World War I Companion

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The pieces in this book form an excellent introduction to the military history of World War I that will also prove valuable to specialists in the subject.' Professor Gary Sheffield World War I changed the face of the 20th century. For four long years the major European powers, later joined by America, fought in a life or death struggle that would topple the crowned heads of Europe and redraw the map of the Continent. It was a conflict unparalleled in its scale, which in turn fuelled devastatingly rapid developments in military technology, technique and innovation as the belligerent powers sought to break the deadlock on the Western Front and elsewhere. In the centenary of the outbreak of the conflict, 14 renowned historians from around the world examine some of the key aspects of the war, providing a wide-ranging analysis of the whole conflict beyond but including the stalemate in the trenches of the Western Front. Cover Contents Contributors Foreword Chapter 1: Commanding Through Armageddon Chapter 2: German Operational Thinking in World War I Chapter 3: The Expansion of the British Army During World War I Chapter 4: World War I Aviation Chapter 5: The Global War at Sea, 1914-18 Chapter 6: The French Army Between Tradition and Modernity Chapter 7: German Tactical Doctrine and the Defensive Battle on the Western Front Chapter 8: The Rollercoaster of Austria-Hungary's World War I Experience Chapter 9: The Imperial Russian Army and the Eastern Front in World War I, 1914-17 Chapter 10: ANZACs and the Rocky Road to Tactical Effectiveness, 1916-17 Chapter 11: A Sideshow of a Sideshow? Chapter 12: The Reluctant Pupil Chapter 13: The German Occupation of the Ukraine, 1918 Endnotes Bibliography Index Imprint