Description
Book SynopsisA Companion to the Meuse-Argonne Campaign explores the single largest and bloodiest battle in American military history, including its many controversies, in historiographical essays that reflect the current state of the field.
- Presents original essays on the French and German participation in ? and perspectives on ? this important event
- Makes use of original archival research from the United States, France, and Germany
- Contributors include WWI scholars from France, Germany, the United States, and the United Kingdom
- Essays examine the military, social, and political consequences of the Meuse-Argonne and points the way for future scholarship in this area
Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors viii
Introduction 1
Edward G. Lengel
Part I The Big Picture 5
1 Background to the Meuse-Argonne 7
Edward G. Lengel with James Lacey
2 Preparations 21
Brian F. Neumann
Part II Combat 37
3 The Chance of a Miracle at Montfaucon 39
William T. Walker, Jr.
4 The Battle of Blanc Mont 59
Christopher A. Shaw
5 The Lost Battalion 74
Kevin Mulberger and Edward G. Lengel
6 Clearing the Argonne 85
Edward A. Gutiérrez
7 Cracking the Kriemhilde Stellung: The Combined Actions of the 5th, 32d, and 42d Divisions 103
Nathan A. Jones
8 Storming the Heights of the Meuse: The 29th and 33d Divisions Fight for Control of the High Ground, 8–16 October 121
James S. Price
9 Breakthrough and Pursuit 140
Lon Strauss
10 African Americans in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive 159
Chad Williams
11 Heroes of the Meuse-Argonne 179
James Carl Nelson
12 “Oh, she’s a rather rough war, boys, but she’s better than no war at all”: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive and the Diarists of the Rainbow Division 194
E. Bruce Geelhoed
Part III France and Germany in the Meuse-Argonne 213
13 The French Fourth Army in the Meuse-Argonne Campaign 215
Elizabeth Greenhalgh
14 The 111th (German) Infanterie-Regiment by Exermont 232
Randal S. Gaulke
15 The 459th (German) Infanterie-Regiment on the Hindenburg Line 248
Randal S. Gaulke
16 The German High Command during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive: 26 September−31 October 1918 266
Markus Klauer
Part IV Perspectives 285
17 “There is a limit to human endurance”: The Challenges to Morale in the Meuse-Argonne Campaign 287
Richard S. Faulkner
18 Airpower during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive: 26 September–11 November 1918 309
Thomas Withington
19 French Armored Support during the First Phase of the Campaign 325
Patrick R. Osborn
20 Artillery in the Meuse-Argonne 340
Justin G. Prince
21 Infantry Tactics in the Meuse-Argonne 357
Jeffrey LaMonica
22 Medical Support for the Meuse-Argonne 374
Sanders Marble
23 Meuse-Argonne Logistics: Barely Enough, Just in Time, Just Long Enough 390
Larry A. Grant
24 Communications in World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Campaign of 1918 410
William P. McEvoy
25 We Can Kill Them but We Cannot Stop Them: Evaluating the Meuse-Argonne Campaign 425
John D. Beatty
Part V Lessons 441
26 Changing Views on the Meuse-Argonne Offensive 443
Douglas Mastriano
27 Lessons Learned 457
Michael S. Neiberg
28 Remembering and Forgetting Meuse-Argonne: The Shifting Sands and Partitioned Perspectives of Memory 472
Kathy Warnes
29 The Greatest Battle Ever Forgotten: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive and American Memory 496
Steven Trout
Index 515
