001479048 000__ 05615nam\a22009255i\4500 001479048 001__ 1479048 001479048 003__ DE-B1597 001479048 005__ 20231026035009.0 001479048 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001479048 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001479048 008__ 230103t20132013mau\\\\\o\\d\z\\\\\\eng\d 001479048 019__ $$a(OCoLC)1013937980 001479048 019__ $$a(OCoLC)1029829692 001479048 019__ $$a(OCoLC)1032695007 001479048 019__ $$a(OCoLC)1037982789 001479048 019__ $$a(OCoLC)1041976762 001479048 019__ $$a(OCoLC)1046613521 001479048 019__ $$a(OCoLC)1046684887 001479048 019__ $$a(OCoLC)1047012543 001479048 020__ $$a9780674063198 001479048 0247_ $$a10.4159/harvard.9780674063198$$2doi 001479048 035__ $$a(DE-B1597)178125 001479048 035__ $$a(OCoLC)840444011 001479048 040__ $$aDE-B1597$$beng$$cDE-B1597$$erda 001479048 0410_ $$aeng 001479048 044__ $$amau$$cUS-MA 001479048 050_4 $$aD530$$b.S74 2011x 001479048 072_7 $$aHIS010000$$2bisacsh 001479048 08204 $$a940.4/58$$222 001479048 1001_ $$aStevenson, David, $$eauthor.$$4aut$$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 001479048 24510 $$aWith Our Backs to the Wall :$$bVictory and Defeat in 1918 /$$cDavid Stevenson. 001479048 264_1 $$aCambridge, MA : $$bHarvard University Press, $$c[2013] 001479048 264_4 $$c©2013 001479048 300__ $$a1 online resource (752 p.) :$$b30 halftones, 12 maps, 17 tables 001479048 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001479048 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001479048 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001479048 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 001479048 50500 $$tFrontmatter -- $$tContents -- $$tList of Illustrations -- $$tList of Maps -- $$tList of Tables -- $$tAbbreviations -- $$tNote on Military and Naval Terminology -- $$tPreface -- $$tMaps -- $$tPrologue: Deadlock, 1914-1917 -- $$t1. On the Defensive, March-July 1918 -- $$t2. On the Attack: July-November 1918 -- $$t3. The New Warfare: Intelligence, Technology, and Logistics -- $$t4. The Human Factor: Manpower and Morale -- $$t5. Securing the Seas: Submarines and Shipping -- $$t6. The War Economies: Money, Guns, and Butter -- $$t7. The Home Fronts: Gender, Class, and Nation -- $$t8. Armistice and After -- $$tNotes -- $$tBibliography -- $$tIndex 001479048 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001479048 520__ $$aWith so much at stake and so much already lost, why did World War I end with a whimper-an arrangement between two weary opponents to suspend hostilities? After more than four years of desperate fighting, with victories sometimes measured in feet and inches, why did the Allies reject the option of advancing into Germany in 1918 and taking Berlin? Most histories of the Great War focus on the avoidability of its beginning. This book brings a laser-like focus to its ominous end-the Allies' incomplete victory, and the tragic ramifications for world peace just two decades later. In the most comprehensive account to date of the conflict's endgame, David Stevenson approaches the events of 1918 from a truly international perspective, examining the positions and perspectives of combatants on both sides, as well as the impact of the Russian Revolution. Stevenson pays close attention to America's effort in its first twentieth-century war, including its naval and military contribution, army recruitment, industrial mobilization, and home-front politics. Alongside military and political developments, he adds new information about the crucial role of economics and logistics. The Allies' eventual success, Stevenson shows, was due to new organizational methods of managing men and materiel and to increased combat effectiveness resulting partly from technological innovation. These factors, combined with Germany's disastrous military offensive in spring 1918, ensured an Allied victory-but not a conclusive German defeat. 001479048 538__ $$aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. 001479048 546__ $$aIn English. 001479048 5880_ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 03. Jan 2023) 001479048 650_0 $$aWorld War, 1914-1918$$xCampaigns$$zWestern Front. 001479048 650_0 $$aWorld War, 1914-1918$$xEconomic aspects. 001479048 650_0 $$aWorld War, 1914-1918$$xSocial aspects. 001479048 650_7 $$aHISTORY / Europe / General.$$2bisacsh 001479048 655_0 $$aElectronic books 001479048 77308 $$iTitle is part of eBook package:$$dDe Gruyter$$tHUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada)$$z9783110756067 001479048 77308 $$iTitle is part of eBook package:$$dDe Gruyter$$tHarvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013$$z9783110442205 001479048 852__ $$bebk 001479048 85640 $$3De Gruyter$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674063198$$zOnline Access 001479048 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:1479048$$pGLOBAL_SET 001479048 912__ $$a978-3-11-044220-5 Harvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013$$c2000$$d2013 001479048 912__ $$a978-3-11-075606-7 HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada)$$b2013 001479048 912__ $$aEBA_BACKALL 001479048 912__ $$aEBA_CL_HICS 001479048 912__ $$aEBA_EBACKALL 001479048 912__ $$aEBA_EBKALL 001479048 912__ $$aEBA_ECL_HICS 001479048 912__ $$aEBA_EEBKALL 001479048 912__ $$aEBA_ESSHALL 001479048 912__ $$aEBA_PPALL 001479048 912__ $$aEBA_SSHALL 001479048 912__ $$aGBV-deGruyter-alles 001479048 912__ $$aPDA11SSHE 001479048 912__ $$aPDA13ENGE 001479048 912__ $$aPDA17SSHEE 001479048 912__ $$aPDA5EBK 001479048 980__ $$aBIB 001479048 980__ $$aEBOOK 001479048 982__ $$aEbook 001479048 983__ $$aOnline