German Strategy and the Path to Verdun: Erich Von Falkenhayn and the Development of Attrition, 1870-1916

ISBN-13: 9780521841931 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 316 str.

Robert T. Foley

Opis

The term "Battle of Verdun" has become synonymous with senseless slaughter. This book offers a new perspective on one of the twentieth century's bloodiest battles by examining the development of German military ideas from the end of the Franco-German War in 1871 to the First World War. Its use of recently released German sources held in the Soviet Union since the Second World War sheds new light on German ideas about attrition before and during the First World War.

Recenzje

'This book is far more than a study of a grim battle … Foley has written a book which will be referred to repeatedly.' Open History

Spis treści

List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Table of ranks; Maps; Introduction; 1. The Volkskreig in German military thought; 2. The (re)birth of Ermattungsstrategie; 3. The short-war belief; 4. The rise of Stellungskrieg; 5. Competing strategic visions; 6. Attack in the east; 7. Defence in the west; 8. Verdun: the plan; 9. Verdun: the execution; 10. Verdun: the failure; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.