Europe chooses war -- 1917: the year of hope and despair -- America sends an army to France -- The Americans move into the line -- The first American an offensive-St. Mihiel -- The AEF accepts the challenge: the Meuse-Argonne -- The test of battle: fighting through to victory -- In retrospect -- Appendixes: Definitions of military terms, abbreviations, and symbols -- Time spent in training and combat -- Stats of divisions on the Western Front, 11 November 1918 -- Division days on the line in France -- Distance advanced against fire -- Awards for valor aggregated by division -- Casualties, aggregated by division -- Prisoners of war, aggregated by division -- Consolidation of performance factors -- Responses of 728 veterans of the Meuse-Argonne Campaign to army service experiences questionnaires.