03601nam 2200613Ia 450 991045246360332120200520144314.01-78402-635-20-7808-1326-X(CKB)2550000001039619(EBL)3384067(SSID)ssj0000880473(PQKBManifestationID)11466450(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000880473(PQKBWorkID)10895031(PQKB)10861346(MiAaPQ)EBC3384067(Au-PeEL)EBL3384067(CaPaEBR)ebr10684497(OCoLC)840669994(EXLCZ)99255000000103961920130118d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWorld War I and the age of modern warfare[electronic resource] /by Kevin HillstromDetroit, MI Omnigraphicsc20131 online resource (252 p.)Defining momentsDescription based upon print version of record.0-7808-1325-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.""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 War�""; ""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 Butchery� at Verdun""; ""A Soldier Gives Thanks for a Battle Wound""""A British Officer at the Western Front""""The Terror of Gas Warfare""; ""A German Soldier�s Crisis of Conscience""; ""The Zimmermann Telegram""; ""Wilson Urges Congress to Declare War against Germany""; ""Wilson�s Fourteen Points""; ""Ludendorff Praises Germany�s 1918 Spring Offensive""; ""Haig Issues His “Backs to the Wall� Order""; ""British Forces Occupy the German Rhineland""; ""Hitler Fumes about the Treaty of Versailles""; ""Britain�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""World War, 1914-1918BiographyWorld War, 1914-1918SourcesWorld War, 1914-1918Electronic books.World War, 1914-1918World War, 1914-1918World War, 1914-1918.940.3Hillstrom Kevin1963-912586MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452463603321World War I and the age of modern warfare2165269UNINA