Nick Lloyd

Broschiertes Buch

Hundred Days

The End of the Great War

Beschreibung

Explores the brutal, heroic and extraordinary final days of the First World War. In this study, the author examines the last days of the war and asks the question: how did it end? Beginning at the heralded turning-point on the Marne in July 1918, it traces the story of the next four months, which included some of the bloodiest battles of the war.

Autor

Nick Lloyd is Professor of Modern Warfare at King's College London, based at the Defence Academy UK in Shrivenham, Wiltshire. He is the author of four previous books, including Passchendaele: A New History, which was a Sunday Times top ten bestseller. He lives with his family in Cheltenham.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin / Penguin Books UK
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 200mm x 128mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 298g
• ISBN-13: 9780241953815
• ISBN-10: 0241953812
• Artikelnr.: 40699162

Rezensionen

This is a powerful and moving book by a rising military historian. Lloyd's depiction of the great battles of July-November provides compelling evidence of the scale of the Allies' victories and the bitter reality of German defeat Gary Sheffield (Professor of War Studies)