| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 256 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
"They Surely Had Men at Those Guns": An Introduction -- "Drifting Along as before the Civil War": The School of Fire and the Modernization of American Field Artillery -- "We Talk Preparedness and Remain Unprepared": Prewar Technology and Training -- "I Was After Guns and Not Hell": American Industry and Equipping the Army in the Great War -- "Open Warfare Must Not Be Neglected": Field Artillery Training, 1917-1918 -- "We Had to Pay for Our Unpreparedness": American Artillery and the Observation of Fire -- "The Million-Dollar Barrage": American Artillery in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 1918 -- "Misguided Youths and Old Methods": The Postwar Debates, 1919-1923 -- "Written with a Prologue": The Establishment of American Field Artillery |
| Summary |
"An examination of the development of American Field Artillery prior to and during the Great War, with a focus on its organization, doctrine, training, and performance during the time"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
United States. Army. Field Artillery -- History -- World War, 1914-1918
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| SUBJECT |
United States. Army. Field Artillery fast |
| Subject |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Artillery operations, American
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Artillery, Field and mountain -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Artillery, Field and mountain
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780806169835 |
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0806169834 |
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