World War I companion

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World War I changed the face of the 20th century. For four long years the major European powers, later joined by America, fought in a life or death struggle that would topple the crowned heads of Europe and redraw the map of the Continent. It was a conflict unparalleled in its scale, which in turn fuelled devastatingly rapid developments in military technology, technique and innovation as the belligerent powers sought to break the deadlock on the...

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ISBN:

9781782001881
1782001883

Description:

272 pages : maps

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Chapter 1. Allied leadership and coalition strategy / Michael Neiberg
Chapter 2. German operational thought / Thorsten Loch
Chapter 3. Ad Hoc: The Expansion of the British Army 1914-17 / Bruce Gudmundsson
Chapter 4. World War I Aviation : From reconnaissance to the modern air campaign / James S.Corum
Chapter 5. The Naval War 1914-18 : A Global Perspective / Michael Epkenhans
Chapter 6. The French Army between Tradition and Modernity : weaponry, tactics and soldiers 1914-18 / Francois Cochet
Chapter 7. German tactical effectiveness in World War I / Matthias Strohn
Chapter 8. The rollercoaster of Austria-Hungary's World War I experience / Lothar Hobelt
Chapter 9. The Tsarist Army on the Eastern Front / Stephen Walsh
Chapter 10. ANZACs and the Super-Soldier Myth : the troublesome path to tactical effectiveness among Haig's Dominion shock troops, 1916-17 / Andrew MacDonald --Chapter 11. T. E. Lawrence, the Arab Revolt and developments in desert warfare, 1916-18 / David Murphy
Chapter 12. Stubborn as an Old Mule : The American Experience of the Western Front / Andrew Wiest
Chapter 13. Ukraine 1918 / Peter Lieb

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975392

Other Authors:

Strohn, Matthias, 1976-

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