A Companion to the Meuse-Argonne Campaign

Notes on Contributors Viii
Introduction 1
Edward G. Lengel
Part I The Big Picture 5
1 Background to the Meuse-Argonne 7
Edward G. Lengel with James Lacey
2 Preparations 21
Brian F. Neumann
Part II Combat 37
3 The Chance of a Miracle at Montfaucon 39
William T. Walker, Jr.
4 The Battle of Blanc Mont 59
Christopher A. Shaw
5 The Lost Battalion 74
Kevin Mulberger and Edward G. Lengel
6 Clearing the Argonne 85
Edward A. Gutiérrez
7 Cracking the Kriemhilde Stellung: The Combined Actionsof the 5th, 32d, and 42d Divisions 103
Nathan A. Jones
8 Storming the Heights of the Meuse: The 29th and 33dDivisions Fight for Control of the High Ground, 8-16October 121
James S. Price
9 Breakthrough and Pursuit 140
Lon Strauss
10 African Americans in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive 159
Chad Williams
11 Heroes of the Meuse-Argonne 179
James Carl Nelson
12 "Oh, she's a rather rough war, boys, butshe's better than no war at all": TheMeuse-Argonne Offensive and the Diarists of the Rainbow Division194
E. Bruce Geelhoed
Part III France and Germany in the Meuse-Argonne 213
13 The French Fourth Army in the Meuse-Argonne Campaign215
Elizabeth Greenhalgh
14 The 111th (German) Infanterie-Regiment by Exermont 232
Randal S. Gaulke
15 The 459th (German) Infanterie-Regiment on theHindenburg Line 248
Randal S. Gaulke
16 The German High Command during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive: 26 September-31 October 1918 266
Markus Klauer
Part IV Perspectives 285
17 "There is a limit to human endurance": TheChallenges to Morale in the Meuse-Argonne Campaign 287
Richard S. Faulkner
18 Airpower during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive: 26September-11 November 1918 309
Thomas Withington
19 French Armored Support during the First Phase of theCampaign 325
Patrick R. Osborn
20 Artillery in the Meuse-Argonne 340
Justin G. Prince
21 Infantry Tactics in the Meuse-Argonne 357
Jeffrey LaMonica
22 Medical Support for the Meuse-Argonne 374
Sanders Marble
23 Meuse-Argonne Logistics: Barely Enough, Just in Time, JustLong Enough 390
Larry A. Grant
24 Communications in World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Campaign of1918 410
William P. McEvoy
25 We Can Kill Them but We Cannot Stop Them: Evaluating theMeuse-Argonne Campaign 425
John D. Beatty
Part V Lessons 441
26 Changing Views on the Meuse-Argonne Offensive 443
Douglas Mastriano
27 Lessons Learned 457
Michael S. Neiberg
28 Remembering and Forgetting Meuse-Argonne: The Shifting Sandsand Partitioned Perspectives of Memory 472
Kathy Warnes
29 The Greatest Battle Ever Forgotten: The Meuse-ArgonneOffensive and American Memory 496
Steven Trout
Index 515