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Thunder and Flames
Edward G. Lengel
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Description for Thunder and Flames
The first comprehensive military history of American forces in World War I. It explains how the Doughboys of the American Expeditionary Forces confronted and adapted to twentieth century warfare. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 472 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; HBJK; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 166 x 37. Weight in Grams: 832.
November 1917. The American troops were poorly trained, deficient in military equipment and doctrine, not remotely ready for armed conflict on a large scale—and they’d arrived on the Western front to help the French push back the Germans. The story of what happened next—the American Expeditionary Force’s trial by fire on the brutal battlefields of France—is told in full for the first time in Thunder and Flames.
Where history has given us some perspective on the individual battles of the period—at Cantigny, Chateau Thierry, Belleau Wood, the Marne River, Soissons, and little-known Fismette—they appear here as part of a ... Read more
November 1917. The American troops were poorly trained, deficient in military equipment and doctrine, not remotely ready for armed conflict on a large scale—and they’d arrived on the Western front to help the French push back the Germans. The story of what happened next—the American Expeditionary Force’s trial by fire on the brutal battlefields of France—is told in full for the first time in Thunder and Flames.
Where history has given us some perspective on the individual battles of the period—at Cantigny, Chateau Thierry, Belleau Wood, the Marne River, Soissons, and little-known Fismette—they appear here as part of a ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Number of pages
472
Condition
New
Series
Modern War Studies
Number of Pages
472
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700620845
SKU
V9780700620845
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About Edward G. Lengel
Edward G. Lengel is Professor and Director of the Papers of George Washington project at the University of Virginia, USA. He is the author of To Conquer Hell: The Meuse-Argonne, 1918 and General George Washington: A Military Life, among other works.
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