A Companion to the Meuse-Argonne Campaign explores the single largest and bloodiest battle in American military history, including its many controversies, in historiographical essays that reflect the current state of the field. Presents original essays on the French and German participation in - and perspectives on - this important event, makes use of original archival research from the United States, France, and Germany. Contributors include WWI scholars from France, Germany, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Essays examine the military, social, and political consequences of the Meuse-Argonne and Points the way for future scholarship in this area.

Introduction /Edward G. Lengel -- Part I : The Big Picture. Background to the Meuse-Argonne / Edward G. Lengel with James Lacey -- Preparations / Brian F. Neumann -- Part II : Combat. The chance of a miracle at Montfaucon / William T. Walker, Jr. -- The battle of Blanc Mont / Christopher A. Shaw -- The lost battalion / Kevin Mulberger and Edward G. Lengel -- Clearing the Argonne / Edward A. Gutiérrez -- Cracking the Kriemhilde Stellung: the combined actions of the 5th, 32d, and 42d Divisions / Nathan A. Jones -- Storming the heights of the Meuse: the 29th and 33d Divisions fight for control of the high ground, 8-16 October / James S. Price -- Breakthrough and pursuit / Lon Strauss -- African Americans in the Meuse-Argonne offensive / Chad Williams -- Heroes of the Meuse-Argonne / James Carl Nelson -- "Oh, she's a rather rough war, boys, but she's better than no war at all": the Meuse-Argonne offensive and the diarists of the Rainbow Division / E. Bruce Geelhoed -- Part III : France and Germany in the Meuse-Argonne. The French Fourth Army in the Meuse-Argonne campaign / Elizabeth Greenhalgh -- The 111th (German) Infanterie-Regiment by Exermont / Randal S. Gaulke -- The 459th (German) Infanterie-Regiment on the Hindenburg Line / Randal S. Gaulke -- The German High Command during the Meuse-Argonne offensive: 26 September-31 October 1918 / Markus Klauer -- Part IV : Perspectives. "There is a limit to human endurance": the challenges to morale in the Meuse-Argonne campaign / Richard S. Faulkner -- Airpower during the Meuse-Argonne offensive: 26 September-11 November 1918 / Thomas Withington -- French armored support during the first phase of the campaign / Patrick R. Osborn -- Artillery in the Meuse-Argonne / Justin G. Prince -- Infantry tactics in the Meuse-Argonne / Jeffrey LaMonica -- Medical support for the Meuse-Argonne / Sanders Marble -- Meuse-Argonne logistics: barely enough, just in time, just long enough / Larry A. Grant -- Communications in World War I: the Meuse-Argonne campaign of 1918 / William P. McEvoy -- We can kill them but we cannot stop them: evaluating the Meuse-Argonne campaign -- Part V : Lessons. Changing views on the Meuse-Argonne offensive / Douglas Mastriano -- Lessons learned / Michael S. Neiberg -- Remembering and forgetting Meuse-Argonne: the shifting sands and partitioned perspectives of memory / Kathy Warnes -- The greatest battle ever forgotten: the Meuse-Argonne offensive and American memory / Steven Trout.