JOHN J. PERSHING AND THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES IN WORLD WAR I, 1917-1919, VOLUME 2: October 1-December 31, 1917

Covers the period of October 1st through December 31st, 1917. Pershing focused his efforts on working with the French Ministry of War, the General Staff, and the Field Army on training and equipping the AEF's few available combat divisions for front line service. Russia's defection from the coalition and the surprising Italian defeat at Caporetto in October rocked the Allied ranks.