First published right after WW I in 1919, and written by a soldier and press relations officer in the A.E.F., this unusually detailed and comprehensive account studied the role of all the American divisions and their day-by-day operations, providing one of the very first accounts of how battles were planned and executed, what life was like under the shells and gas and machine guns, the course of the fighting at this site, and how the American troops and command faced up to war. 11 maps. 2006 Scholar's Bookshelf reprint edition.