Betrayal at Little Gibraltar : a German fortress, a treacherous American general, and the battle to end World War I / William T. Walker.

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    • Publication Information:
      First Scribner hardcover edition.
    • Abstract:
      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.
    • Content Notes:
      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."
    • Notes:
      Includes bibliographical references and index.
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    • ISBN:
      9781501117893
      1501117890
      9781501117916
      1501117912
    • Accession Number:
      2015044665
    • Accession Number:
      930059088
    • Accession Number:
      ccp.983247