German strategy and the path to Verdun : Erich von Falkenhayn and the development of attrition, 1870...
German strategy and the path to Verdun : Erich von Falkenhayn and the development of attrition, 1870...
German strategy and the path to Verdun : Erich von Falkenhayn and the development of attrition, 1870-1916 / Robert T. Foley.
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New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Date
2005.
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N940.4013/1
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English
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x, 301 p. : ill., maps.
Contents
1. The Volkskrieg in German military thought -- 2. The (re)birth of Ermattungsstrategie -- 3. The short-war belief -- 4. The rise of Stellungskrieg -- 5. Competing strategic visions -- 6. Attack in the east -- 7. Defense in the west -- 8. Verdun : the plan -- 9. Verdun : the execution -- 10. Verdun...
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New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
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New York (State)
Date Published
2005.
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"Almost ninety years since its conclusion, the battle of Verdun is still little understood. German Strategy and the Path to Verdun is the first detailed English-language examination of this seminal battle to be based on research conducted in archives long thought lost. Material returned to Germany from the former Soviet Union has allowed for a rein...
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German strategy and the path to Verdun : Erich von Falkenhayn and the development of attrition, 1870-1916 / Robert T. Foley.
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Cambridge military histories.
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N940.4013/1
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74VKPBkVebod
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0521841933
9780521841931
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940.4013
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991019771989702626
