Table of Contents

Building Something from Nothing Getting into the Air The Gathering Quiet Sectors No Longer Bloody Spring and Summer The Marne Counter-Offensive The St. Mihiel Offensive, Preparation The St. Mihiel Offensive, Execution Meuse-Argonne, The First Day Meuse-Argonne and Armistice Demobilization and Occupation I've Been through the Mill Bibliography Index

Promotional Information

Studies the American air war effort on the Western Front in World War I.

About the Author

JAMES J. COOKE is Professor of History at the University of Mississippi. He spent the academic year 1992-1993 as a Visiting Professor of History at the U.S. Air War College. His latest book was The Rainbow Division in The Great War, 1917-1919 (Praeger, 1994).

Reviews

.,."this is a great book..."-The G.I. Journal

"This remarkable study of World War I air warfare fills a gap in scholarship that seemed unlikely ever to be filled....[This book] is a wonderful addition to the handful of analytical studies that attempt to flesh out the airpower history of World War I."-Net Assessment

?[Cooke] is concerned with organization, equipment, and training of the Air service. He correctly shows that the American Expeditionary force under General John Pershing had to move strongly and rapidly to establish the infrastructure from which an effective fighting force could operate.... Recommended. All levels.?-Choice

?This book presents the reader with a cornucopia of statistical information in a chronological historical manner that should satisfy any serious reader concerning the role of the US Air Service in WWI....We recommend this book as a fine addition to your military history library.?-WWI Aera

?This remarkable study of World War I air warfare fills a gap in scholarship that seemed unlikely ever to be filled....[This book] is a wonderful addition to the handful of analytical studies that attempt to flesh out the airpower history of World War I.?-Net Assessment

?...this is a great book...?- The G.I. Journal

?...this is a great book...?-The G.I. Journal

?...this is a great book...??The G.I. Journal

"�Cooke� is concerned with organization, equipment, and training of the Air service. He correctly shows that the American Expeditionary force under General John Pershing had to move strongly and rapidly to establish the infrastructure from which an effective fighting force could operate.... Recommended. All levels."-Choice

..."this is a great book..."-The G.I. Journal

"This book presents the reader with a cornucopia of statistical information in a chronological historical manner that should satisfy any serious reader concerning the role of the US Air Service in WWI....We recommend this book as a fine addition to your military history library."-WWI Aera

"[Cooke] is concerned with organization, equipment, and training of the Air service. He correctly shows that the American Expeditionary force under General John Pershing had to move strongly and rapidly to establish the infrastructure from which an effective fighting force could operate.... Recommended. All levels."-Choice