Catastrophe 1914 : Europe goes to war / Max Hastings.
A history of the outbreak of World War I, from the breakdown of diplomacy to the dramatic battles that occurred before the war bogged down in the trenches.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780307597052
- ISBN: 0307597059
- Physical Description: xxxvii, 628 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, photographs, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition: 1st American ed.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [567]-603) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 1914 chronology -- The organisation of armies in 1914 -- Sarajevo -- 'A feeling that events are in the air' -- The descent to war -- 'The superb spectacle of the world bursting into flames' -- Disaster on the Drina -- Death with flags and trumpets -- The British flight -- The retreat -- Tannenberg : 'Alas, how many thousands lie there bleeding!' -- The hour of Joffre -- The nemesis of Moltke -- 'Poor devils, they fought their ships like men' -- Three armies in Poland -- 'Did you ever dance with him?' -- Open country, open sky -- Ypres : 'Something that was completely hopeless' -- 'War becomes the scourge of mankind' -- Mudlife -- Silent night, holy night. |
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Subject: | World War, 1914-1918 > Causes. Europe > History > July Crisis, 1914. |
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