David Woodward (West Virginia Marshall University)

The American Army and the First World War

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A definitive new history of the American army's performance in World War One ranging from wartime leadership to training and combat in France and Russia. David Woodward reveals the decisive role played by the Doughboys despite a flawed combat doctrine, logistical breakdowns and American industry's failure to provide modern weaponry.

Produktdetails

• Armies of the Great War
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 484
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 784g
• ISBN-13: 9781107648869
• ISBN-10: 1107648866
• Artikelnr.: 41039147

Autorenporträt

David R. Woodward is Emeritus Professor of History at Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Birth of a modern army
2. World war and American preparedness
3. Coercive power and Wilsonian diplomacy
4. You're in the army now
5. US Army doctrine and industrialized trench warfare
6. Over where?
7. AEF organization, overseas training and deployment
8. Will the Americans arrive in time?
9. Failed expectations: 'the military establishment of the US has fallen down'
10. Atlantic ferry
11. Neck of the bottle
12. Uncertain times
13. Cantigny
14. Into the breach
15. American soldiers in North Russia and Siberia
16. The beginning of the end
17. Establishment of the American First Army and St Mihiel
18. Meuse-Argonne: September 26-October 31
19. Breakout, November 1-11
20. Epilogue
Bibliography.