vandiver, Frank Everson, 1925-
Black Jack.
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
1. Pershing, John Joseph, 1860-1948.
2. Generals—United States—Biography. 3. United
States. Army—Biography. I. Title.
E181.P575 355.3'31'0924 [B] 76-51729
ISBN 0-89096-024-0
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