Joining the Great War, April 1917-April 1918 /

"Joining the Great War, April 1917-April 1918, by Eric B. Setzekorn, is the next installment in the U.S. Army Campaigns of World War I series, chronicling the first year of the American involvement in World War I. It briefly summarizes the prewar U.S. Army, the initial American reaction to the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Setzekorn, Eric B. (Author)
Format:	Government Document Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : Center of Military History, United States Army, 2017.
Series:	U.S. Army campaigns of World War I. CMH pub ; 77-3.
Subjects:	United States. > Army. > American Expeditionary Forces > History. United States. > Army. > American Expeditionary Forces. Cambrai, Battle of (France : 1917) Somme, 1st Battle of the (France : 1916) World War (1914-1918) 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. Armed Forces > Mobilization. Civil-military relations. Manpower. Military campaigns. France. France > Cambrai. United States. Western Front (World War (1914-1918)) 1900-1999 History. Internet Resources.
Online Access:	(paper) http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo79429

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.