Too Important for the Generals : Losing and Winning the First World War / Allan Mallinson
2016, First Edition. London : Bantam Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Not price-clipped. Well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #473312
ISBN: 9780593058183
Physical description; xxiii, 375 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm. Notes; Illustration, map and text on lining papers. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Prologue: In the Beginning was the Plan -- PART ONE, 1914: 'Over by Christmas'. The Contemptible Little Army ; Miracles -- The Stumbling Bear ; The Empty Corridors of Power -- PART TWO, 1915: Deadlock. The Problem of the Western Front ; The Great Amphibian ; Slaughter without Manoeuvre ; The Honour of British Arms -- PART THREE, 1916: Attrition. The Gate of the Year ; Winning the War in an afternoon? ; Verdun: The Blood Pump ; The Somme: 'A sunlit Picture of Hell' -- PART FOUR, 1917: The Fatal Conceit. Another Spring Offensive ; Passchendaele: 'Opportunities for Cavalry' -- PART FIVE, 1918: More Catastrophes, Then Victory. Unity of Command ; the Crisis of the War ; The Hundred Days -- Conclusions: Quoi qu'on fasse, on perd beaucoup de monde? Subjects; 1900-1999. World War, 1914-1918 Causes. Strategy History 20th century. Warfare and Defence. Military policy. Strategy. War Causes. Warfare and Defense.
Price: €10.95