Chronicles the rise of the American military and the role it played in winning World War I, from the declaration of war in 1917 to the social changes that occurred on the home front.

Includes maps of: Camps and Cantonments; American Participation in the Allied Offensive of 1918; Five Great German Offensives of 1918; Battle of St. Mihiel; Battle of the Meuse-Argonne; American Forces in Northern Russia, September 4, 1918-August 5, 1919.

Prologue -- Introduction: Edging toward war -- United States enters the war -- Tools and engines of destruction -- Finding the men and tools -- Training in the United States -- War at sea: The anti-submarine campaign -- War at sea: Getting the army over there -- AEF arrives over there -- France: First casualties -- Trench warfare -- First battles: Seicheprey and Cantigny -- Home front -- Army Welfare -- Venereal disease -- Blacks and Indians in the American Army -- Second Battle of the Marne: On the Aisne River -- Second Battle of the Marne: Final phase -- War in the air -- St. Mihiel offensive: 12-16 September 1918 -- Meuse-Argonne offensive: First phase September - October 1918 -- Meuse-Argonne: Final phase -- Americans under European commanders -- Armistice -- Army of Occupation and the wait for shipping space -- Intervention in Northern Russia and Siberia -- Return of the legions -- Epilogue: Medals and other honors -- Appendix A: Words and expressions from the Great War -- Appendix B: The "Hello Girls" -- Alvin York -- "Lost battalion" -- Bibliography -- Index.