Attrition: Fighting the First World War - Brossura

Philpott, William

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1408703564 ISBN 13: 9781408703564

Casa editrice: Little, Brown, 2014

Riassunto

The First World War was too big to be grasped by its participants. In the retelling of their war in the competing memories of leaders and commanders, and the anguished fiction of its combatants, any sense of order and purpose, effort and achievement, was missing.

Drawing on the experience of front line soldiers, munitions workers, politicians and those managing the vast economy of industrialised warfare, War of Attrition explains for the first time why and how this new type of conflict born out of industrial society was fought as it was. It was the first mass war in which the resources of the fully-mobilised societies strained every sinew in a conflict over ideals - and the humblest and highest were all caught up in the national enterprise.

In a stunning narrative, this brilliant and necessary reassessment of the whole war cuts behind the myth-making to reveal the determination, organization and ambition on all sides.

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Recensione:

A refreshingly balanced view . . . the great strength of Philpott's book is its magisterial overview of the whole war . . . a fine contribution to our growing understanding of the conflict (Peter Parker Daily Telegraph)

A highly readable account . . . a great book for those who want to look behind the propaganda (Sunday Herald)

Philpott's achievement is to present a view of The Great War as an attritional conflict in a very readable fashion. 'Attrition' is an accessible work for the general reader rather than a denesley argued mongraph...

Attrition stands on its own merits, as an important contribution to an active and lively scholarly debate

William Philpott's boldly argued and engaging book is a timely rejoinder to simplistic views

(Times Literary Supplement)

A first-class overview of the whole war, and a useful addition to anyone's library (Military History)

Descrizione del libro:

The magnum opus of the First World War, from the outstanding historian at the King's College Department of War Studies.

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• Editore: Little, Brown
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1408703564
• ISBN 13: 9781408703564
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 416