The American Army in Germany, 1918-1923

Dean A. Nowowiejski is the Ike Skelton Distinguished Chair for the Art of War and director, Art of War Scholars Program, US Army Command and General Staff College.

A comprehensive study of the American occupation of the Rhineland, based on impressive research in archival and published sources and especially valuable for placing the occupation in the context of post-World War I international relations." - Theodore A. Wilson, professor emeritus of history, University of Kansas "The American Army in Germany, 1918-1923, is a well-researched and smoothly written book that adds greatly to our knowledge of how American soldier-diplomats like Henry T. Allen, Douglas MacArthur, and Lucius Clay have played important roles in postwar occupations. Of these three, Allen did more with less and received nearly no political support from US administrations or the State Department. This book is a rewarding ''must-read' for historians and anyone interested in American history and/or war resolution." - James Scott Wheeler, author of The Big Red One: America's Legendary 1st Infantry Division, Centennial Edition, 1917-2017 "Dean Nowowiejski's cogent, well-researched, and systematic study adds brilliantly to our understanding of the important but now largely forgotten American occupation of the Rhineland from 1919 to 1923. Its well-designed, multidimensional examination of the American forces in Germany and their remarkable commander, Major General Henry T. Allen, delivers both an invaluable institutional history and a persuasive and illuminating case study of successful military government. It is sure to become the standard treatment for both." - Brigadier General (Ret.) Charles F. Brower, author of Defeating Japan: The Joint Chiefs of Staff and Strategy in the Pacific War, 1943-1945 "The American Army in Germany, 1918-1923, provides a long-needed and detailed examination of the United States' occupation of the Rhineland in the wake of the Great War. Dean Nowowiejski's wide-ranging narrative covers the strategic-level 'armed diplomacy' of General Henry T. Allen all the way down to the individual doughboy's life in the American occupation force. The work is a first-rate study of America's earliest attempt at occupying and administering an enemy territory in Europe." - Richard S. Faulkner, author of Pershing's Crusaders: The American Soldier in World War I "One of the most important episodes in the history of the American Expeditionary Forces took place after the guns fell silent at the end of World War I. Dean Nowowieski's engaging and insightful book offers the first thorough history of this defining moment in US military history, which also had a significant impact on European and American culture, politics, and diplomacy for many decades to come." - Edward G. Lengel, PhD, author of Thunder and Flames: Americans in the Crucible of Combat, 1917-1918