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America's deadliest battle : Meuse-Argonne, 1918

Title
America's deadliest battle : Meuse-Argonne, 1918 / Robert H. Ferrell.
Author
Ferrell, Robert H.
Publication
Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, [2007], ©2007.

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xii, 195 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
Summary
"The great battle of the Meuse-Argonne was the costliest conflict in American history, with 26,000 men killed and tens of thousands wounded. Involving 1.2 million American troops over 47 days, it ended on November 11 - what we now know as Armistice Day - and brought an end to World War I, but at a great price. Distinguished historian Robert Ferrell now looks back at this monumental struggle to create the definitive study of the battle - and to determine just what made it so deadly." "Ferrell reexamines factors in the war that many historians have chosen to disregard. He points first to the failure of the Wilson administration to mobilize the country for war. American industry had not been prepared to produce the weaponry or transport ships needed by our military, and the War Department - with outmoded concepts of battle shaped by the Spanish-American War - shared equal blame in failing to train American soldiers for a radically new type of warfare."--BOOK JACKET.
Series Statement
Modern war studies
Uniform Title
Modern war studies.
Subject
  • United States. Army > History > World War, 1914-1918
  • Argonne, Battle of the, France, 1918
  • World War, 1914-1918 > Campaigns > Meuse River Valley
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-190) and index.
Contents
Ch. 1. Preparation -- Ch. 2. The American expeditionary forces -- Ch. 3. First days -- Ch. 4. The 35th division -- Ch. 5. Ending the enfilade -- Ch. 6. The Kriemhilde Stellung -- Ch. 7. Reorganization -- Ch. 8. Breakout -- Ch. 9. Victory.
ISBN
  • 0700614990 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780700614998 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 2006029077
  • 9780700614998
OCLC
  • ocm71275542
  • SCSB-5313007
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries