Over there : the United States in the Great War, 1917-1918
Chronicles the rise of the American military and the role it played in winning World War I, from the declaration of war in 1917 to the social changes that occurred on the home front
Nonfiction
336 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
9780393046984, 9780393320282, 0393046982, 0393320286
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Prologue
Introduction: Edging toward war
United States enters the war
Tools and engines of destruction
Finding the men and tools
Training in the United States
War at sea: The anti-submarine campaign
War at sea: Getting the army over there
AEF arrives over there
France: First casualties
Trench warfare
First battles: Seicheprey and Cantigny
Home front
Army Welfare
Venereal disease
Blacks and Indians in the American Army
Second Battle of the Marne: On the Aisne River
Second Battle of the Marne: Final phase
War in the air
St. Mihiel offensive: 12-16 September 1918
Meuse-Argonne offensive: First phase September
October 1918
Meuse-Argonne: Final phase
Americans under European commanders
Armistice
Army of Occupation and the wait for shipping space
Intervention in Northern Russia and Siberia
Return of the legions
Epilogue: Medals and other honors
Appendix A: Words and expressions from the Great War
Appendix B: The "Hello Girls"
Alvin York
"Lost battalion"
Bibliography
Index