America in World War I: The Story and Photographs (America Goes to War)

188 Pages·2003·17.87 MB·English

by  Donald M. Goldstein

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AMERICA IN
WORLD
WAR I
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Also by the Authors
By Donald M. Goldstein and Harry J. Maihafer:
The Korean War: The Story and Photographs(2000)
By Donald M. Goldstein and Katherine V. Dillon, with
J. Michael Wenger:
The Way It Was: Pearl Harbor: The Original Photographs(1991)
D-Day Normandy: The Story and Photographs(1993)
“Nuts!” The Battle of the Bulge: The Story and Photographs(1994)
Rain of Ruin: The Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic Bombs(1995)
The Vietnam War: The Story and Photographs(1997)
The Spanish-American War: The Story and Photographs(1998)
By Donald M. Goldstein and Katherine V. Dillon:
The Williwaw War(1992)
The Pearl Harbor Papers: Inside the Japanese Plans(1993)
Amelia: The Centennial Biography of an Aviation Pioneer(1997)
By Donald M. Goldstein and Katherine V. Dillon, with
Gordon W. Prange:
At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor(1981)
Miracle at Midway(1982)
Target Tokyo: The Story of the Sorge Spy Ring(1984)
Pearl Harbor: The Verdict of History(1987)
December 7, 1941: The Day the Japanese Attacked Pearl Harbor(1988)
God’s Samurai: Lead Pilot at Pearl Harbor(1990)
By Donald M. Goldstein and Katherine V. Dillon, with
Masataka Chihaya:
Fading Victory: The Diary of Admiral Matome Ugaki(1991)
By Donald M. Goldstein, Phil Williams, and J. M. Shafritz:
Classic Readings of International Relations(2000)
By Donald M. Goldstein, Phil Williams, and Hank Andrews:
Security in Korea: War, Stalemate and Negation(1994)
By Harry J. Maihafer:
From the Hudson to the Yalu: West Point ’49 in the Korean War(1993)
Brave Decisions: Moral Courage from the Revolutionary War to
Desert Storm(1995)
Oblivion: The Mystery of West Point Cadet Richard Cox(1997)
The General and the Journalists: Ulysses S. Grant, Horace Greeley, and
Charles Dana(1998)
War of Words: Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War Press(2001)
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AMERICA IN
WORLD
WAR I
The Story and Photographs
Donald M. Goldstein
and
Harry J. Maihafer
Brassey’s, Inc.
Washington, D.C.
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Copyright © 2004 by Prange Enterprises
Published in the United States by Brassey’s, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be
reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission from the publisher, except in
the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Goldstein, Donald M.
America in World War I : the story and photographs / Donald M. Goldstein
and Harry J. Maihafer.—1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-57488-390-9 (hardcover : alk. paper)—ISBN 1-57488-615-0
(pbk. : alk. paper)
1. World War, 1914–1918—United States—Pictorial works. I. Title:
America in World War I. II. Title: America in World War One.
III. Maihafer, Harry J. (Harry James), 1924– IV. Title.
D570.G65 2003
940.3'73'0222—dc21
2002156281
Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper that meets the
American National Standards Institute Z39-48 Standard.
Brassey’s, Inc.
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Dulles, Virginia 20166
Maps by Jay Karamales
First Edition
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Contents
Maps vii
Preface ix
Introduction xi
1 Europe Ablaze 1
2 America Enters the Ring 17
3 The War at Sea 31
4 Getting the Boys “Over There” 41
5 Training in France 53
6 The Tools of War 71
7 Yanks in the Trenches 87
8 The Home Front 103
9 The Crucial Months: March–July 1918 113
10 The Air War 127
11 Meuse-Argonne, the Final Push:
August–November 1918 139
12 The Aftermath 155
Chronology 165
Selected Bibliography 167
Index 169
About the Authors 173
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Maps
Europe during WWI viii
The Western Front 1918 140
Maps vii
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Preface
This is the eighth in Brassey’s series of photographic books titled
“America Goes to War.” Six of the previous volumes were
written by Donald M. Goldstein, Katherine V. Dillon, and J. Michael
Wenger. These previous volumes were: The Way It Was: Pearl
Harbor, D-Day Normandy, “Nuts!”: The Battle of the Bulge, Rain
of Ruin: A Photographic History of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, The
Vietnam War,and The Spanish American War. The Korean War
and this volume were written by Donald M. Goldstein and Harry J.
Maihafer, a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, a
retired Army officer, and a combat veteran who passed away before
this work was completed.
We divided the current volume into twelve chapters. Chapter 1,
“Europe Ablaze,” describes the war in Europe before the United
States’s entry. Chapter 2, “America Enters the Ring,” describes the
events leading to the United States’s decision to enter the war. Chap-
ter 3, “The War at Sea,” relates the early days of the war at sea and
the American decision to enter the war because of German U-boat
actions. Chapter 4, “Getting the Boys ‘Over There,’” depicts the
largest mobilization up to that time in U.S. history. Chapter 5,
“Training in France,” shows how U.S. ground forces trained and
were integrated into the war effort. Chapter 6, “Tools of War,” de-
scribes some of the weapons used by both sides that made this one
of the bloodiest wars in history and which led to many modern-day
weapons. Chapter 7, “Yanks in the Trenches,” describes U.S.
involvement during her early days in the war. Chapter 8, “The
Home Front,” describes Americans at home during the war. Chap-
ter 9, “The Crucial Months: March–July 1918,” relates the harsh
fighting that took place during the last days of the war and the
American contributions to the war effort. Chapter 10, “The Air
War,” depicts this new and modern phase of warfare that was the
birth of the airplane in combat. Emphasis is placed on the roles of
Eddie Rickenbacker and the Red Baron (Baron von Richtofen).
Chapter 11, “Meuse-Argonne, the Final Push: August–November
1918,” relates the final months of the war. Chapter 12, “The After-
math,” discusses the Versailles Treaty and its consequences.
Although we attempt to present the story of “the Great War” in
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