The American Expeditionary Force in World War I: A Statistical History, 1917-1919

With the subtitle describing the book as a statistical history, the author states in his preface that he hopes to make this concise collection of historical and statistical material available to present-day researchers looking both for numbers and context to the war on the eve of its 100th anniversary.

As with many reference materials, there is a list of abbreviations at the beginning of the book to explain some of the terms that may be unfamiliar to novice researchers. The main text is divided into two main parts. The first, The American Expeditionary Force at War, provides a narrative that...