Modern War Studies (Paperback)

By: David F. Trask

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Paperback | 19 December 1993

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Underscoring an emerging revisionist view of the American Expeditionary Forces, David Trask argues that the performances of the AEF and General John J. Pershing were much more flawed than conventional accounts have suggested. This can best be seen, he shows, by analyzing coalition warfare at the level of grand tactics--i.e., campaign military operations.

The AEF didn't perform well in France, Trask contends, because it was committed as an independent force before it had time to train and gain experience. President Wilson and General Pershing's initial insistence on an independent American force rather than an integration with existing French and British armies resulted in costly delays and bitter victories in the decisive Allied counteroffensives against Ludendorff and the Central Powers.

Using a tactic uncommon in previous studies of the AEF, David Trask views the campaign of 1918 through the eyes of the highest-ranking of field commanders, including Pershing, Marshal Ferdinand Foch of the Allied and Associated Powers, and General Erich Ludendorff of the Central Powers.

Trask's portrayal of Pershing reveals a self-righteous leader who was unwilling to correct initial misconceptions that marred the doctrine and training of the AEF. Consequently, Trask demonstrates, Pershing's stormy relations with Allied military and civilian leader seriously undermined the AEF and its efforts to conduct coalition warfare.

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No practicing American historian excels David Trask in the combined mastery of the diplomatic and the military aspects of warfare. He provides the most cogent assessment available of the enigmatic American commander, General John J. Pershing.--Russell F. Weigley, author of The American Way of War

An impressive work which is essential to an understanding of military and diplomatic coalition policies during and particularly after the close of World War I.--Betty Miller Unterberger, author of The United States, Revolution, Russia, and the Rise of Czechoslovakia

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List of Maps and Illustrations	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Mobilization of the American Expeditionary Forces	p. 1
The Emergency of 1918	p. 29
The Great German Offensive, Part I: 21 March-31 May 1918	p. 43
The Great German Offensive, Part II: 27 May-17 July 1918	p. 69
The Limited Allied Counteroffensives: 18 July-26 September 1918	p. 86
Foch's General Counteroffensive, Part I: 26 September-23 October 1918	p. 115
Foch's General Counteroffensive, Part II: 4 October-11 November 1918	p. 138
The Meaning of 1918	p. 167
Notes	p. 179
Selected Bibliography	p. 221
Index	p. 227
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