David French

British Strategy and War Aims 1914-1916 (RLE First World War)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book illustrates the relationship between British military policy and the development of British war aims during the opening years of the First World War. Basing his work on a wide range of unpublished documentary sources, David French reassesses for the benefit of students and scholars alike what was meant by 'a war of attrition'.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 160mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 558g
• ISBN-13: 9780415749909
• ISBN-10: 0415749905
• Artikelnr.: 40138499

Autorenporträt

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Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. 1. The Ententes and the Security of the British Empire 2. Maritime Operations
August- October 1914 3. Russia
Turkey and the Balkans
September - December 1914 4. The Search for an Entente Strategy
December 1914 - February 1915 5. The Constantinople Agreement
Italu and the Collapse of the Asquith Government
February - May 1915 6. The Asquith Coalition and the Policy of Attrition
May - August 1915 7. Men
Money and Munitions: Mobilizing the British Economy for War in the Summer of 1915 8. Britain and the 'Drang nach dem Osten'
1915-16 9. Britain and the Development of the Entente's Policies in the Winter of 1915 - 16 10. Verdun to the Somme
February to June 1916 11. From the Somme to Bucharest
July - August 1916 12. The Strategic Background to the Collapse of the Asquith Coalition 13. Conclusion: Victory or Bankruptcy?