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How America won World War I : the US military victory in the Great World War--the causes, the course, and the consequences

Title
How America won World War I : the US military victory in the Great World War--the causes, the course, and the consequences / Alan Axelrod.
Author
Axelrod, Alan, 1952-
Publication
Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2018]

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Description
xxv, 317 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Summary
"Immediately after the armistice was signed in November, 1918, an American journalist asked Paul von Hindenburg who won the war against Germany. He was the chief of the German General Staff, co-architect with Erich Ludendorff of Germany's Eastern Front victories and its nearly war-winning Western Front offensives, and he did not hesitate in his answer. "The American infantry," he said. He made it even more specific, telling the reporter that the final death blow for Germany was delivered by "the American infantry in the Argonne." This is the story of how the American forces did it."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-303) and index.
Contents
Introduction. Wrong Turn in Sarajevo -- Part I. Safe for Democracy. Too Proud to Fight -- Tipping Point -- Regimenting the Public Mind -- From Over Here to Over There -- Black Jack : John Joseph Pershing -- Part II. The American Campaigns. First Blood : Cambrai and the Somme Defensive, November 20-December 4, 1917, and March 21-April 6, 1918 -- Lys : April 9-27, 1918 -- Aisne : May 27-June 6, 1918, including the Battle of Cantigny -- Belleau Wood : June 1-26, 1918 -- Montdidier-Noyon and Champagne-Marne : June 9-13, 1918, and July 15-18, 1918, including the Battle of Chateau-Thierry -- Aisne-Marne : July 18-August 6, 1918 -- Somme Offensive : August 8-November 11, 1918 -- Oise-Aisne : August 18-November 11, 1918 -- Ypres-Lys : August 19-November 11, 1918 -- St. Mihiel : September 12-16, 1918 -- Meuse-Argonne : September 26-November 11, 1918 -- Vittorio Veneto : October 24-November 4, 1918 -- Part III. Marching into the American Century. Hall of Mirrors -- Normalcy.
Call Number
JFE 18-8396
ISBN
  • 9781493031924
  • 1493031929
LCCN
  • 2018003903
  • 40028401496
OCLC
1019961103
Author
Axelrod, Alan, 1952- author.
Title
How America won World War I : the US military victory in the Great World War--the causes, the course, and the consequences / Alan Axelrod.
Publisher
Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2018]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-303) and index.
Chronological Term
1914-1918
Other Form:
Online version: Axelrod, Alan, 1952- How America won World War I. Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2018] 9781493031931 (DLC) 2018017771
Other Standard Identifier
40028401496
Research Call Number
JFE 18-8396
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