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9780674016965

Fighting The Great War

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  • ISBN13:

    9780674016965

  • ISBN10:

    0674016963

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2005-04-30
  • Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr
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Summary

Despair at Gallipoli. Victory at Vimy Ridge. A European generation lost, an American spirit found. The First World War, the deadly herald of a new era, continues to captivate readers. In this lively book, Michael Neiberg offers a concise history based on the latest research and insights into the soldiers, commanders, battles, and legacies of the Great War. Tracing the war from Verdun to Salonika to Baghdad to German East Africa, Neiberg illuminates the global nature of the conflict. More than four years of mindless slaughter in the trenches on the western front, World War I was the first fought in three dimensions: in the air, at sea, and through mechanized ground warfare. New weapons systems--tanks, bomber aircraft, and long-range artillery--all shaped the battle environment. Moving beyond the standard portrayal of the war's generals as "butchers and bunglers," Neiberg offers a nuanced discussion of officers constrained by the monumental scale of complex events. Diaries and letters of men serving on the front lines capture the personal stories and brutal conditions--from Alpine snows to Mesopotamian sands--under which these soldiers lived, fought, and died. Generously illustrated, with many never-before-published photographs, this book is an impressive blend of analysis and narrative. Anyone interested in understanding the twentieth century must begin with its first global conflict, and there is no better place to start than with Fighting the Great War.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
ix
Timeline of Major Events xiii
Important People xvii
Introduction: An Exchange of Telegrams 1(10)
A Cruel Disillusion: The German Invasion and the Miracle of the Marne
11(27)
Loosed Like Wild Beasts: The War in Eastern Europe
38(29)
The Country of Death: Stalemate on the Western Front
67(28)
Ordered to Die: Gallipoli and the Eastern Fronts
95(28)
Gordian Knots: American Neutrality and the Wars for Empire
123(27)
Bleeding France White: The Agony of Verdun
150(27)
A War against Civilization: The Chantilly Offensives and the Somme
177(26)
Driving Out the Devil: Collapse in the East
203(26)
Salvation and Sacrifice: American Entry, Vimy Ridge, and the Chemin des Dames
229(25)
A Few Miles of Liquid Mud: The Battle of Passchendaele
254(26)
Not War as We Knew It: The U-Boat Menace and War in Africa
280(26)
Jerry's Turn: The Ludendorff Offensives
306(25)
One Hundred Days to Victory: Amiens to the Meuse-Argonne
331(26)
Conclusion: An Armistice at Any Price 357(10)
Notes 367(18)
Primary Sources 385(2)
Acknowledgments 387(2)
Index 389

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