The Summer 2022 issue of Army History, offers two new articles, a quality selection of book reviews, a look at some unique Army art, and the unveiling of a new exhibit at the National Infantry Museum. The first article, by Gene Fax, evaluates the American World War I combat experience in the Meuse-Argonne with that of the British army during the Battle of the Somme. Fax argues that the mental image of “futile carnage” that dominated postwar depictions of the fighting came largely from British fiction, nonfiction, and theater.
The second article is a commentary from George Goethals. Goethals, a professor of leadership studies at the University of Richmond, provides of critique of Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and his actions at the Battle of Gettysburg as the commander of the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry—actions that were ultimately crucial to Union victory.
THE CHIEF’S CORNER 4
DIVERSITY—WARTS AND ALL
NEWS NOTES 5
MUSEUM FEATURE 18
NATIONAL INFANTRY MUSEUM’S GLOBAL PRESENCE GALLERY
U.S. ARMY ARTIFACT SPOTLIGHT 20
WORLD WAR II SCENES OF FRENCH LIFE BY LUDWIG BEMELMANS
BOOK REVIEWS 33
CHIEF HISTORIAN’S FOOTNOTE 43
PUBLISHING UPDATE
SUMMER 2022
Features
CONTENTS
06 THE MEUSE-ARGONNE WAS NOT THE SOMME The American Combat Experience in World War I
Articles
24 JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN and the Interpersonal Dynamics of Leadership
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