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How the war was won : command and technology in the British Army on the western front, 1917-1918 /

This important and sometimes controversial book explains what part the British Expeditionary Force played in bringing the First World War to an end. Tim Travers shows in detail how an Allied victory was achieved. He focuses on the British Army on the Western Front in relation to the themes of comman...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Travers, Timothy
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.
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  • Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of plates; List of maps; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Prologue: Images of war; PARALYSIS OF COMMAND: FROM PASSCHENDAELE TO CAMBRAI; A COMMAND DIVIDED: GHQ AND THE DEBATE OVER TRADITIONAL VERSUS MECHANICAL WARFARE IN EARLY 1918; CRISIS IN COMMAND: THE GERMAN SPRING OFFENSIVES AND THE USES OF TECHNOLOGY; : The Lys and the Aisne, April to June 1918; COMMAND AND TECHNOLOGY IN ALLIANCE: FROM HAMEL TO AMIENS, JULY TO AUGUST 1918; COMMAND VERSUS TECHNOLOGY: THE WAR OF MOVEMENT, SEPTEMBER TO NOVEMBER 1918; CONCLUSION; Appendix.