This is a very interesting book about World War I. This First Edition book was published in 1963 by Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, Evanston, & London. The book measures 6 ½ inches by 9 ½ inches and contains x, 404 pages. The dust jacket shows signs of wear with small chips and rips around the edges. The red cloth cover of the book itself shows minor signs of wear. Bits of the paper from the dust jacket have stuck to the edges of the cover. The bottom edge showing just a bit of water spotting. The spine is tight and the hinges are strong. The end pages have full color replicas of the insignia from the American Expeditionary Forces. The pages show so signs of rips or tears. Exceptions noted, the overall condition of this book is good.

Contents:

Acknowledgements
Prologue

Part I - June, 1917-June, 1918: Build-up


1. The First Arrivals
2. The Education of Private Bailey
3. Ludendorff’s Glorious Spring; Divertissement at Seicheprey
4. Practice at Cantigny

Part II - June 1-July 15, 1918: Desperation


5. Plugging the Chateau-Thierry Gap
6. Belleau Wood and Vaux
7. Violence on the Marne

Part III - July 18-August 12: Counterattack


8. Soissons-The Road Back
9. Assault Down the Spine
10. Behind the Lines

Part IV - August 8-September 26: Offensive, First Phase


11. Ludendorff’s Black Day; On to the Aisne
12. Saint-Mihiel: The Birth of an Army

Part V - September 26-October 14: Offensive, Second Phase


13. Meuse-Argonne: End in Sight
14. Flying the Flaming Coffins
15. Saint-Quentin Tunnel
16. The Lost Battalion
17. Blanc Mont

Part VI - October 15-November 11: Offensive, Final Phase

18. Meuse-Argonne: Act Two
19. From the Scheldt to the Vosges - These also Served
20. Breaking the Kriemhilde Stellung
21. Breaking the Freya Stellung
22. On to Sedan

Epilogue
Appendix
A Reader’s Guide
Index

Excerpt - Dust Jacket:
The story of the Doughboys of the American Expeditionary Force who went to France in 1917-1918 to “make the world safe for democracy” is one of the great untold epics of American history. This stirring account by Laurence Stallings, who served as a combat officer on the Western Front, is the climax of a lifetime of memories and three years of research and writing…
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