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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817946303321

Autore

Grotelueschen Mark E. <1969->

Titolo

Doctrine under trial : American artillery employment in World War I / / Mark E. Grotelueschen ; foreword by Tim Travers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2000

London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024

ISBN

979-84-00-64182-4

0-313-00328-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (199 p.)

Collana

Contributions in military studies, , 0883-6884 ; ; no. 203

Disciplina

940.4/1273

Soggetti

World War, 1914-1918 - United States

World War, 1914-1918 - Artillery operations, American

World War, 1914-1918 - Campaigns - France

Artillery drill and tactics - History - 20th century

Military art and science - United States - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-168) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- DOCTRINE UNDER TRIAL -- Contents -- Illustrations -- MAPS -- FIGURES -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- NOTES -- 1  The Creation of a Modern Army: The Building and Training of an AEF Division -- NOTES -- 2  Belleau Wood: Hard Lessons in Position Warfare -- NOTES -- 3  Soissons: A Brilliant Advance, at a Terrible Price -- NOTES -- 4  St. Mihiel: The 2nd Division in the First American Army -- NOTES -- 5  Blanc Mont: The Set-Piece Attack vs. the Breakthrough -- NOTES -- 6  Meuse-Argonne: Breakthrough of a Sort -- NOTES -- Conclusion: Between Pershing and the Revisionists-Artillery, the 2nd Division, and the AEF Style of Warfare -- ARTILLERY EMPLOYMENT IN THE 2ND DIVISION AND THE AEF -- THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF AEF COMBAT EFFECTIVENESS -- A NEW PERSPECTIVE -- THE IMPACT OF THE ALLIED ARMIES ON THE 2ND DIVISION AND THE AEF -- THE NEW PERSPECTIVE AND INITIAL POSTWAR IMPRESSIONS -- "THE AMERICAN WAY OF WAR" AND THE AEF STYLE OF WARFARE -- EPILOGUE -- NOTES -- Appendix A: Artillery Used by the AEF -- Appendix B: 2nd Division Organizational Chart --



Bibliography -- PRIMARY SOURCES -- I. The National Archives, Washington, D.C. -- II. U.S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, PA -- III. The Colonel Robert R. McCormick Research Center, First Division Museum at Cantigny -- IV. The American Official History of the U.S. Army in World War I -- V. Journal Articles -- VI. Published Memoirs and Other First-Hand Accounts -- SECONDARY SOURCES -- I. Books -- II. Contemporary Articles -- III. Unpublished Theses -- Index -- About the Author.