The AEF and Coalition Warmaking, 1917-1918

by David F. Trask

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700611150
• ISBN13: 9780700611157
• Release Date: December 1993
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"