The First World War (Smithsonian History of Warfare) - Couverture souple

Prior, Robin; Wilson, Trevor

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0061142050 ISBN 13 : 9780061142055

Editeur : Harper Paperbacks, 2006

Synopsis

Industrial and ironclad power reached its culmination in the war that engulfed Europe. As events would prove, however, the products of the industrial system of the 20th century, including the capacity of the system to transfer vast reserves of manpower from civilian to military employment at short notice, much more greatly favoured strategies of defence than offence. The outcome was a war of attrition and immobile fronts, eventually to be unlocked only when a second wave of industrial innovation yielded means—the tank, the aeroplane—to break the stalemate. This is a complete history of World War I. It is illustrated throughout and incorporates computer-generated cartography to bring the battlefields to life.

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Industrial and ironclad power reached its culmination in the war that engulfed Europe. As events would prove, however, the products of the industrial system of the 20th century, including the capacity of the system to transfer vast reserves of manpower from civilian to military employment at short notice, much more greatly favoured strategies of defence than offence. The outcome was a war of attrition and immobile fronts, eventually to be unlocked only when a second wave of industrial innovation yielded means—the tank, the aeroplane—to break the stalemate. This is a complete history of World War I. It is illustrated throughout and incorporates computer-generated cartography to bring the battlefields to life.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Harper Paperbacks
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0061142050
• ISBN 13: 9780061142055
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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