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Author:

Doughty, Robert A.

Title:

Pyrrhic victory : French strategy and operations in the Great War / Robert A. Doughty.

Publisher:

Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

xiii, 578 p. : maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

World War, 1914-1918--France.
Strategy--History--20th century.
France--Military policy.
France--History, Military--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 565-571) and index.

Contents:

1. The transformation of the French army -- 2. The war of movement, 1914 -- 3. Siege warfare, 1914-1915 -- 4. An offensive strategy, May-October 1914-1915 -- 5. The search for strategic alternatives, 1915-1916 -- 6. A strategy of attrition -- 7. A strategy of decisive battle, early 1917 -- 8. A strategy of "healing" and defense, late 1917 -- 9. Responding to a German offensive, spring 1918 -- 10. A strategy of opportunism -- Conclusion : the "misery" of victory.

ISBN:

9780674018808 (alk. paper)
067401880X (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)57965806

LCCN:

2005041172

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

UTAX314 -- Emmaus Bible College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)