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Murray, Nicholas, 1966-

Title The rocky road to the Great War : the evolution of trench warfare to 1914 / Nicholas Murray ; foreword by Hew Strachan.

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Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, 2013.

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Location	Call No.	Status
Rocky Hill - Downloadable Materials	EBSCO Ebook	Downloadable
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Edition	First edition.
Description	1 online resource
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	The theory of field fortification, 1740-1914 -- The Russo-Turkish War and Plevna -- The Second Anglo-Boer war -- The Russo-Japanese War -- The Balkan wars -- The state of thinking in 1914 -- Conclusions -- Appendix: The American Civil War.
Note	Print version record.
Summary	Nicholas Murray's The Rocky Road to the Great War examines the evolution of field fortification theory and practice between 1877 and 1914. During this period field fortifications became increasingly important, and their construction evolved from primarily above to below ground. The reasons for these changes are crucial to explaining the landscape of World War I, yet they have remained largely unstudied. The transformation in field fortifications reflected not only the ongoing technological advances but also the changing priorities in the reasons for constructing them, such as preventing desert.
Subject	Fortification, Field -- History.
	Intrenchments -- History.
	Military art and science -- History.
	HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
	TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
	Fortification, Field. (OCoLC)fst00933037
	Intrenchments. (OCoLC)fst00977825
	Military art and science. (OCoLC)fst01020874
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form:	Print version: Murray, Nicholas, 1966- Rocky road to the Great War. First edition 9781597975537 (DLC) 2013008396 (OCoLC)816028211
ISBN	9781612341057 (electronic bk.)
	1612341055 (electronic bk.)

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