Thunder and flames : Americans in the crucible of combat, 1917-1918 / Edward G. Lengel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lengel, Edward G., author.

Series:

Modern war studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Army.

World War, 1914-1918--United States.

World War, 1914-1918.

United States. Army--History--World War, 1914-1918.

United States.

United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces.

World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Western Front.

Military campaigns.

History.

Western Front (World War (1914-1918)).

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 457 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2015]

Contents:

Introduction: approaches to study of the AEF at war, 1917-1918

Setting the stage

Into the line: November 1917-April 1918

Cantigny: May 1918

Chateau-Thierry: May 1918

The 2d Division enters the lines: May 31-June 5, 1918

Into the woods: June 6, 1918

"Sporting soldiers": Belleau Wood, June 7-8, 1918

"We want the damn woods": Belleau Wood, June 9-10, 1918

"No idea of tactical principles": Belleau Wood, June 11-12, 1918

Gas and exhaustion: Belleau Wood, June 13-15, 1918

Enter the US Army: Belleau Wood, June 16-21, 1918

Finishing the job: June 22-July 2, 1918

Rock of the Marne: the Marne River defense, July 15-17, 1918

"Deal the enemy a crushing blow": Soissons, July 18-22, 1918

Reducing the Marne salient: US troops in the Aisne-Marne Campaign, July 18-August 6, 1918

Tragedy at Fismette: travails of the 28th Division, August 1918

Conclusion: the road to Saint-Mihiel, September 1918.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780700620845

0700620842

OCLC:

895730812