| Description |
336 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-320) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue -- Introduction: Edging toward war -- United States enters the war -- Tools and engines of destruction -- Finding the men and tools -- Training in the United States -- War at sea: The anti-submarine campaign -- War at sea: Getting the army over there -- AEF arrives over there -- France: First casualties -- Trench warfare -- First battles: Seicheprey and Cantigny -- Home front -- Army Welfare -- Venereal disease -- Blacks and Indians in the American Army -- Second Battle of the Marne: On the Aisne River -- Second Battle of the Marne: Final phase -- War in the air -- St. Mihiel offensive: 12-16 September 1918 -- Meuse-Argonne offensive: First phase September - October 1918 -- Meuse-Argonne: Final phase -- Americans under European commanders -- Armistice -- Army of Occupation and the wait for shipping space -- Intervention in Northern Russia and Siberia -- Return of the legions -- Epilogue: Medals and other honors -- Appendix A: Words and expressions from the Great War -- Appendix B: The "Hello Girls" -- Alvin York -- "Lost battalion" -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Subject |
World War, 1914-1918 -- United States.
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United States -- History -- 1913-1921.
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| ISBN |
0393046982 |
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9780393046984 |
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