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Relates the development of the U.S. command and staff in World War I.

Table of Contents

Introduction
The Genesis of the AEF Staff
Someone to Command
Refining the Staff
Getting Organized
Evaluation and Classification
Into the Fight, Spring, 1918
Dennis Nolan and Intelligence in the AEF
Formation of the First U.S. Army
The Meuse--Argonne Offensive
Aftermath and Lessons Learned
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

JAMES J. COOKE is Professor of History at the University of Mississippi. His most recent books are 100 Miles from Baghdad (1993), The Rainbow Division in the Great War (1994), and The U.S. Air Service in the Great War, 1917-1919 (1996), all publsihed by Praeger.

Reviews

"Pershing's Herculean tasks of finding new leadership and eliminating deadwood, training the troops (and their leaders!), tapping civilian talent for special skills, organizing new staff functions and assimilating new technologies, so reminiscent of World War II, are well described here in Cooke's usual clear and workmanlike narrative; in a work essential for the World War I bookshelf and of interest to the general reader as well."-

?[C]ooke's typical approach to command and staff in the AEF contains a number of useful insights. He develops interesting information about topics not previously addressed. He brings scholarly and practical experience to the subject.?-Journal of Military History

?Pershing's Herculean tasks of finding new leadership and eliminating deadwood, training the troops (and their leaders!), tapping civilian talent for special skills, organizing new staff functions and assimilating new technologies, so reminiscent of World War II, are well described here in Cooke's usual clear and workmanlike narrative; in a work essential for the World War I bookshelf and of interest to the general reader as well.?-???

"ÝC¨ooke's typical approach to command and staff in the AEF contains a number of useful insights. He develops interesting information about topics not previously addressed. He brings scholarly and practical experience to the subject."-Journal of Military History

"[C]ooke's typical approach to command and staff in the AEF contains a number of useful insights. He develops interesting information about topics not previously addressed. He brings scholarly and practical experience to the subject."-Journal of Military History