The First World War

by Prior, Robin

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Title Statements

Full title :The First World War / Robin Prior and Trevor Wilson ; General editor John Keegan.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1999.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cassell
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:1999.

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The Physical Object

Description:244 p. : : ill. (some col.), maps ; : 27 cm.

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ISBN:030435256X, 9780304352562
oclc:on1327766781
Dewey Decimal:940.3

Introduction: The Coming of War -- First thoughts -- The variety of historical explanation -- Making a choice -- Ch. 1. 1914 -- The plans of war -- The plans in action -- The onset of stalemate -- The persistence of stalemate -- Ch. 2. 1915 -- The limits on choice -- Falkenhayn's dilemma -- The Eastern Front in profile -- Germany strikes east -- Italy to war -- The elimination of Serbia -- Anglo-French decision-making -- Travail on the Western Front -- The limits of accomplishment -- Ch. 3. Peripheries -- The expanding conflict -- Action in the Pacific -- The war in Africa -- Gallipoli -- Mesopotamia and Palestine -- Summing up the sideshows -- Ch. 4. 1916 -- Germany faces west -- The Entente makes decisions -- Supplying the armies -- Verdun -- Brusilov -- The Somme -- End of the day -- Ch. 5. 1917 -- Choices -- The U-boat campaign -- Exit Russia -- Nivelle's day -- Third Ypres -- Cambrai -- Caporetto -- Gains and losses -- Ch. 6. 1918 -- Culmination -- Germany's options -- Ludendorff's choice: the east -- Ludendorff's choice: the west -- Midway -- The great reversal -- Other fronts -- Conclusion: The Peace Settlement and Beyond -- Reconsideration -- The issue of compensation -- D…