LEADER 03905oam 22005414a 450 001 9910793185503321 005 20180818104151.0 010 $a0-253-03782-4 035 $a(CKB)4100000005470300 035 $a(OCoLC)1047635096 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse69436 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5482784 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000005470300 100 $a20180803d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Generals? War$b[electronic resource] $eOperational Level Command on the Western Front in 1918 /$fMajor General David T. Za?becki ; foreword by General Anthony Zinni 210 $aBloomington, Indiana $cIndiana University Press$d[2018] 215 $a1 online resource (1 PDF (xvii, 404 pages) :)$cillustrations, color maps, portraits 225 1 $aTwentieth-century battles 311 $a0-253-03730-1 311 $a0-253-03701-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 371-387) and index. 327 $aGeneralship in the Great War -- Future shock on the 1914-1918 battlefield -- The strategic situation at the end of 1917 -- The commanders in chief -- The Yanks are coming -- Two conferences in November 1917 -- The gathering storm -- Michael and Georgette : Ludendorff versus Haig -- Blu?cher and Gneisenau : Ludendorff versus Foch and Petain -- Operation Marneschutz-Reims and the Second Battle of the Marne : Foch wrests the initiative -- Hamel to Mont St. Quentin : Haig assumes the offensive -- Closing to the Hindenburg Line : Foch tightens the vise -- The allied general offensive : Foch moves in for the kill -- Armistice and occupation : 11 November 1918-28 June 1919 -- The fluctuating verdict of history. 330 $aKnown as the war to end all wars and the Great War, World War I was the stage for a new form of mass destruction and violent chemical warfare. When the Bolsheviks pulled Russia out of the war in 1917, the Germans turned their offensive moves to the eastern front in hopes of winning the war in 1918. But as fresh American troops entered the front, the scales tipped against Germany. Some of the most critical factors in the outcome of World War I were decisions made by the key commanders in Germany and in the Ally troops. The General's War explores the military strategies of the most senior generals of the last year of the Great War. These six very different men included Germany's Field Marshals Paul von Hindenburg and General Erich Ludendorff; France's Marshals Ferdinand Foch and Philippe Petain; Great Britain's Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig; and the United States's General John Pershing. Although they may have not been known as great captains at the time, these six men determined how World War I played out on the battlefields of the western front between November 1917 and November 1918. A landmark analysis of the generalship that resulted in a casualty count of one and a quarter million soldiers, The General's War is an intimate look at the senior commanders of the Great War. 410 0$aTwentieth-century battles. 606 $aMilitary art and science$xHistory$y20th century$vCase studies 606 $aGenerals$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aCommand of troops$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xCampaigns$zWestern Front 607 $aEurope$2fast 607 $aWestern Front (World War (1914-1918))$2fast 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMilitary art and science$xHistory 615 0$aGenerals$xHistory 615 0$aCommand of troops$xHistory 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918$xCampaigns 676 $a940.4144 700 $aZabecki$b David T.$0281540 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910793185503321 996 $aThe Generals? War$93758227 997 $aUNINA