"Edward Lengel has filled an inexplicable gap in the American history of World War I with this vivid, deeply researched account of the Doughboys’ heroism – and agony – in the Argonne.
Anyone interested in military history should have it on his bookshelf."--Thomas Fleming, author of "The Illusion of Victory: America in World War I"
"There have been several efforts by American authors since the Armistice of 1918 to retell the story of the American Army's engagement on the Western Front during the First World War. Ed Lengel's book

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This history focuses entirely on the challenges, victories, sacrifices (320,500 casualties), and long-term consequences of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) in Europe during World War I.
According to Eisenhower (brigadier general, ret.; Agent of Destiny: The Life and Times of General Winfield Scott), the AEF was originally meant to be amalgamated with the Allied armies in Europe,
but through the stubborn insistence of the Wilson administration and Gen. "Black" Jack Pershing, the Americans fought under their own colors.
This well-written work demonstrates how a small, ill-equipped force grew into an awesome fighting machine and was led to victory after victory.

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"Mark Grotelueschen has written one of the most important works on the AEF, and indeed on the history of the modern US Army, to appear in the last twenty years." -Dennis Showalter, Professor of Histor
"I find this to be an invaluable work..." -Douglas V. Johnson, The Journal of Military History
"The book dutifullly raises the age-old question of how an army must go about evaluating and validating its doctrine."
"This is a compelling and important book. [Grotelueschen's] research is deep, his writing is lucid and presentation sound, and his main points are intriguing and relevant..."

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onsidered by many to be the finest American combat memoir of the First World War, Hervey Allen’s Toward the Flame vividly chronicles the experiences of the Twenty-eighth Division in the summer of 1918
Made up primarily of Pennsylvania National Guardsmen, the Twenty-eighth Division saw extensive action on the Western Front.
The story begins with Lieutenant Allen and his men marching inland from the French coast and ends with their participation in the disastrous battle for the village of Fismette.
Allen was a talented observer, and the men with whom he served emerge as well-rounded characters against the horrific backdrop of the war.

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Making a strong case that America's moral and material contributions were vital to the Allied war effort, Financial Times journalist Mead
also argues convincingly that the performance of the American Expeditionary ForceAcomprised of young "doughboys"Ahas been systematically underrated.
Mead uses firsthand accounts to reconstruct the AEF's operational experiences, which largely reflected the problems of improvising a multimillion-man army in little over a year.
He is particularly successful at portraying the frontline experience, with its mixture of trench and open warfare, presenting the doughboys as enthusiastic fighters who learned quickly when given a ch

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A GREAT PHOTO SOURCE CONCERNING World War I.

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Good book about the general history of the A.E.F.

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13,500 pages of text covering World War I history in 25 Volumes, archived on 3 indexed and searchable CDROM discs.
"Every authoritative publication that treats the American Expeditionary Forces must rely heavily on this massive collection, which includes what its compilers believed to be the most illustrative docu
Works include "Leaning Lessons in the American Expeditionary Forces," the 18 volume "United States Army in the World War, 1917-1919, the 5 volume "Order of Battle of the United Sates Land Forces in th

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American fighting men had never seen the likes of it before.
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.

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This multi-layered history of World War I's doughboys recapitulates the enthusiasm of scores of soldiers as they trained for war, voyaged to France, and finally, faced the harsh reality of combat on t
Drawing on journals, diaries, personal narratives and unit histories, Hallas relates the story of men in combat--the men behind the rifles.
He portrays the realities of all the major campaigns, from the first experiences in the muddy trenches to the bloody battle for Belleau Wood, from the violent clash on the Marne to the seemingly unend
His account reveals what the doughboys saw, what they did, how they felt and the impact the Great War had on them.

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hen he took ship for France in the spring of 1918, Horace Baker was ill prepared for war, but the unassuming Mississippi schoolteacher soon learned his soldiering skills from men who had already fough
efore long, he was to put those skills to use in the largest and most costly battle ever fought by the U.S. Army. This poignant memoir recalls the great battle of the Meuse-Argonne, an epic conflict w
Many books have been written about General Pershing's planning of the offensive; this one tells what happened to the soldiers who had to carry out his orders.
Argonne Days in World War I is a masterpiece brimming with insight about the ordinary doughboys who fought in the European trenches.

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Despite the avalanche of books written about the First World War in recent years, there have been comparatively few books that deliver a comprehensive account of the war and its campaigns from start t
he First World War fills the gap superbly. As readers familiar with Keegan's previous books (including The Second World War and Six Armies in Normandy) know,
he's a historian of the old school. He has no earth-shattering new theories to challenge the status quo, no first-person accounts to tug on the emotions --
what he does have, though, is a gift for talking the lay person through the twists and turns of a complex narrative in a way that is never less than accessible or engaging.

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Dedicated to the life of the average US soldier during World War I, this book follows the doughboy during the course of the war:
from conscription, arrival at a training facility, transportation to Europe, and finally into combat in the trenches.
The evolution of the US Army is discussed, and its organization, the tension between Pershing’s desire for “open” warfare and the actual reality of trench warfare is examined in detail.
Appearance, equipment and weaponry of the American soldier are all featured, along with vivid descriptions of day-to-day experiences and the shock of combat on the front.

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"...An impressive piece of work, based on excellent primary sources in both France and the United States—a model of original research on an important topic." -- —Stuart McConnell, Pitzer College, Clar
"Jennifer D. Keene [has] illuminated these once unknown soldiers through scholarship of startling originality and insight." -- Steven Trout, American Studies
"Clearly written and magnificently researched... In the book's best passages Keene's Doughboys force the federal government to re-examine the relationship between itself and its citizen soldiers." --

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"Probably the best, the coolest, the most objective and solid one volume it is now possible to write."--The Historian
"A major contribution to the historiography of the war years.... At its most ambitious level, Over Here is intended to be read as a study in American national character."--The Journal of American Hist
"A very careful and thoughtful study, fascinating in its insight, panoramic in its sweep."--The American Historical Review
"This is one of those rare books rich with ideas that provide the mind with genuinely new perceptions." --American Heritage

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Provides a concise and an engaging evaluation of the war's significance. Books in this Seminar Studies in History series bridge the gap between textbook and specialist survey
and consists of a brief "Introduction" and/or "Background" to the subject, valuable in bringing the reader up-to-speed on the area being examined, followed by a substantial and authoritative section o
There is a succinct "Assessment" of the subject, a generous selection of "Documents" and a detailed bibliography. Examines the causes of the war, mobilization on the home front, key social reforms ena
military strategy, experience of soldiers, the Versailles Peace Treaty, and lessons drawn in the post war years. For those interested in US History and the First World War.

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This book demonstrates the singular significance of America's brief but crucial experience with modern war in 1917 and 1918."--Michael S. Neiberg, The Journal of American History
"A well crafted and important work that adds critical depth to the historical understanding of this transformative period of American history.
Capozzola convincingly argues that during World War I the power of the state grew at the expense of citizens' rights."--Andrew Wiest, History: Reviews of New Books
"Capozzola does an excellent job of rendering the jingoistic, dogmatic mindset that characterized the country at a crucial time.... All this the author captures in eloquently rendered and assiduously

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The battle of Verdun lasted ten months. It was a battle in which at least 700,000 men fell, along a front of fifteen miles.
ts aim was less to defeat the enemy than bleed him to death and a battleground whose once fertile terrain is even now a haunted wilderness.
Alistair Horne's classic work, continuously in print for over fifty years, is a profoundly moving, sympathetic study of the battle and the men who fought there.
It shows that Verdun is a key to understanding the First World War to the minds of those who waged it, the traditions that bound them and the world that gave them the opportunity.

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Eight individuals witnessed more of the American fighting experience during World War I than any other U.S. participant, military or civilian.
Commissioned as captains in the American Expeditionary Force (AEF), these brave men—known as the AEF's Eight—
risked their lives roaming through occupied zones, blood-soaked battlefields, and the forward trenches to complete a groundbreaking mission: they were the first artist-soldiers to be recruited through
Portrait of War tells the gripping story of these artist-soldiers for the first time. Drawing upon the graphic letters, diaries, and memoirs the men kept as well as the interviews they conducted,

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World War I was the world's first "modern" war. It introduced weapons such as the machine gun, poison gas, the airplane, and the armored tank.
Despite the deadliness of such weapons of destruction and the horror of massive artillery bombardments, generals on both sides persisted in a primitive, outdated concept of waging war.
he result was an awful trench warfare that inflicted a staggering loss of life among the soldiers who fought on the Western Front.
Jackson Marshall skillfully describes the experiences of the North Carolina doughboys who endured the fright and hardships of fighting on the battlefields of Belgium and France.

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Although soldiers throughout history have created war souvenirs, the term trench art originated in France during the early years of World War I.
The War to End All Wars produced trench art on a scale never seen before or since.
Largely neglected beyond a circle of devoted collectors until recently, interest in trench art is experiencing a revival by museums and collectors on both sides of the Atlantic.

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Through his most thorough research, the author has almost single-handedly focused the attention of many collectors and curators to the importance of trench art in just the last few years.'James Brazie
Nicholas J. Saunders is the first person to present this previously disregarded aspect of material culture for academic study. The fruits of his research make compelling reading for anthropologists, h

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