The Great War : western front and home front /

This revised and updated introduction to World War One crosses the boundaries of national histories to examine the various connections between the 400-mile-long Western Front and the home fronts of the UK, France, Germany, Canada, Australia and the United States. Incorporating recent research, Hunt...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Tooley, Hunt, 1955- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Edition:	2nd edition.
Subjects:	World War, 1914-1918 > Campaigns > Western Front. World War, 1914-1918 > Europe, Western. World War, 1914-1918 > Social aspects.

Table of Contents:

1. Origins, preconditions, outbreak
2. Mobility and unity
3. Stalemate and mobilization, 1915/1916
4. Innovation, persuasion, centralization
5. The crucible of war: 1916
6. 1917: New strains, new war
7. Transformations: politics, culture, warfare
8. Collapse, armistice, conclusions.