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Strategy and command : the Anglo-French coalition on the Western Front, 1915 / Roy A. Prete.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Prete, Roy A. (Roy Arnold), 1943- author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
World War, 1914-1918--Great Britain.
World War, 1914-1918.
World War, 1914-1918--France.
France--Military relations--Great Britain.
France.
Great Britain--Military relations--France.
Great Britain.
France--Military policy.
Great Britain--Military policy.
Western Front (World War (1914-1918)).
Physical Description:
1 online resource (465 pages)
Place of Publication:
Montreal, Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2021]
Summary:
Based on extensive research in French political and military archives, this new in-depth study of Anglo-French military relations on the Western Front in 1915 fills a major gap in the unfolding drama of the First World War.
Contents:
Cover
STRATEGY AND COMMAND
Title
Copyright
CONTENTS
Illustrations
Maps
Abbreviations
Preface
1 Setting the Stage: The Political and Military Background
2 Trench Warfare: Strategic Re-Evaluation and the Zeebrugge-Ostend Coastal Plan, December 1914-13 January 1915
3 Conflicting Strategies: The 29th Division and Neuve Chapelle, 14 January-13 March 1915
4 Planning the Spring Offensive and the Command Issue, 14 March-21 April 1915
5 Second Ypres and Joint Planning for the Artois Offensive, 22 April-8 May 1915
6 Operations: The Artois Offensive, 9 May-25 June 1915
7 Catalyst for Change: Impact of the Artois Offensive
8 Strategic Conflict: The Calais and Chantilly Conferences, July 1915
9 Objections to Loos and British Strategic Reversal, July-August 1915
10 Operations: The Loos and Artois-Champagne Offensive, September-October 1915
11 Salonika, Egypt, and the Western Front, September-December 1915
12 Preparation for 1916: Leadership Changes and Strategic Coordination
13 Reflections and Conclusions
Notes
Bibliography
Index.
Notes:
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
9780228007708
0228007704
9780228007692
0228007690
OCLC:
1228484321

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