The story of the Doughboys of the American Expeditionary Force who went to France in 1917-1918 to "make the world safe for democracy" is one of the great untold epics of American history. It makes meaningful our participation in World War I in terms of men who endured and died in it.

Includes index. List of maps : The Battle of France, 1914 ; The stabilized front, 1915-1916 ; Second Battle of the Aisne, 1917 ; First two German drives, 1918 ; First American offensive at Cantigny, May 28, 1918 ; Third German drive ; Belleau Wood and Vaux, June and July, 1918 ; Rock of the Marne action of the U.S. 3rd Division, July, 1918 ; Dispositions of McAlexander's 38th Infantry Regiment on the Marne, July 15, 1918 ; Foch's counterattack, Aisne-Marne, July-August, 1918 ; American First Army offensive at Saint-Mihiel, September 12-16, 1918 ; Meuse-Argonne offensive, first phase, September 26-October 1, 1918 ; Cracking the Saint-Quintin-Tunnel complex ; September 29, 1918 ; American operations in Champagne, September 26-October 13, 1918 : Provisional 93rd Division, 2nd Division (Blanc Mont), 36th Division ; Bridging the Scheldt river in the Ypres-Lys offensive, October 30-November 11, 1918 : 37th and 91st Divisions on the route to Brussels ; Meuse-Argonne offensive, Second phase, October 1-November 1, 1918 ; Meuse-Argonne Offensive, final phase, November 1-November 11, 1918.

pt. I: June, 1917-June, 1918: Build up -- The first arrivals -- The education of private Bailey -- Ludendorff's glorious Spring; divertissement at Seicheprey -- Practice at Cantigny -- pt. II: June 1-July 15, 1918: desperation -- Plugging the Château-Thierry gap -- Belleau Wood and Vaux -- Violence on the Marne -- pt. III: July 18-August 12: Counterattack -- Soissons-the road back -- Assault down the spine -- Behind the lines -- pt. IV: August 8-September 26: Offensive, first phase -- Ludendorff's "Black Day"; on to the Aisne -- Saint-Mihiel: the birth of an army -- pt. V: September 26-October 14: offensive, second phase -- Meuse-Argonne: end in sight -- Flying the flaming coffins -- Saint-Quentin tunnel -- "The lost battalion" -- Blanc Mont -- pt. VI: October 15-November 11: Offensive, final phase -- Meuse-Argonne: act two -- From the Scheldt to the Vosges-these also served -- Breaking the Kriemhilde Stellung -- Breaking the Freya Stellung -- On to Sedan.