Swordbearers - Brossura

Barnett, Correlli

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0304352837 ISBN 13: 9780304352838

Casa editrice: Phoenix, 2000

Riassunto

Correlli Barnett made his reputation with these brilliant studies of the key commanders whose decisions determined the course of the First World War. With great insight and penetrating judgement, he investigates: Colonel General von Moltke masterminded the German's initial attack on France in 1914; Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, who commanded the Royal Navy's Grand Fleet; General Pétain, the French leader who halted the German advances at Verdun in 1916; and General Erich Ludendorff who led the last great German offensives in the summer of 1918. In this moving and fascinating account, Correlli Barnett describes how these men struggled with events greater than themselves, and shows their moments of clarity and prophecy, of optimistic self-delusion, of uncertainty and despair. The period of their command together spans the war years, and gives a continuous history of the war on the western front.

Su questo libro

Descrizione del libro:

The book that dominates our understanding of military leadership during the First World War

L'autore:

Correlli Barnett is a distinguished military historian and the author of several non-fiction titles. In 1970 he won the Royal Society of Literature Award for Britain and her Army. He has been historical consultant to three BBC Television series, including The Great War (1964) which he part wrote. In 1980 he was appointed the first Defence Lecturer in the University of Cambridge.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Phoenix
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0304352837
• ISBN 13: 9780304352838
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Numero di pagine: 416