Forty-Seven Days recounts the critical time in 1918 when the U.S. military proved itself to be more than worthy opponents to the Germans, and General Pershing a worldwide hero. Told from the perspective of Pershing and his replacement, General Liggett, and featuring some of our greatest personalities of the 20th century-MacArthur, Patton, Truman, George C. Marshall-Yockelson's masterful telling is a critical look at how an untested group of American soldiers, and one exemplary leader, helped bring WWI to a close.