Michael Shurkin,War On the Rocks
Is there an American way of war? To respond this question, one would execute well to start with the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) in World War I, and often rightly said to be America's first contemporary war. The AEF exhibited both good and bad traits. To initiate with the bad: One finds arrogance and the conviction of superiority vis- -vis America's allies and enemies,along with the assumption that they had nothing to teach U.
S. forces. The good: Notwithstanding the initial arrogance and conservative institutional culture, some commanders and their men displayed an ability and willingness to...
Source: realclearhistory.com