The Great War, 1914-18: Essays on the Military, Political and Social History of the First World War

ISBN-13: 9780333522325 / Angielski / Twarda / 1990 / 195 str.

R. J. Q. Adams

Opis

The Great War is a collection of seven original essays and three critical comments by senior scholars dealing with the greatest conflict in modern history to its time - the 1914-18 World War. The Great War is edited by the distinguished historian of the First World War, R.J.Q.Adams.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction; R.J.Q.Adams - The Significance of the First World War in Modern History; T.Wilson - A Flawed Strategy: Early British Air Defense Arrangements; A.Gollin - Civil-Military Relations in Germany During the First World War; M.Kitchen - Comment; T.C.Kennedy - The Canadian Military Experience in the First World War; D.Morton - `Machonochie's Stew': Logistical Support of American Forces with the BEF; C.R.Shrader - Comment; T.H.E.Travers - The AEF Leaders' Education for War; E.M.Coffman - The American Naval Leaders' Preparations for War; P.E.Coletta - Comment; J.G.Dawson