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Summary:

Eric Setzekorn summarizes the prewar United States Army, the initial American reaction to the outbreak of war in Europe in 1914, and the factors that led to the U.S. declaration of war in April 1917. The narrative then examines how the U.S. Army transformed itself from a small constabulary force into a mass, industrialized army capable of engaging in modern warfare. The author covers stateside mobilization and training, the formation of the American Expeditionary Forces, and the slow buildup of American forces in France, and concludes with U.S. soldiers helping to blunt the first phase of the 1918 German Spring Offensive.

Table of Contents:

• Strategic setting
• The U.S. Army before the war
• American military and civilian leadership
• The amalgamation debate
• Mobilization of manpower
• Building the AEF, 1917
• American soldiers begin arriving
• Training the AEF
• Men and materiel in the AEF
• The War Department : challenges and reform
• Strategic crisis on the Western Front
• The AEF joins the fight
• Analysis.

Author/Creator:

Setzekorn, Eric B. , author

Contributors:

Center of Military History , issuing body, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/isb

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Joining the Great War, April 1917-April 1918 [by Setzekorn, E.B.]

Other Related Resources:

Online version: Joining the Great War, April 1917-April 1918 [by Setzekorn, E.B.] (OCLC Number 982056512)

Related Series:

U.S. Army campaigns of World War I.

CMH pub; 77-3

Subjects:

United States Army — American Expeditionary Forces — History

World War, 1914-1918 — Campaigns — Western Front

Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916

Cambrai, Battle of, Cambrai, France, 1917

World War, 1914-1918 — Manpower — United States

Civil-military relations — United States — History — 20th century

United States — Armed Forces — Mobilization — History — 20th century

World War, 1914-1918 — United States

United States Army — American Expeditionary Forces

United States Army

World War (1914-1918)

Battle of the Somme (1st) (France : 1916)

Battle of Cambrai (Cambrai, France : 1917)

1900-1999

Civil-military relations

Armed Forces — Mobilization

Manpower

France

United States

Western Front (World War (1914-1918))

Genres:

Internet resources

History

General Notes:

"Cambrai 1917, Somme Defensive 1918"--Page 4 of cover.
Shipping list no.: 2017-0297-P.
Includes bibliographical references (page 75).
Also available online in PDF format from Center of Military History (CMH) web site.

Physical Description:

75 pages : illustrations, color maps ; 22 cm.

Call Numbers:

D 114.7/6:J 66

SuDocs Numbers:

D 114.7/6:J 66

ISBNs:

9780160937958 (paperback)
0160937957 (paperback)

Other Standard Numbers:

Government Printing Office Item Number: 0344-G-12

OCLC Numbers:

986529544