Opening Moves: August 1914
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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The guns of August 1914 announced not merely the beginning of a war, but the violent end of an era — and Opening Moves: August 1914 captures that cataclysmic month with a precision and authority that few military histories can match. As the great powers of Europe mobilised their vast conscript armies and sent them hurtling toward one another along the western and eastern fronts, the illusions of a short, glorious war were shattered within weeks. John Keegan, one of the foremost military historians of the twentieth century, chronicles the rapid unravelling of Germany's Schlieffen Plan, the catastrophic French offensives into Alsace-Lorraine, and the desperate British Expeditionary Force's fighting retreat from Mons — illustrating how strategic miscalculation and tactical rigidity conspired to doom an entire generation. As the inaugural volume in The Pan/Ballantine Illustrated History of the First World War series, this work sets a commanding standard, combining Keegan's incisive analytical style with rich photographic and illustrative material that brings the dust and carnage of 1914 vividly to life. Keegan argues convincingly that the decisions made in that single, catastrophic month locked the belligerent nations into four years of industrial slaughter from which there was no escape. For anyone seeking to understand how the modern world was born in the blood and mud of the Western Front, this concise yet authoritative account presents an essential — and deeply unsettling — starting point.
Author: John Keegan
Format: Paperback
Genre: WW1
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
The guns of August 1914 announced not merely the beginning of a war, but the violent end of an era — and Opening Moves: August 1914 captures that cataclysmic month with a precision and authority that few military histories can match. As the great powers of Europe mobilised their vast conscript armies and sent them hurtling toward one another along the western and eastern fronts, the illusions of a short, glorious war were shattered within weeks. John Keegan, one of the foremost military historians of the twentieth century, chronicles the rapid unravelling of Germany's Schlieffen Plan, the catastrophic French offensives into Alsace-Lorraine, and the desperate British Expeditionary Force's fighting retreat from Mons — illustrating how strategic miscalculation and tactical rigidity conspired to doom an entire generation. As the inaugural volume in The Pan/Ballantine Illustrated History of the First World War series, this work sets a commanding standard, combining Keegan's incisive analytical style with rich photographic and illustrative material that brings the dust and carnage of 1914 vividly to life. Keegan argues convincingly that the decisions made in that single, catastrophic month locked the belligerent nations into four years of industrial slaughter from which there was no escape. For anyone seeking to understand how the modern world was born in the blood and mud of the Western Front, this concise yet authoritative account presents an essential — and deeply unsettling — starting point.