Betrayal at Little Gibraltar: a German fortress, a treacherous American general, and the battle to end World War I [First Scribner hardcover edition] 9781501117893, 9781501117923, 1501117890, 9781501117916, 1501117912
"A painstakingly researched account of World War I's violent Meuse-Argonne Offensive and the 100-year-old cove
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English Pages xiii, 447 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm Year 2016
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Table of 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 --
Toward Montafaucon 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."
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