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050 00 $aD570$b.E37 2001
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100 1 $aEisenhower, John S. D.,$d1922-2013.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50032726
245 10 $aYanks :$bthe epic story of the American Army in World War I /$cJohn S.D. Eisenhower with Joanne Thompson Eisenhower.
260 $aNew York :$bFree Press,$c[2001], ©2001.
300 $axiv, 353 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, portraits ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [329]-334) and index.
505 00 $gBk. 1.$tCreating the AEF.$g1.$tA Visit from Papa Joffre.$g2.$tA Nation at War.$g3.$tThe Selection of General Pershing.$g4.$tThe Yanks Arrive.$g5.$tOrganizing the AEF.$g6.$tThe Supreme War Council --$gBk. 2.$tApprenticeship: The Opening Battles.$g7.$tBaptism of Fire.$g8.$tThe Calm Before the Storm.$g9.$tUnified Command at Last!$g10.$t"I Will Not Be Coerced"$g11.$tThe Big Red One at Cantigny.$g12.$tThe 2d Division at Belleau Wood.$g13.$tThe Rock of the Marne.$g14.$tSoissons - The Turning Point --$gBk. 3.$tThe AEF Fights Independently: St. Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne.$g15.$tSt. Mihiel - Dress Rehearsal.$g16.$tThe Race Against Time.$g17.$tMontfaucon - Ominous Victory.$g18.$tArgonne.$g19.$tFeelers for Peace.$g20.$tFirst Army Comes of Age.$g21.$tThe Windup.$g22.$tThe Railroad Car at Compiegne.$g23.$tThe End of the AEF.
520 1 $a"Fought far from home, World War I was nonetheless a stirring American adventure. The achievements of the United States during that war, often underrated by military historians, were in fact remarkable, and they turned the tide of the conflict. So says John S. D. Eisenhower, one of today's most acclaimed military historians, in his sweeping history of the Great War and the men who won it: the Yanks of the American Expeditionary Force.".
520 8 $a"Their men dying in droves on the stalemated Western Front, British and French generals complained that America was giving too little, too late. John Eisenhower shows why they were wrong. The European Allies wished to plug the much-needed U.S. troops into their armies in order to fill the gaps in the line. But General John J. "Black Jack" Pershing, the indomitable commander of the AEF, determined that its troops would fight together, as a whole, in a truly American army.
520 8 $aOnly this force, he argued - not bolstered French or British units - could convince Germany that it was hopeless to fight on.".
520 8 $a"Pershing's often-criticized decision led to the beginning of the end of World War I - and the beginning of the U.S. Army as it is known today. The United States started the war with 200,000 troops, including the National Guard as well as regulars. They were men principally trained to fight Indians and Mexicans. Just nineteen months later the Army had mobilized, trained, and equipped four million men and shipped two million of them to France.
520 8 $aIt was the greatest mobilization of military forces the New World had yet seen."--BOOK JACKET.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy$xHistory$yWorld War, 1914-1918.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xCampaigns$zWestern Front.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148258
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy.$bAmerican Expeditionary Forces$xHistory.
700 1 $aEisenhower, Joanne Thompson.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2001052342
852 00 $boff,glx$hD570$i.E37 2001