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Over the top : alternate histories of the First World War / Peter G. Tsouras and Spencer Jones ; contributors, Stephen Badsey [and four others].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tsouras, Peter G., author.
- Jones, Spencer, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1914-1918--History.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- Imaginary histories.
- World War (1914-1918).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (258 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Barnsley, England : Frontline Books, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Although separated from the modern reader by a full century, the First World War continues to generate controversy and interest as the great event upon which modern history pivoted. Not only did the war cull the European peoples of some of their best and brightest, it also led to the destruction of the Austro-Hungarian, German, Ottoman and Russian empires, and paved the way for the Second World War. This thought-provoking book explores ten alternate scenarios in which the course of the war is changed forever. How would the war have changed had the Germans not attacked France but turned their m
- Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Illustrations; Contributor Biographies; Introduction; Chapter 1: Der Tag: The German Decision to Go East in 1914 by Peter G. Tsouras; Chapter 2: Vormarsch! The Breakthrough at Ypres, 1914 by Spencer Jones; Chapter 3: Kitchener of Arabia by Stephen Badsey; Chapter 4: The Queen of Cities Beckons by Peter G. Tsouras; Chapter 5: Germania Delenda Est1 America Enters the War, 1915 by Peter G. Tsouras; Chapter 6: Britannia Rules the Waves: The Battle of Jutland, 1916 by Spencer Jones
- Chapter 7: The Brusilov Offensive, 1916: Russia's Glory by Peter G. TsourasChapter 8: The Somme Steamroller by Stuart Mitchell; Chapter 9: 'From Mud, Through Blood to the Green Fields Beyond': The Great Allied Tank Offensive of 1917 by Spencer Jones; Chapter 10: German Strategic Raiding, the Murder of David Lloyd George, and the Rise of Lord Northcliffe by James Pugh1
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 5, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 1-4738-4109-7
- 1-4738-4056-2
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