Strategy and Command : The Anglo-French Coalition on the Western Front, 1914.
Title:
Strategy and Command : The Anglo-French Coalition on the Western Front, 1914.
Author:
Prete, Roy A.
ISBN:
9780773576957
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (318 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Illustrations -- Maps -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- 1 French and British Prewar Defence Policies -- 2 Entente Strategic Planning after 1911 -- 3 War: Power Relationships within the Coalition, August-November 1914 -- 4 French Strategic Planning and the Deployment of the BEF in France -- 5 Collapse and Renewal: From the Battle of the Frontiers to the Battle of the Marne -- 6 The Move North, Defence of Antwerp, and Competition over Belgium -- 7 The March on Lille, the Battle of Ypres, and the Second Command Crisis -- 8 End of an Era -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
Histories of the First World War are often written from a British perspective, ignoring the coalition element of the conflict and the French point of view. In Strategy and Command, Roy Prete offers a major new interpretation supported by in-depth research in French archival sources.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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