The First World War : a complete history /

Main Author: Gilbert, Martin, 1936-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Henry Holt, 1996, c1994.
Edition:1st Owl books ed.
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245 1 4 |a The First World War :  |b a complete history /  |c Martin Gilbert. 
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260 1 4 |a New York, NY :  |b Henry Holt,  |c 1996, c1994. 
300 1 4 |a xxiv, 615 p., [40] p. of plates :  |b ill., maps ;  |c 24 cm. 
500 1 4 |a "An Owl book". 
504 1 4 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 544-554) and index. 
505 1 4 |a Prelude to war -- "Wild with joy" -- The opening struggle -- From Mons to the Marne -- Digging in : the start of trench warfare -- Towards the first Christmas : "mud and slime and vermin" -- Stalemate and the search for breakthroughs -- The Gallipoli landings -- The Entente in danger -- The Central Powers in the ascendant -- The continuing failure of the Entente -- "This war will end at Verdun" -- "Europe is mad, the world is mad" -- The Battle of the Somme : 'It is going to be a bloody holocaust" -- War on every front -- The Intensification of the war -- War, desertion, mutiny -- Stalemate in the west, turmoil in the east -- Battle at Passchendaele ; Revolution in Russia -- The terms of war and peace -- The Central Powers on the verge of triumph -- Germany's last great onslaught -- "The battle, the battle, nothing else counts" -- The Allied counter-attack -- The turn of the tide -- The collapse of the Central Powers -- The final armistice -- Peacemaking and remembrance -- "...to the memory of that great company." 
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