Pyrrhic Victory : French Strategy and Operations in the Great War / Robert A. Doughty.
Doughty, Robert A., author.
2009
D548 -- D68 2008eb
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Title Pyrrhic Victory : French Strategy and Operations in the Great War / Robert A. Doughty.
Author Doughty, Robert A., author.
ISBN 9780674034310
DOI https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674034310
Published Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009]
Copyright ©2008
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource (592 p.)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.4159/9780674034310 doi
Call Number D548 -- D68 2008eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 940.4012
Summary As the driving force behind the Allied effort in World War I, France willingly shouldered the heaviest burden. In this masterful book, Robert Doughty explains how and why France assumed this role and offers new insights into French strategy and operational methods.
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Frontmatter
Contents
Maps
Preface
Introduction
1. The Transformation of the French Army
2. The War of Movement, 1914
3. Siege Warfare, 1914-1915
4. An Offensive Strategy, May-October 1915
5. The Search for Strategic Alternatives, 1915-1916
6. A Strategy of Attrition, 1916
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
Abbreviations
Notes
Essay on Sources
Index

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