Mark E. Grotelueschen

The AEF Way of War

The American Army and Combat in World War I

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides the most comprehensive examination of American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) combat doctrine and methods ever published.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 398
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 797g
• ISBN-13: 9780521864343
• ISBN-10: 0521864348
• Artikelnr.: 22579237

Autorenporträt

Mark E. Grotelueschen is a Lieutenant Colonel in the USAF. He holds degrees from the USAF Academy, the University of Calgary and Texas A&M University. He is the author of Doctrine under Trial: American Artillery Employment in World War I (2001). He has twice served as a Professor of History at the USAF Academy in Colorado Springs, holding the positions of Deputy for Military History, Deputy for American History, and Chair of the Africa Area Studies Group. He is currently serving on the staff of the United States Air Forces Africa Command at Ramstein Air Base, Germany.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Doctrine, 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
Index.