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The AEF way of war : the American army and combat in World War I / Mark Ethan Grotelueschen.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grotelueschen, Mark E., 1969-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Army--History.
- United States.
- United States. Army.
- History.
- United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces.
- World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Western Front.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- Tactics--History--20th century.
- Tactics.
- Military art and science--Technological innovations--United States--History--20th century.
- Military art and science.
- Military art and science--Technological innovations.
- Physical Description:
- x, 387 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- American Expeditionary Forces way of war
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
- Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Doctrine, dogma, and development in the AEF
- 2 The 1st division: training for and waging trench warfare
- 3 The 1st division: the search for a 'sufficiently powerful fire'
- 4 The 26th 'Yankee' division: doctrine, discipline, and discrimination
- 5 The 26th 'Yankee' division: doctrine, demoralization, and disintegration
- 6 The 2nd division: bloody lessons in 'open warfare'
- 7 The 2nd division: the rise of set-piece battle
- 8 The 77th 'Liberty' division: training for the trenches and fighting on the Vesle
- 9 The 77th 'Liberty' division: dogma, delegation, and discretion
- 10 Conclusions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-377) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0521864348
- 9780521864343
- OCLC:
- 65187313
- Publisher Number:
- 9780521864343
- Online:
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