World War I and the age of modern warfare [[electronic resource] /] / by Kevin Hillstrom

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452463603321
• Autore: Hillstrom Kevin <1963->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Detroit, MI, : Omnigraphics, c2013
• ISBN: 1-78402-635-2; 0-7808-1326-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (252 p.)
• Collana: Defining moments
• Disciplina: 940.3
• Soggetti: World War, 1914-1918; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""How to Use This Book""; ""Research Topics for World War I and the Age of Modern Warfare""; ""Narrative Overview""; ""Prologue""; ""Chapter One Origins of “The Great Warâ€?""; ""Chapter Two New MilitaryTechnologies Unleashed""; ""Chapter Three Life and Death in the Trenches""; ""Chapter Four A New Kind of War for Civilians""; ""Chapter Five The United States Joins the Allies and Russia Backs Out""; ""Chapter Six The War Grinds to a Gruesome End""; ""Chapter Seven The Legacy of World War I""; ""Biographies""; ""Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929)""; ""Douglas Haig (1861-1928)""""David Lloyd George (1863-1945)""; ""Erich Ludendorff (1865-1937)""; ""Tsar Nicholas II (1868-1918)""; ""John J. Pershing (1860-1948)""; ""Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941)""; ""Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924)""; ""Primary Sources""; ""Starting Down the Path to War""; ""On the Eve of War""; ""France Celebrates Victory in the Battle of the Marne""; ""The United States Protests the Sinking of the Lusitania""; ""A German Witness to Genocide in Turkey""; ""The “Lust of Butcheryâ€? at Verdun""; ""A Soldier Gives Thanks for a Battle Wound""; ""A British Officer at the Western Front""""The Terror of Gas Warfare""; ""A German Soldierâ€?s Crisis of Conscience""; ""The Zimmermann Telegram""; ""Wilson Urges Congress to Declare War against Germany""; ""Wilsonâ€?s Fourteen Points""; ""Ludendorff Praises Germanyâ€?s 1918 ; Spring Offensive""; ""Haig Issues His “Backs to the Wallâ€? Order""; ""British Forces Occupy the German Rhineland""; ""Hitler Fumes about the Treaty of Versailles""; ""Britainâ€?s Last Veteran of the Great War Passes Away""; ""Important People, Places, and Terms""; ""Chronology""; ""Sources for Further Study""; ""Bibliography""""Photo and Illustration Credits""; ""Index""