Screen LibraryBetrayal at Little Gibraltar : a German fortress, a treacherous American general, and the battle to end World War I /
"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&qu...
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Scribner,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: |
2017. ©2016 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First Scribner trade paperback edition. |
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| Summary: |
"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. |
| Carrier Form: | xiii, 447 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-429) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781501117916 (paperback) : 1501117912 (paperback) 9781501117893 (hardcover) 1501117890 (hardcover) |
| Index Number: | D545 |
| CLC: | K143 |
| Call Number: | K143/W186 |
| 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." |