The American Expeditionary Forces in World War I
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The American Expeditionary Forces in World War I
By (Author) John Votaw
Consultant editor Dr Duncan Anderson
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Osprey Publishing
25th March 2005
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
First World War
History of the Americas
Land forces and warfare
940.41273
Physical Properties
Paperback
96
Width 184mm, Height 248mm, Spine 8mm
Description
Upon the entry of the United States into World War I, the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) were created by the War Department on short notice from existing units, filled up with men from the training camps and deployed with only their personal weapons and equipment. The US Army was not prepared for combat in France, and the remarkable achievement of the AEFs commanding officer, John J Pershing, was the creation of an American field army, built and nurtured from the bottom up. This book details the organizational structure, training and doctrine of the AEF and illustrates how it came to make a significant contribution to Allied victory in World War I.
Reviews
"This book summarizes just everything you need to know about the AEF in one slim, richly-illustrated volume." --Leonard Shurtleff, The Western Front Association
Author Bio
John F Votaw is the Executive Director, Cantigny First Division Foundation, Wheaton, Illinois. Lieutenant Colonel (US Army, Retired) Votaw, a graduate of the US Military Academy (1961), commanded US Army cavalry and armored units through the battalion level and served in Vietnam in 196667. He completed graduate studies in history at the University of California, Davis (MA, 1969) and Temple University (PhD, 1991). He is currently Adjunct Associate Professor of History at Dominican University, River Forest, Illinois.
