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03391aam a2200337 i 4500 001 21059AB6B67811E4914E0686DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170810011122 008 130118s2013 miu b 001 0ceng 010 $a 2013002088 020 $a 0780813251 020 $a 9780780813250 (hbk. : alk. paper) 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $e rda $d DLC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a D 521 $b H44 2013 082 00 $a 940.3 $2 23 100 1 $a Hillstrom, Kevin. 245 10 $a World War I and the age of modern warfare / $c Kevin Hillstrom. 264 1 $a Detroit, MI : $b Omnigraphics, Inc., $c [2013] 300 $a xvi, 234 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 0 $a Defining moments 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-226) and index. 505 0 $a How to use this book -- Research topics for defining moments: World War I and the birth of modern warfare -- Narrative overview -- Origins of "The Great War" -- New military technologies unleashed -- Life and death in the trenches -- A new kind of war for civilians -- The United States joins the Allies and Russia backs out -- The war grinds to a gruesome end -- Legacy of World War I -- Biographies -- Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929) - French general and Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Armies -- Douglas Haig (1861-1928) -- British Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) - David Lloyd George (1863-1945) - British Prime Minister from 1916 to 1922 - Erich Ludendorff (1865-1937) - German general and chief architect of the spring 1918 German offensive -- Tsar Nicholas II (1868-1918) - Emperor of Russia during World War I -- John J. Pershing (1860-1948) - Commander of American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) in World War I -- Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941) - German Emperor during World War I -- Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) - President of the United States during World War I -- 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 British officer at the Western Front -- A soldier gives thanks for a battle wound -- The terror of gas warfare -- A German soldier's crisis of conscience -- The Zimmerman 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 -- Adolf 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. 520 $a "Provides a comprehensive account of the alliances and tensions that triggered the Great War; details the horrors of trench warfare and the new weapons used in the conflict; provides an overview of the war's key offensives; and explains the legacy of the war. Includes biographies, primary sources, and more"--Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a World War, 1914-1918. 650 0 $a World War, 1914-1918 $v Biography. 650 0 $a World War, 1914-1918 $v Sources. 941 $a 2 952 $l P1AX906 $d 20230620011904.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20161202021610.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=21059AB6B67811E4914E0686DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search