LEADER 05443oam 2200745 a 450 001 9910960727303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9798400641824 010 $a9780313003288 010 $a0313003289 024 7 $a10.5040/9798400641824 035 $a(CKB)111056485489498 035 $a(OCoLC)50855360 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary5007313 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000140534 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11139496 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000140534 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10051457 035 $a(PQKB)11359462 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3000321 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr5007313 035 $a(OCoLC)50321964 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3000321 035 $a(OCoLC)1435635887 035 $a(DLC)BP9798400641824BC 035 $a(Perlego)4202310 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056485489498 100 $a20000314e20002024 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDoctrine under trial $eAmerican artillery employment in World War I /$fMark E. Grotelueschen ; foreword by Tim Travers 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aWestport, Conn. :$cPraeger,$d2000. 210 2$aLondon :$cBloomsbury Publishing,$d2024 215 $a1 online resource (199 p.) 225 1 $aContributions in military studies,$x0883-6884 ;$vno. 203 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780313311710 311 08$a0313311714 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [163]-168) and index. 327 $aCover -- 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. 330 8 $aArtillery proved to be the greatest killer on the Western front in World War I, and the use and misuse of artillery was certainly a determining factor in the war^D's outcome. While many books explore the artillery forces and employment of the European powers, this is the first study to examine artillery employment in the American Expeditionary Force. Grotelueschen follows one AEF division through its entire World War I experience, from preliminary training to each of its battles in France. This approach allows for great investigative depth and an opportunity to explore the implementation of doctrinal changes throughout the war. While accounts of the AEF written in the immediate aftermath of the war praised it as a great fighting machine, most scholars have concluded that the AEF was a flawed combat force. This study demonstrates that despite significant flaws and weaknesses, especially in artillery doctrine and employment, at least some AEF divisions did attain effective fighting ability. American divisions were most successful when carrying out limited, set-piece attacks, efforts that ran counter to approved US Army and AEF doctrine at the time. Historians will find this unique approach to the study of division level strengths and weaknesses to be useful in making more accurate and complete comparisons among the great armies of the Western Front. 410 0$aContributions in military studies ;$vno. 203. 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$zUnited States 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xArtillery operations, American 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xCampaigns$zFrance 606 $aArtillery drill and tactics$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aMilitary art and science$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918$xArtillery operations, American. 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918$xCampaigns 615 0$aArtillery drill and tactics$xHistory 615 0$aMilitary art and science$xHistory 676 $a940.4/1273 700 $aGrotelueschen$b Mark E.$f1969-$01797373 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910960727303321 996 $aDoctrine under trial$94339602 997 $aUNINA