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Author Grotelueschen, Mark E., 1969-

Title The AEF way of war : the American army and combat in World War I / Mark Ethan Grotelueschen
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (x, 387 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents 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
Summary 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 and conducted their battles and how they adapted their doctrine, tactics, and other operational methods during the war. General John Pershing and other AEF leaders promulgated an inadequate prewar doctrine, with only minor modification, as the official doctrine of the AEF. Many early American attacks suffered from these unrealistic ideas that retained too much faith in the infantry rifleman on the modern battlefield. However, many AEF divisions adjusted their doctrine and operational methods as they fought, preparing more comprehensive attack plans, employing flexible infantry formations, and maximizing firepower to seize limited objectives
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-377) and index
Notes English
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Subject United States. Army -- History.
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces.
SUBJECT United States. Army fast
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces fast
USA American Expeditionary Forces gnd
Subject 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.
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))
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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Other Titles American Expeditionary Forces way of war