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Betrayal at Little Gibraltar : a German fortress, a treacherous American general, and the battle to end World War I / William Walker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Walker, William T., Jr., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bullard, Robert Lee, 1861-1947--Military leadership.
- Bullard, Robert Lee.
- Bullard, Robert Lee, 1861-1947.
- United States. Army. Infantry Division, 79th--History--World War, 1914-1918.
- United States.
- United States. Army. Infantry Division, 79th.
- Argonne, Battle of the, France, 1918.
- World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Meuse River Valley.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- History.
- Command of troops.
- Montfaucon (Meuse, France)--History, Military--20th century.
- Montfaucon (Meuse, France).
- Military campaigns.
- Europe--Meuse River Valley.
- France.
- France--Montfaucon (Meuse).
- Genre:
- History.
- Military history.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 447 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Scribner, 2016.
- Summary:
- "A painstakingly researched account of World War I's violent Meuse-Argonne Offensive and the 100-year-old cover-up at its center traces the efforts of AEF Commander-in-Chief John J. Pershing to capture the near-impregnable German Montfaucon and the inside betrayal that cost untold lives"--NoveList.
- Contents:
- Prologue: words tongued with fire
- Part I. The stakes
- "Horrors from the abyss"
- Major Harry Parkin's affidavit
- Little Gibraltar of the Western Front
- "Do you wish to take part in the battle?"
- "This appalling proposition"
- "Feeling like crusaders"
- Training for disaster
- "An ominous, dread-inspiring place"
- Part II. Battle and betrayal
- Toward Montfaucon and into a trap
- "The 79th is holding up the entire First Army"
- "Bayonet and rifle butt, pistol and trench knife"
- "All America is behind us"
- "Regardless of cost"
- The cost of "regardless"
- Relief and disgrace
- Into the cyclone ... once again
- Redemption on Corn Willy Hill
- Making good ... at last
- Part III. The war after the war
- Controlling the narrative
- Bullard, Bjornstad, and Booth
- Betrayal at Little Gibraltar
- Denkmal: remembering the doughboys
- Epilogue: "Some could, some could not, shake off misery."
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-429) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781501117893
- 1501117890
- 9781501117916
- 1501117912
- OCLC:
- 930059088
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