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A Companion to the Meuse-Argonne Campaign


A Companion to the Meuse-Argonne Campaign


Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History 1. Aufl.

von: Edward G. Lengel

183,99 €

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 14.02.2014
ISBN/EAN: 9781118836286
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 552

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<p><i>A Companion to the Meuse-Argonne Campaign</i> explores the single largest and bloodiest battle in American military history, including its many controversies, in historiographical essays that reflect the current state of the field.</p> <ul> <li>Presents original essays on the French and German participation in ‒ and perspectives on ‒ this important event</li> <li>Makes use of original archival research from the United States, France, and Germany</li> <li>Contributors include WWI scholars from France, Germany, the United States, and the United Kingdom</li> <li>Essays examine the military, social, and political consequences of the  Meuse-Argonne and points the way for future scholarship in this area</li> </ul>
<p>Notes on Contributors viii</p> <p>Introduction 1<br /><i>Edward G. Lengel</i></p> <p><b>Part I The Big Picture 5</b></p> <p>1 Background to the Meuse-Argonne 7<br /><i>Edward G. Lengel with James Lacey</i></p> <p>2 Preparations 21<br /><i>Brian F. Neumann</i></p> <p><b>Part II Combat 37</b></p> <p>3 The Chance of a Miracle at Montfaucon 39<br /><i>William T. Walker, Jr.</i></p> <p>4 The Battle of Blanc Mont 59<br /><i>Christopher A. Shaw</i></p> <p>5 The Lost Battalion 74<br /><i>Kevin Mulberger and Edward G. Lengel</i></p> <p>6 Clearing the Argonne 85<br /><i>Edward A. Gutiérrez</i></p> <p>7 Cracking the Kriemhilde Stellung: The Combined Actions of the 5th, 32d, and 42d Divisions 103<br /><i>Nathan A. Jones</i></p> <p>8 Storming the Heights of the Meuse: The 29th and 33d Divisions Fight for Control of the High Ground, 8–16 October 121<br /><i>James S. Price</i></p> <p>9 Breakthrough and Pursuit 140<br /><i>Lon Strauss</i></p> <p>10 African Americans in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive 159<br /><i>Chad Williams</i></p> <p>11 Heroes of the Meuse-Argonne 179<br /><i>James Carl Nelson</i></p> <p>12 “Oh, she’s a rather rough war, boys, but she’s better than no war at all”: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive and the Diarists of the Rainbow Division 194<br /><i>E. Bruce Geelhoed</i></p> <p><b>Part III France and Germany in the Meuse-Argonne 213</b></p> <p>13 The French Fourth Army in the Meuse-Argonne Campaign 215<br /><i>Elizabeth Greenhalgh</i></p> <p>14 The 111th (German) Infanterie-Regiment by Exermont 232<br /><i>Randal S. Gaulke</i></p> <p>15 The 459th (German) Infanterie-Regiment on the Hindenburg Line 248<br /><i>Randal S. Gaulke</i></p> <p>16 The German High Command during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive: 26 September−31 October 1918 266<br /><i>Markus Klauer</i></p> <p><b>Part IV Perspectives 285</b></p> <p>17 “There is a limit to human endurance”: The Challenges to Morale in the Meuse-Argonne Campaign 287<br /><i>Richard S. Faulkner</i></p> <p>18 Airpower during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive: 26 September–11 November 1918 309<br /><i>Thomas Withington</i></p> <p>19 French Armored Support during the First Phase of the Campaign 325<br /><i>Patrick R. Osborn</i></p> <p>20 Artillery in the Meuse-Argonne 340<br /><i>Justin G. Prince</i></p> <p>21 Infantry Tactics in the Meuse-Argonne 357<br /><i>Jeffrey LaMonica</i></p> <p>22 Medical Support for the Meuse-Argonne 374<br /><i>Sanders Marble</i></p> <p>23 Meuse-Argonne Logistics: Barely Enough, Just in Time, Just Long Enough 390<br /><i>Larry A. Grant</i></p> <p>24 Communications in World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Campaign of 1918 410<br /><i>William P. McEvoy</i></p> <p>25 We Can Kill Them but We Cannot Stop Them: Evaluating the Meuse-Argonne Campaign 425<br /><i>John D. Beatty</i></p> <p><b>Part V Lessons 441</b></p> <p>26 Changing Views on the Meuse-Argonne Offensive 443<br /><i>Douglas Mastriano</i></p> <p>27 Lessons Learned 457<br /><i>Michael S. Neiberg</i></p> <p>28 Remembering and Forgetting Meuse-Argonne: The Shifting Sands and Partitioned Perspectives of Memory 472<br /><i>Kathy Warnes</i></p> <p>29 The Greatest Battle Ever Forgotten: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive and American Memory 496<br /><i>Steven Trout</i></p> <p>Index 515</p>
<p><b>Edward G. Lengel</b> <p><b>Edward G. Lengel</b> is Professor and Editor in Chief of the Papers of George Washington documentary editing project at the University of Virginia, and has edited several volumes of the Washington Papers. He is the author of six books, including <i>World War I Memories: An Annotated Bibliography of Personal Accounts Published in English Since 1919</i> (2004), <i>To Conquer Hell: The Meuse-Argonne, 1918</i> (2008), <i>This Glorious Struggle: George Washington's Revolutionary War Letters</i> (2008), and <i>Inventing George Washington: America's Founder in Myth and Memory</i> (2011). He is editor of <i>A Companion to George Washington</i> (2012, Wiley-Blackwell).
<p><b>A Companion to the Meuse-Argonne Campaign</b></br> <i>Edited by Edward G. Lengel</i> <p>The Meuse-Argonne was the single largest and bloodiest battle in American military history, which defined American military experience in the First World War and profoundly impacted the course of the War and the development of American military doctrine. <p>Yet, despite its size and importance, the battle has up until now received little attention from researchers. <i>A Companion to the Meuse-Argonne Campaign</i> provides an opportunity for World War I scholars to explore numerous facets of this battle, including many controversies about its value, importance, and cause, in historiographical essays that reflect the current state of the field in each instance. <p>The text is organized into seven sections, containing a total of 35 essays which deal with various aspects of this battle and the larger campaign. Narrative chapters are combined with specific episodes within the three broader phases of the month-and-a-half-long campaign as well as thematic essays covering key issues across all the fighting. For the first time original essays are presented on the French and German participation in ??? and perspectives on ??? this important event, providing a major contribution to our understanding of this crucial event.

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