The Great war, 1914-18 / Spencer C. Tucker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tucker, Spencer, 1937-

Series:

Warfare and history.

Warfare and history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 272 pages)

Place of Publication:

London : UCL Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An up-to-date and concise account of WWI for teachers and students looking for a balanced introduction. It details both the military operations as well as the development of war aims, alliance diplomacy and the war on the home front.

Contents:

chapter 1 The background

chapter 2 1914: the war of movement

chapter Deployment of the BEF

chapter First Battle of the Aisne

chapter 3 1915: stalemate and trench warfare

chapter Third Battle of Artois

chapter 4 1916: the cauldron

part Italian Front: Fifth Battle of the Isonzo

chapter 6 th through Ninth Battles of the Isonzo

chapter 5 1917: the turning point

chapter Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele)

chapter 6 1918: the end

chapter (Third Battle of the Aisne)

chapter Meuse-Argonne Offensive

chapter 7 Other theatres of war

chapter Mesopotamia

chapter 8 The home fronts

chapter 9 The peace lost

chapter Notes

chapter Select bibliography

chapter Great Britain

part Other Fronts

chapter Armistice, 1918 and Paris Peace Conference, 1919.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-263) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-81749-5

1-280-53974-7

9786610539741

1-134-81750-9

0-415-11713-5

0-203-13755-8

9780203137550

OCLC:

958102735