The chapter entitled “Do You Want to Live for Ever?” in the book The Last Days of Innocence by Meirion and Susie Harries recounts the events of a particular battle during World War I that had a significant impact on how the rest of the countries fighting in the war— both the Allies and the Central Powers— viewed America. Using the anecdote of the battle in Belleau Wood to explain why the world’s evaluation of America’s abilities changed is a strategy that both draws the reader into the story and provides a basis for the authors’ argument that the battle at “Belleau Wood… altered everyone’s view of America’s capacity— and they adjusted their demands accordingly” (Harries 272).
“Do You Want to Live for Ever?” begins with a description of how
“Do You Want to Live for Ever?” begins with a description of how