The Marne, 1914 : the opening of World War I and the battle that changed the world / Holger H. Herwig.

The Marne, 1914 : the opening of World War I and the battle that changed the world / Holger H. Herwig.

First edition.

9781400066711 (alk. paper)
1400066719 (alk. paper)

New York : Random House, [2009]

©2009

English

xix, 391 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

D543.M3 H477 2009

940.4/21

It is one of the essential events of military history, a cataclysmic encounter that prevented a quick German victory in World War I and changed the course of two wars. This is a bold new account of the Battle of the Marne, giving, for the first time, all sides of the story. Military historian Holger H. Herwig reinterprets Germany's aggressive Schlieffen Plan as a carefully crafted design to avoid a protracted war against superior coalitions. He also provides cameos of the important players. In remarkable detail, and with exclusive information based on newly unearthed documents, Herwig re-creates the dramatic battle, revealing how the uncoordinated German forces were foiled and years of brutal trench warfare were made inevitable.--From publisher description.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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