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

• Autore: Grotelueschen Mark E. <1969->
• Pubblicazione: Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2000; London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (199 p.)
• Disciplina: 940.4/1273
• Soggetto topico: 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
• 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 Unpublished Theses -- Index -- About the Author.
• Titolo autorizzato: Doctrine under trial
• ISBN: 979-84-00-64182-4; 0-313-00328-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817946303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Contributions in military studies ; ; no. 203.