Betrayal at Little Gibraltar
A German Fortress, a Treacherous American General, and the Battle to End World War I
New York : Scribner, 2016.
Format: Book
Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
Description: xiii, 447 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
"A painstakingly researched account of World War I's violent Meuse-Argonne Offensive and the 100-year-old cover-up at its center traces the efforts of AEF Commander-in-Chief John J. Pershing to capture the near-impregnable German Montfaucon and the inside betrayal that cost untold lives,"--NoveList.
Contents:
Prologue: words tongued with fire -- Part I. The stakes -- "Horrors from the abyss" -- Harry Parkin's affidavit -- Little Gibraltar of the Western Front -- "Do you wish to take part in the battle?" -- "This appalling proposition" -- "Feeling like crusaders" -- Training for disaster -- "An ominous, dread inspiring place" -- Part II. Battle and betrayal -- Over the top and into a trap -- "The 79th is holding up the entire First Army" -- "Bayonet and rifle butt, pistol and trench knife" -- "All America is behind us" -- "Regardless of cost" -- The cost of "regardless" -- Relief and disgrace -- Into the cyclone ... once again -- Redemption on Corn Willy Hill -- Making good ... at last -- Part III. The war after the war -- Controlling the narrative -- Bullard, Bjornstad, and Booth -- Betrayal at Little Gibraltar -- Denkmal: remembering the lost doughboys -- Epilogue: "Some could, some could not, shake off misery."
Subjects:
Bullard, Robert Lee, 1861-1947 -- Military leadership.
United States. Army. Infantry Division, 79th -- History -- World War, 1914-1918.
Argonne, Battle of the, France, 1918.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Meuse River Valley.
Montfaucon (Meuse, France) -- History, Military -- 20th century.
Bullard, Robert Lee, 1861-1947 -- Military leadership.
United States. Army. Infantry Division, 79th -- History -- World War, 1914-1918.
Argonne, Battle of the, France, 1918.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Meuse River Valley.
Montfaucon (Meuse, France) -- History, Military -- 20th century.
ISBN:
9781501117893
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY War WWI Campaigns Wal | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
HISTORY War WWI Campaigns Wal | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.