Research Catalog

Title

American tactical advancement in World War I : the new lessons of combined arms and open warfare / Jeffrey LaMonica.

Author

LaMonica, Jeffrey

Publication

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2017]

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Description

v, 174 pages; 23 cm

Summary

"When the U.S. entered the war in 1917, the infantry was its primary offensive arm. By war's end the American Expeditionary Force had progressed developing techniques for breaking the trench warfare stalemate. The AEF integrated weapons like poison gas, tanks and aircraft into its offensive tactics and pioneered the mechanized combined arms warfare still practiced"--

Alternative Title

New lessons of combined arms and open warfare

Subject

• United States. American Expeditionary Forces > History
• United States. Infantry > History > 20th century
• United States. American Expeditionary Forces
• United States. Infantry
• World War (1914-1918)
• 1900-1999
• Unified operations (Military science) > History > 20th century
• Military doctrine > United States > History > 20th century
• Tactics > History > 20th century
• World War, 1914-1918 > Campaigns > Western Front
• World War, 1914-1918 > Trench warfare
• World War, 1914-1918 > United States
• Armed Forces > Drill and tactics
• Intrenchments
• Military campaigns
• Military doctrine
• Tactics
• Unified operations (Military science)
• United States
• Western Front (World War (1914-1918))

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

AEF combined arms doctrine -- AEF open warfare doctrine -- AEF combined arms and open warfare training -- AEF combined arms and open warfare in action -- Conclusion: U.S. Army combined arms and open warfare after the Great War.

ISBN

• 9781476664194
• 1476664196

LCCN

^^2017019416

OCLC

966556527

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library