George H. Cassar

Lloyd George at War, 1916-1918

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

'Lloyd George at War, 1916-1918' refutes the traditional view that Lloyd George was the person most responsible for winning the Great War.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 466
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 904g
• ISBN-13: 9781843317937
• ISBN-10: 1843317931
• Artikelnr.: 26578656

Autorenporträt

George H. Cassar is Professor of Military and Modern European History at Eastern Michigan University and a leading authority on Britain at war.

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrations
Maps
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Setting the Stage
Part I: The Home Front
The Search for a Manpower Policy
The Challenge of Labor
Controlling Shipping and Food
Part II: Strategy and the War
The First Attempt at a Unified Command
Facing the Submarine Menace
Prelude to Catastrophe
The Horror of Passchendaele
The Peripheral War
The Quest for a Negotiated Peace
The Creation of the Supreme War Council
The Plans for 1918
Before the Storm
Crisis on the Western Front
The Maurice Affair
The Origins of Intervention in Russia
The German Advance Halted
The Turn of the Tide
The Road to the Armistice
Conclusion
Bibliography