To the limit of endurance : a battalion of Marines in the Great War / / Peter F. Owen

• Autore: Owen Peter F
• Pubblicazione: College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (265 p.)
• Disciplina: 940.4/5973
• Soggetto topico: World War, 1914-1918 - Regimental histories - United States; World War, 1914-1918 - Campaigns - France; World War, 1914-1918 - Campaigns - Belgium
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-244) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The first to fight -- The American Expeditionary Forces -- The triangle farm and Bouresches -- Belleau Wood -- Soissons -- Saint-Mihiel -- Blanc Mont -- The Meuse-Argonne.
• Sommario/riassunto: Scholars and historians offer several theories for the crippling losses suffered by the American Expeditionary Forces on the battlefields of World War I: inexperience, poor leadership, hasty expansion of duties, and others. But until now, most of these studies have focused at the division level or higher. Now, with To the Limit of Endurance, Peter F. Owen offers a tautly worded, historically rigorous, and intensely human survey of the agonizing burden shouldered by the Second Battalion of the Sixth Regiment of U.S. Marines from its formation in Quantico, Virginia, in 1917 until the cessation of hostilities in November of the following year. In places like Belleau Wood and Soissons, these young men, led by dedicated officers, died in staggering numbers--primarily because of the outmoded tactics they had learned. Owen shows how the battalion regrouped after these campaigns, however, and embarked on a period of intense retraining. By the time of the closing weeks of the war, the adjustments they had made allowed them to mold themselves into a coldly efficient military machine. Drawing on a treasure trove of surviving first-hand accounts, Owen expertly combines these individual observations with military records and archival sources to create a mosaic that provides not only a case study of how one organization grappled with transformation but also a tightly focused, ground-level view of the lives--and deaths--of these courageous American military men. The grueling, ultimately triumphant odyssey of the 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines will appeal to military historians, professional soldiers, and interested general readers.
• Titolo autorizzato: To the limit of endurance
• ISBN: 1-299-07113-9; 1-60344-465-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910974485903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: C.A. Brannen series ; ; no. 9.