| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xvi, 509 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Europe 1914 / Sir Michael Howard -- Unexpected encounter at Bertrix / Bruce I. Gudmundsson -- The massacre of the innocents / Robert Cowley -- The Christmas truce / Stanley Weintraub -- A bad afternoon at Aubers Ridge / Lionel Sotheby -- Artois 1915 / Douglas Porch -- The stakes of 1915 / Robert Cowley -- No-man's-land / Malcolm Brown -- Fisher's face / Jan Morris -- The first battle of the Falklands / Ronald H. Spector -- The wreck of the Magdeburg / David Kahn -- Jutland / John Keegan -- Gallipoli : the other side of the hill / Tim Travers -- Kut / Robert F. Jones -- Brusilov's immortal days / Jamie H. Cockfield -- Salonika / Dennis E. Showalter -- The Fokker menace / Michael Spick -- The war lover / Robert Wohl -- Their "golden glory" / Thomas Fleming -- "These hideous weapons" / Bruce I. Gudmundsson -- July 1, 1916 : the reason why / Tim Travers -- The Somme : the last 140 days / Robert Cowley -- D Day 1917 / Rod Paschall -- The breaking of armies / John Keegan -- March 21, 1918 / O'Brien Browne -- Die Pariskanone / Robert L. O'Connell -- Iron general / Thomas Fleming -- Belleau wood : one man's initation / Allan R. Millett -- The mythical morning of Sergeant York / John Bowers -- The mourning parents / Robert Cowley. |
| Subject |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Historiography.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Western Front.
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War and society.
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Europe -- History, Military -- 20th century.
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Military art and science -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.
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| Added Author |
Cowley, Robert.
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| ISBN |
0375509097 |
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9780375509094 |
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