The Battle of Kasserine Pass | Defeat is a Matter of Scale

is the title of a thesis by Eric G. Evans, MAJ, United States Army. "The Battle of Kasserine Pass is marked by history as an embarrassing defeat of American soldiers during their first major action against Germany in World War II; some historians even go so far as to anticipate defeat in the first battles of all major American wars. Does the battle of Kasserine Pass prove the conventional wisdom that America is doomed to defeat in its first battles?" Another publication about the same subject, "The Battle of Kasserine Pass: An Examination of Allied Operational Failings", by the faculty of the Air University Press Maxwell AFB, AL is a great supplemental read, too.