The AEF way of war : the American army and combat in World War I /

This 2007 book provides the most comprehensive examination of American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) combat doctrine and methods ever published. It shows how AEF combat units actually fought on the Western Front in World War I. It describes how four AEF divisions (the 1st, 2nd, 26th, and 77th) planned...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Grotelueschen, Mark E., 1969-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2007.
Temas:
United States. > Army > History.
United States. > Army. > American Expeditionary Forces.
États-Unis. > Army > Histoire > Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918.
États-Unis. > Army. > American Expeditionary Forces.
États-Unis. > Army > Histoire.
United States. > Army
United States. > Army. > American Expeditionary Forces
USA > American Expeditionary Forces
1900-1999
World War, 1914-1918 > Campaigns > Western Front.
Tactics > History > 20th century.
Military art and science > Technological innovations > United States > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Western Front.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Campagnes et batailles > Front occidental.
Tactique militaire > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Art et science militaires > Innovations > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Campagnes et batailles > Front occidental.
HISTORY > Military > World War I.
Military art and science > Technological innovations
Military campaigns
Tactics
Weltkrieg > 1914-1918
Western Front (World War (1939-1945))
United States
Western Front (World War (1914-1918))
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Doctine, Dogma, and Development in the AEF
  • 2. The 1st Division: Training for and Waging Trench Warfare
  • 3. The 1st Division: The Search for a "Sufficiently Powerful Fire"
  • 4. The 26th "Yankee" Division: Doctrine, Discipline, and Discrimination
  • 5. The 26th "Yankee" Division: Doctrine, Demoralization, and Disintegration
  • 6. The 2nd Division: Bloody Lessons in "Open Warfare"
  • 7. The 2nd Division: The Rise of Set-Piece Battle
  • 8. The 77th "Liberty" Division: Training for the Trenches and Fighting on the Vesle
  • 9. The 77th "Liberty" Division: Dogma, Delegation, and Discretion
  • 10. Conclusions
  • References.

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