The world crisis. Part V, The unknown war, the Eastern Front / Winston S. Churchill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--Great Britain.

World War, 1914-1918.

Reconstruction (1914-1939).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (346 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : RosettaBooks, LLC, 2013.

Summary:

The conclusion of the great statesman's epic five-volume history of World War I. The fifth and final volume of Winston Churchill's "remarkable" series, The World Crisis: The Eastern Front tells a gritty, true-to-life account of the combat in eastern Europe-written by someone whose decisions had a profound impact on the success of war efforts both in the East and in the West (Jon Meacham). While the battle for modern civilization was being fought on the Western Front during World War I, an equally important war-with equally high stakes-was being fought on the Eastern Front, between Russia, Germany, and Germany's Austrian allies. It's rare that a historical account of World War I documents in as much detail the events of the Eastern Front as those of the West. Churchill's account was one of the first to do so, telling the story of an armed conflict that was shockingly dissimilar from its counterpart in the West. "Whether as a statesman or an author, Churchill was a giant; and The World Crisis towers over most other books about the Great War." -David Fromkin, author of A Peace to End All Peace

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Preface

I. The Dusk of Hapsburg

II. The Annexation of Bosnia

III. Towards the Abyss

IV. The Murder of the Archduke

V. The Austrian Ultimatum

VI. The Fronts and the Combatants

VII. Declarations of War

VIII. The Mobilization Interval

IX. The Assembly of the Eastern Armies

X. Austria Against Russia

XI. The Battle of Lemberg

XII. The Invasion of East Prussia

XIII. The Battle of Tannenberg

XIV. The First Masurian Lakes

XV. The Second Round

XVI. The Battle of Lodz

XVII. East or West?

XVIII. The Winter Battle

XIX. Beyond the Dardanelles

XX. The Fall of Warsaw

XXI. The Reckoning With Serbia

XXII. Falkenhayn Returns to the West

XXIII. Brusilovs Offensive

XXIV. The Russian Collapse

Appendix I: The Hapsburg Dynasty

Appendix II: Some Authorities Consulted

Appendix III: References

Notes.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780795331541

0795331541

OCLC:

1051139026