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The Western Front, a history of the Great War, 1914-1918, Nick Lloyd

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The Western Front, a history of the Great War, 1914-1918, Nick Lloyd

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [513]-611) and index

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illustrationsmapsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Western Front

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1155089555

Responsibility statement

Nick Lloyd

Sub title

a history of the Great War, 1914-1918

Summary

"A panoramic history of the savage combat on the Western Front between 1914 and 1918 that came to define modern warfare. The Western Front evokes images of hardship and sacrifice, of young, mud-spattered men in water-logged trenches, shielded from artillery blasts by a few feet of dirt. Long considered the most futile arena of the First World War, the Western Front has persisted in our collective memory as a tragic waste of life. In this epic narrative history, Nick Lloyd brings together the latest research from America, France, Britain, and Germany, telling the full story of the war in France and Belgium from the German invasion in 1914 to the armistice four years later. His sweeping chronicle reveals that the trenches were, as often as not, sites of dramatic technological and tactical advances, and that superior generalship helped determine the outcome of the war. Brimming with gripping descriptions and insight, The Western Front is a historical account in the tradition of Barbara Tuchman, John Keegan, and Antony Beevor: an authoritative, magisterial portrait of men at war"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

'A vision of Attila' -- 'To the last extremity' -- 'Men of real worth' -- 'New conditions' -- 'A real bad business' -- 'Only inaction is shameful' -- 'No getting through' -- 'A place of execution' -- 'Costly and fatal toils' -- 'Hunted on all sides' -- 'The future is darker than ever' -- 'The face of a general in victory' -- 'A very serious decision' -- 'An entirely new situation' -- 'Tortured ground' -- 'Patience and tenacity' -- 'Terrible butchery' -- 'Nothing but the war' -- 'The greatest effort we have made' -- 'I fear it means disaster' -- 'Hold the line at all hazards' -- 'It will be a glorious day' -- 'Keep steady' -- 'The full measure of victory'

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History of the Great War, 1914-1918

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