David French

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

• Broschiertes Buch

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 Basing his work on a wide range of unpublished documentary sources, David French reassesses for the benefit of students and scholars alike what was meant by 'a war of attrition'.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 157mm x 234mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 453g
• ISBN-13: 9781138965119
• ISBN-10: 1138965111
• Artikelnr.: 47708518

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?