The Russell Cawthorn Collection
The Great War 1914-1918, and Associated Conflicts The End of The War
RCC8189
Britain and Victory in the Great War
ISBN
9781473891616
Purchase Price
£25.00 (new)
Date Purchased
April 14, 2024
Publisher
Pen & Sword Military, (2018, Barnsley, South Yorks)
Notes
This book, edited by the noted historian Peter Liddle, is a collection of essays from over twenty expert contributors who reconsider the military reasons for the outcome of the fighting, and who look at the consequences for the principal nations involved. They explore the war and the peace settlement which shaped the 20th Century and had an enduring impact within Europe and beyond. The Book comprises: Introduction: Preparing for Victory: British Innovation in Weaponry, Training and Tactics 1916 - 1918. By Professor Edward M. Spiers Part One 1. The BEF and the Hundred Days. By Niall Barr 2. German Defeat and the Myth of the "Stab in the Back". By Jack Sheldon. 3. The Royal Navy : Securing Victory and Coping with the Consequences. By Duncan Redford. 4. Kitchener or Lloyd George: The Architect of Victory? By George Cassar. 5. British History and the First World War. By Matthew Richardson. 6. Do Good By Stealth. British Propaganda and The First World War. By David Welch. 7. The Commonwealth Contribution to Victory on the Western Front in 1918. By Peter Burnes (Australia), Tim Cook (Canada), and Tim Pugsley (New Zealand. 8. Sideshows in Strategic Victory: Defeating Germany, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire in South-East Europe, Asia and Africa in 1918. By Robert Johnson. Part Two. 9. The United States and Britain's Victory. By Ross A. Kennedy. 10. France Leads the Way to Victory. By William Philpott. 11. Redoubtable Adversary: Bolshevik Catastrophe, Imperial Russia's Forgotten Role in the Achievement of Allied Victory. By Chris Bellamy. 12. Italy and the Complex of the "Mutilated Victory". Shared Myth and Party Mythology. By Irene Guerrini and Marco Pluviano. 13. "Brutal as Victors, Despicable as Vanquished". Some Observations on the German Defeat in 1918. By Holger Afflerbach. Part Three 14. The Great War and British Identity. By Ian Whitehead. 15. Women and the Great War. A Transient Transformation of Their Place in Society. By Phylomena Badsey. 16. The Middle East. From Coalition-Oriented to Imperial-Oriented Strategy. By Yigal Sheffy. 17. "Do Not Forget Me Quite". Music's War Poets. By Kate Kennedy. 18. Loss and Devastation. The Costs of the Great War. By Nick Bosanquet. 19. "That Quiet Place". A Historiography of Visiting the Old Front Line. By Clive Harris. 20. Britain and the Post-War Settlement. By Alan Sharp.
9781473891616
Purchase Price
£25.00 (new)
Date Purchased
April 14, 2024
Publisher
Pen & Sword Military, (2018, Barnsley, South Yorks)
Notes
This book, edited by the noted historian Peter Liddle, is a collection of essays from over twenty expert contributors who reconsider the military reasons for the outcome of the fighting, and who look at the consequences for the principal nations involved. They explore the war and the peace settlement which shaped the 20th Century and had an enduring impact within Europe and beyond. The Book comprises: Introduction: Preparing for Victory: British Innovation in Weaponry, Training and Tactics 1916 - 1918. By Professor Edward M. Spiers Part One 1. The BEF and the Hundred Days. By Niall Barr 2. German Defeat and the Myth of the "Stab in the Back". By Jack Sheldon. 3. The Royal Navy : Securing Victory and Coping with the Consequences. By Duncan Redford. 4. Kitchener or Lloyd George: The Architect of Victory? By George Cassar. 5. British History and the First World War. By Matthew Richardson. 6. Do Good By Stealth. British Propaganda and The First World War. By David Welch. 7. The Commonwealth Contribution to Victory on the Western Front in 1918. By Peter Burnes (Australia), Tim Cook (Canada), and Tim Pugsley (New Zealand. 8. Sideshows in Strategic Victory: Defeating Germany, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire in South-East Europe, Asia and Africa in 1918. By Robert Johnson. Part Two. 9. The United States and Britain's Victory. By Ross A. Kennedy. 10. France Leads the Way to Victory. By William Philpott. 11. Redoubtable Adversary: Bolshevik Catastrophe, Imperial Russia's Forgotten Role in the Achievement of Allied Victory. By Chris Bellamy. 12. Italy and the Complex of the "Mutilated Victory". Shared Myth and Party Mythology. By Irene Guerrini and Marco Pluviano. 13. "Brutal as Victors, Despicable as Vanquished". Some Observations on the German Defeat in 1918. By Holger Afflerbach. Part Three 14. The Great War and British Identity. By Ian Whitehead. 15. Women and the Great War. A Transient Transformation of Their Place in Society. By Phylomena Badsey. 16. The Middle East. From Coalition-Oriented to Imperial-Oriented Strategy. By Yigal Sheffy. 17. "Do Not Forget Me Quite". Music's War Poets. By Kate Kennedy. 18. Loss and Devastation. The Costs of the Great War. By Nick Bosanquet. 19. "That Quiet Place". A Historiography of Visiting the Old Front Line. By Clive Harris. 20. Britain and the Post-War Settlement. By Alan Sharp.