Verfasst von:	Nowowiejski, Dean A. [VerfasserIn]
Titel:	The American Army in Germany, 1918-1923
Titelzusatz:	success against the odds
Verf.angabe:	Dean A. Nowowiejski
Verlagsort:	Lawrence, Kansas
Verlag:	University Press of Kansas
E-Jahr:	2021
Jahr:	[2021]
Umfang:	viii, 354 Seiten
Illustrationen:	Illustrationen, Karten
Format:	24 cm
Gesamttitel/Reihe:	Modern war studies
Fussnoten:	Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:	978-0-7006-3274-9
Abstract:	The American Occupation of the Rhineland : a significant but neglected episode -- The Army of Occupation : Third Army -- American leadership in the Interallied Rhineland High Commission -- The American Forces in Germany : creation and culture -- The American Forces in Germany : training and military performance -- The American Forces in Germany : conduct of the occupation -- The common soldier in the American Forces in Germany : experience, education and recreation -- The withdrawal and legacy of the American Forces in Germany -- Appendix 1: Individual perspectives on the Occupation -- Appendix 2: The chronology and significance of horse events.
	"After the collapse of the German Imperial Army in 1918, several armies, including the British and French, occupied the German Rhineland as part of the provision of the Treaty of Versailles. The US Army occupied the central area along the Mosel River. As Dean Nowowiejski asserts in Success against the Odds, the US Occupation is a little-known success story; it's a story he tells in this book. Nowowiejski begins by analyzing the march into Germany and the activities of the United States Third Army, the Army of Occupation from 1918 to mid-1919. He studies the performance of American military governor Major General Henry T. Allen and the creation of the American Forces in Germany (AFG), the enduring force from 1919-1923, emphasizing the training of the force and the everyday life of the soldier during the occupation. He concludes by demonstrating that the American occupation of the Rhineland is a case study of successful military government enabled by competent military force, and asserts that the occupation had greater potential impact in military and diplomatic terms than previously realized"--
URL:	Inhaltsverzeichnis: https://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9780700632749.pdf
Schlagwörter:	(g)USA    / (g)Rheinland    / (s)Militär    / (s)Besatzungsmacht    / (s)Besatzungspolitik    / (z)Geschichte 1918-1923
	(z)Geistesgeschichte 1918-1923    / (s)Armee    / (g)Deutschland    / (g)USA
Sprache:	eng
Bibliogr. Hinweis:	Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Nowowiejski, Dean A., 1956 - : The American Army in Germany, 1918-1923. - Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 2021. - 1 online resource (viii, 354 pages)
RVK-Notation:	NQ 1080
K10plus-PPN:	1761067338