With the Secretary of War’s blessing, Powell toured the services that kept the American Expeditionary Forces fighting. Chapter by chapter he describes the Signal Corps, the engineers, the chemists making gas, the Quartermaster Corps, ordnance, the air service, military intelligence, the tank corps and motor transport, including the caterpillar tractor that replaced the horse.
A vivid, official-minded tour of the logistics and technology of the First World War. Download the free EPUB.