The Last Battle
Endgame on the Western Front, 1918
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2018
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Profile Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78125-483-7 (ISBN)
Profile Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78125-483-7 (ISBN)
The only history of the last months of World War One: out in paperback for the centenary.
Winner of the Military History Matters Book of the Year Award 2019
By August 1918, the outcome of the Great War was not in doubt: the Allies would win. But what was unclear was how this defeat would play out - would the Germans hold on, prolonging the fighting deep into 1919, with the loss of hundreds of thousands more young lives, or could the war be won in 1918? In The Last Battle, Peter Hart, author of Gallipoli and The Great War, and oral historian at the Imperial War Museum, brings to life the dramatic final weeks of the war, as men fought to secure victory, with survival seemingly only days, or hours away.
Drawing on the experience of both generals and ordinary soldiers, and dwelling with equal weight on strategy, tactics and individual experience, this is a powerful and detailed account of history's greatest endgame.
Winner of the Military History Matters Book of the Year Award 2019
By August 1918, the outcome of the Great War was not in doubt: the Allies would win. But what was unclear was how this defeat would play out - would the Germans hold on, prolonging the fighting deep into 1919, with the loss of hundreds of thousands more young lives, or could the war be won in 1918? In The Last Battle, Peter Hart, author of Gallipoli and The Great War, and oral historian at the Imperial War Museum, brings to life the dramatic final weeks of the war, as men fought to secure victory, with survival seemingly only days, or hours away.
Drawing on the experience of both generals and ordinary soldiers, and dwelling with equal weight on strategy, tactics and individual experience, this is a powerful and detailed account of history's greatest endgame.
Peter Hart is the oral historian at the Imperial War Museum and has written several titles on the First World War. His latest books for Profile are Gallipoli, The Great War and Voices from the Front. Find him on Twitter @PeterHart1915
Erscheinungsdatum | 25.10.2018 |
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Zusatzinfo | 16 page black and white photo plate section |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 128 x 196 mm |
Gewicht | 340 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
ISBN-10 | 1-78125-483-4 / 1781254834 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-78125-483-7 / 9781781254837 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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