2-vol. set of military philosophy, strategy, tactics, war and battle histories, and analysis, suitable for college ROTC class taught by one of the authors.

Military Heritage of America

History

Braim, Paul F.

Dupuy, Trevor N.

Dupuy, Ernest R.

Americas

Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co.

In this revised edition, Dr. Paul Braim analyzes the history of the Meuse-Argonne Campaign, the most significant challenge to the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) in World War I. Delving into newly acquired sources, he details the great difficulties encountered by the fledgling AEF, sent to fight in cooperation with Allies in France. Deployed to France from an army hastily expanded twenty times over its peacetime strength, the AEF was forced to organize a theater of operations, train the hundreds of thousands of arriving U.S. troops, and commit its partially trained forces into battle prematurely. Braim recounts the commitment of the lesser trained soldiers of the AEF into positions for a major offensive into the Meuse-Argonne, the "test of battle" for the Americans in France. His description of the grim fighting evokes the sounds and smells of front-line battle, as the army drove north through the strong defenses in the Meuse-Argonne sector, and gained a bloody victory on the heights overlooking Sedan. Braim analyzes this costly victory by inadequately trained and inexpertly led forces as "learning to fight by fighting!"

Test of Battle: The American Expeditionary Forces in the Meuse-Argonne Campaign

Military

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The Will to Win: The Life of General James A. Van Fleet

Called the nation's greatest combat general by President Harry S. Truman, James Van Fleet led American and allied forces to battlefield victory during a career that spanned World War I and the Cold War. In this biography, Paul Braim, a military historian who commanded a rifle company under Van Fleet in Korea, relates this legendary leader's unique story and draws parallels to the U.S. Army's history of diverse challenges met in the twentieth century.

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

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Name &amp; date in pen (small) on top edge of text block and inside front cover. Dust jacket a little water soiled in upper and lower left corners on the back. Light shelf rubbing along front fold of jacket.

The Test of Battle: The American Expeditionary Forces in the Meuse-Argonne Campaign

White Mane Pub

Called the Army's "greatest combat general" by President Truman, James Van Fleet led American and allied forces to battlefield victory during a career that spanned World War I and the Cold War. In this biography, a military historian who once commanded a rifle company under Van Fleet in Korea tells the legendary leader's unique story and draws parallels to the U.S. Army's history of diverse challenges met in the twentieth century. Defining the root of Van Fleet's success as devotion to his men and dedication to rigorous field training and mental conditioning, Paul Braim describes Van Fleet's ability to inspire his men with the will to win through two world wars and in the limited wars that followed. He chronicles Van Fleet's command of III Corps in its drive into the heart of Nazi Germany in World War II and his training of allied soldiers in the Cold Wars, including his development of the Greek National Army into a fighting force capable of driving off a strong communist insurgency. He tells how as commander of the Eighth Army in Korea Van Fleet applied his winning tactics so successfully within the constraints of the limited war that the South Korean Army was able to assume a major fighting role. Finally, he explains that Van Fleet was one of few senior military leaders to argue for training the Vietnamese instead of committing U.S. combat forces in Vietnam. This tribute to an outstanding American--a poor boy from rural Florida who rose to the rank of four-star general--will fascinate everyone who enjoys reading biographies and those who like military history. It is presented in cooperation with the Association of the U.S. Army.

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Military Heritage of America

Test of Battle: The American Expeditionary Forces in the Meuse-Argonne Campaign

The Will to Win: The Life of General James A. Van Fleet

The Test of Battle: The American Expeditionary Forces in the Meuse-Argonne Campaign

The Will to Win: The Life of General James A. Van Fleet