The American army and the First World War / David R. Woodward
2014, 1st edition. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. Fine copy in the original colour-printed boards. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Literally as new. Item #473127
Physical description: xviii, 465 pages. Series: Armies of the Great War. Contents: Birth of a modern army -- World War and American preparedness -- Coercive power and Wilsonian diplomacy -- You're in the army now -- U.S. Army doctrine and industrialized trench warfare -- Over where? -- AEF organization, overseas training and deployment -- Will the Americans arrive in time? -- Failed expectations: "military establishment of the U.S. has fallen down" -- Atlantic ferry -- Neck of the bottle -- Uncertain times -- Cantigny -- Into the breach -- American soldiers in north Russia and Siberia -- The beginning of the end -- Establishment of the American First Army and St. Mihiel -- Meuse-Argonne: September 26-October 31 -- Breakout, November 1-11 -- Epilogue. Subjects: United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. World War, 1914-1918 United States.
Price: €165.00