1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454928303321

Autore

Travers Timothy

Titolo

How the war was won : command and technology in the British Army on the western front, 1917-1918 / / Tim Travers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1992

ISBN

0-429-23128-8

1-134-90269-7

1-280-10839-8

0-203-41741-0

0-203-31071-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (263 p.)

Disciplina

940.4/21

Soggetti

World War, 1914-1918 - Technology

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 (p. 220-225) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of plates; List of maps; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Prologue: Images of war; PARALYSIS OF COMMAND: FROM PASSCHENDAELE TO CAMBRAI; A COMMAND DIVIDED: GHQ AND THE DEBATE OVER TRADITIONAL VERSUS MECHANICAL WARFARE IN EARLY 1918; CRISIS IN COMMAND: THE GERMAN SPRING OFFENSIVES AND THE USES OF TECHNOLOGY; : The Lys and the Aisne, April to June 1918; COMMAND AND TECHNOLOGY IN ALLIANCE: FROM HAMEL TO AMIENS, JULY TO AUGUST 1918; COMMAND VERSUS TECHNOLOGY: THE WAR OF MOVEMENT, SEPTEMBER TO NOVEMBER 1918; CONCLUSION; Appendix

Order of battle of the French troops which came to the assistance of the Fifth Army up to 26 March 1918Notes; Select bibliography; Printed sources; Secondary sources; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This important and sometimes controversial book explains what part the British Expeditionary Force played in bringing the First World War to an end. Travers focuses on the themes of command and technology, drawing on a wide range of sources.



2.

Record Nr.

UNICASLO10334457

Autore

Del Buono, Oreste

Titolo

Amici, amici degli amici, maestri / Oreste Del Buono

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano, : Baldini & Castoldi, 1994

ISBN

8885989349

Descrizione fisica

284 p. ; 25 cm

Collana

Storie della storia d'Italia ; 10

Disciplina

850.900914

Soggetti

Giornalisti italiani - Sec. 20

Industria editoriale - Italia - Sec. 20. - Testimonianze

Letterati italiani - Sec. 20

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia