A retired brigadier general in the Army Reserves, John S. D. Eisenhower served as U.S. ambassador to Belgium and is one of the nation's leading military historians. He is the author of three seminal works of military history or biography: So Far from God, on the Mexican-American War; The Bitter Woods, on the Battle of the Bulge; and, most recently, Agent of Destiny, a life of Winfield Scott.

John Milton Cooper, Jr. The New York Times Book Review Eisenhower makes World War I memorable...Yanks illuminates how [World War I] in part shaped World War II and all the American wars of the 20th century.

• CONTENTSList of MapsAuthor's NoteBOOK ONECREATING THE AEFPrologueONE A Visit from Papa JoffreTWO A Nation at WarTHREE The Selection of General PershingFOUR The Yanks ArriveFIVE Organizing the AEFSIX The Supreme War CouncilBOOK TWOAPPRENTICESHIP: THE OPENING BATTLESSEVEN Baptism of FireEIGHT The Calm Before the StormNINE Unified Command at Last!TEN "I Will Not Be Coerced"ELEVEN The Big Red One at CantignyTWELVE The 2d Division at Belleau WoodTHIRTEEN The Rock of the MarneFOURTEEN Soissons -- The Turning PointBOOK THREETHE AEF FIGHTS INDEPENDENTLY:ST. MIHIEL AND THE MEUSE-ARGONNEFIFTEEN St. Mihiel -- Dress RehearsalSIXTEEN The Race Against TimeSEVENTEEN Montfaucon -- Ominous VictoryEIGHTEEN ArgonneNINETEEN Feelers for PeaceTWENTY First Army Comes of AgeTWENTY-ONE The WindupTWENTY-TWO The Railroad Car at CompiègneTWENTY-THREE The End of the AEFEpilogueAPPENDIX MobilizationNotesBibliographyAcknowledgmentsIndex

A retired brigadier general in the Army Reserves, John S. D. Eisenhower served as U.S. ambassador to Belgium and is one of the nation's leading military historians. He is the author of three seminal works of military history or biography: So Far from God, on the Mexican-American War; The Bitter Woods, on the Battle of the Bulge; and, most recently, Agent of Destiny, a life of Winfield Scott.

John Milton Cooper, Jr. The New York Times Book Review Eisenhower makes World War I memorable...Yanks illuminates how [World War I] in part shaped World War II and all the American wars of the 20th century.

• CONTENTSList of MapsAuthor's NoteBOOK ONECREATING THE AEFPrologueONE A Visit from Papa JoffreTWO A Nation at WarTHREE The Selection of General PershingFOUR The Yanks ArriveFIVE Organizing the AEFSIX The Supreme War CouncilBOOK TWOAPPRENTICESHIP: THE OPENING BATTLESSEVEN Baptism of FireEIGHT The Calm Before the StormNINE Unified Command at Last!TEN "I Will Not Be Coerced"ELEVEN The Big Red One at CantignyTWELVE The 2d Division at Belleau WoodTHIRTEEN The Rock of the MarneFOURTEEN Soissons -- The Turning PointBOOK THREETHE AEF FIGHTS INDEPENDENTLY:ST. MIHIEL AND THE MEUSE-ARGONNEFIFTEEN St. Mihiel -- Dress RehearsalSIXTEEN The Race Against TimeSEVENTEEN Montfaucon -- Ominous VictoryEIGHTEEN ArgonneNINETEEN Feelers for PeaceTWENTY First Army Comes of AgeTWENTY-ONE The WindupTWENTY-TWO The Railroad Car at CompiègneTWENTY-THREE The End of the AEFEpilogueAPPENDIX MobilizationNotesBibliographyAcknowledgmentsIndex

A retired brigadier general in the Army Reserves, John S. D. Eisenhower served as U.S. ambassador to Belgium and is one of the nation's leading military historians. He is the author of three seminal works of military history or biography: So Far from God, on the Mexican-American War; The Bitter Woods, on the Battle of the Bulge; and, most recently, Agent of Destiny, a life of Winfield Scott.

John Milton Cooper, Jr. The New York Times Book Review Eisenhower makes World War I memorable...Yanks illuminates how [World War I] in part shaped World War II and all the American wars of the 20th century.

• CONTENTSList of MapsAuthor's NoteBOOK ONECREATING THE AEFPrologueONE A Visit from Papa JoffreTWO A Nation at WarTHREE The Selection of General PershingFOUR The Yanks ArriveFIVE Organizing the AEFSIX The Supreme War CouncilBOOK TWOAPPRENTICESHIP: THE OPENING BATTLESSEVEN Baptism of FireEIGHT The Calm Before the StormNINE Unified Command at Last!TEN "I Will Not Be Coerced"ELEVEN The Big Red One at CantignyTWELVE The 2d Division at Belleau WoodTHIRTEEN The Rock of the MarneFOURTEEN Soissons -- The Turning PointBOOK THREETHE AEF FIGHTS INDEPENDENTLY:ST. MIHIEL AND THE MEUSE-ARGONNEFIFTEEN St. Mihiel -- Dress RehearsalSIXTEEN The Race Against TimeSEVENTEEN Montfaucon -- Ominous VictoryEIGHTEEN ArgonneNINETEEN Feelers for PeaceTWENTY First Army Comes of AgeTWENTY-ONE The WindupTWENTY-TWO The Railroad Car at CompiègneTWENTY-THREE The End of the AEFEpilogueAPPENDIX MobilizationNotesBibliographyAcknowledgmentsIndex