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Author Lengel, Edward G., author.

Title Thunder and flames : Americans in the crucible of combat, 1917-1918 / Edward G. Lengel.

Publication Info. Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2015]

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  940.41273 L547t 2015    ---  Available
 FSCC Children's Non-Fiction  940.41273 L547t 2015    ---  Available
Description xii, 457 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
text rdacontent
unmediated rdamedia
volume rdacarrier
Series Modern war studies
Modern war studies.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-434) and index.
Contents Introduction: approaches to study of the AEF at war, 1917-1918 -- Setting the stage -- Into the line: November 1917-April 1918 -- Cantigny: May 1918 -- Chateau-Thierry: May 1918 -- The 2d Division enters the lines: May 31-June 5, 1918 -- Into the woods: June 6, 1918 -- "Sporting soldiers": Belleau Wood, June 7-8, 1918 -- "We want the damn woods": Belleau Wood, June 9-10, 1918 -- "No idea of tactical principles": Belleau Wood, June 11-12, 1918 -- Gas and exhaustion: Belleau Wood, June 13-15, 1918 -- Enter the US Army: Belleau Wood, June 16-21, 1918 -- Finishing the job: June 22-July 2, 1918 -- Rock of the Marne: the Marne River defense, July 15-17, 1918 -- "Deal the enemy a crushing blow": Soissons, July 18-22, 1918 -- Reducing the Marne salient: US troops in the Aisne-Marne Campaign, July 18-August 6, 1918 -- Tragedy at Fismette: travails of the 28th Division, August 1918 -- Conclusion: the road to Saint-Mihiel, September 1918.
Subject World War, 1914-1918 -- United States.
United States. Army -- History -- World War, 1914-1918.
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Western Front.
United States. Army. (OCoLC)fst00533532
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. (OCoLC)fst00589449
World War (1914-1918) (OCoLC)fst01180746
Military campaigns. (OCoLC)fst01710190
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Western Front (World War (1914-1918)) (OCoLC)fst01900003
Chronological Term 1914 - 1918
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9780700620845 (cloth : alk. paper)
0700620842 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780700620852 (ebook)
Standard No. 40024773842

 
    
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