Foreword / John F. Ruggles. -- Introduction -- part I. The Environment. Terrain and Weather in the Hurtgen Forest -- The 4th Infantry Division and Its 22d Infantry Regiment: An Organizational History -- The LXXIV Korps and Its Subordinate Divisions: An Organizational History -- The American Soldier: Induction, Training, and Leadership Within the 22d Infantry Regiment -- The German Soldier: Induction, Training, and Leadership Within the LXXIV Korps -- part II. The Hurtgenwald -- Preliminaries to the Hurtgen Forest -- Into the Forest: The First Days (16-19 November) -- Into the Forest: Toward Grosshau (20-24 November -- Grosshau: Battle for a Village (25-29 November -- Gey: To the Edge of the Woods (30 November-4 December) -- The Aftermath of Hurtgen -- par III. Analysis -- Organizational Effectiveness -- What Kept the Soldier Fighting? -- Conclusion -- Afterword / Earl W. Edwards.