Hundred Days: The End of the Great War
Autor Nick Lloyden Limba Engleză Paperback – 5 noi 2014
On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day in November 1918, the guns of the Western Front fell silent.
The Armistice, which brought the Great War to an end, marked a seminal moment in modern European and World history. Yet the story of how the war ended remains little-known. In this compelling and ground-breaking new study, Nick Lloyd examines the last days of the war and asks the question: how did it end? Beginning at the heralded turning-point on the Marne in July 1918,Hundred Daystraces the epic story of the next four months, which included some of the bloodiest battles of the war.
Using unpublished archive material from five countries, this new account reveals how the Allies - British, French, American and Commonwealth - managed to beat the German Army, by now crippled by indiscipline and ravaged by influenza, and force her leaders to seek peace.
'This is a powerful and moving book by a rising military historian. Lloyd's depiction of the great battles of July-November provides compelling evidence of the scale of the Allies' victories and the bitter reality of German defeat' Gary Sheffield (Professor of War Studies)
'Lloyd enters the upper tier of Great War historians with this admirable account of the war's final campaign'Publishers Weekly
Nick Lloyd is Senior Lecturer in Defence Studies at King's College London, based at the Joint Services Command & Staff College in Shrivenham, Oxfordshire. He specialises in British military and imperial history in the era of the Great War and is the author of two books,Loos 1915(2006), andThe Amritsar Massacre: The Untold Story of One Fateful Day(2011).
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780241953815
ISBN-10: 0241953812
Pagini: 400
Ilustrații: 16pp b/w
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0241953812
Pagini: 400
Ilustrații: 16pp b/w
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Notă biografică
Nick
Lloyd
is
Senior
Lecturer
in
Defence
Studies
at
King's
College
London,
based
at
the
Joint
Services
Command
&
Staff
College
in
Shrivenham,
Wiltshire.
He
specialises
in
British
military
and
imperial
history
in
the
era
of
the
Great
War
and
is
the
author
of
two
books,Loos
1915(2006),
andThe
Amritsar
Massacre:
The
Untold
Story
of
One
Fateful
Day(2011).
Recenzii
This
isa
powerful
and
moving
book
by
a
rising
military
historian.
Lloyd's
depiction
of
the
great
battles
of
July-November
provides
compelling
evidence
of
the
scale
of
the
Allies'
victories
and
the
bitter
reality
of
German
defeat
Lloyd enters the upper tier of Great War historianswith this admirable account of the war's final campaign
Writing about the last 100 days of the war on the Western Front,Lloyd asks whether the Allies had learnt anything from the previous years of conflict and whether the Germans were really defeated in 1918
Lloyd's brisk andthoroughly engrossing bookleaves no doubt that the Germans were beaten fair and square where it really mattered - on the battlefield
There is a grim fascination to the endgame, as the hopes still nursed by the Germans were finally extinguished and the Allies won a victory that in seemed inevitable in retrospect
Gives the readeran insight into the raw emotions of the periodand lends immediacy to the more sober narrative
Compelling, very readable
As Nick Lloyd's account of the great Allied counter-offensives of summer 1918 convincingly shows,the Allies had learned (if painfully slowly) how to win battles . . .the German army was absolutely, totally defeated in the field
Hundred Daysisa bracing re-dramatization of the horrorsthat were most fresh in the minds of all concerned when those days were over
Very well-researched and well-written.Reminds us just how important this crushing endgame was
Conveys the epic sweep of events, as the allied troops relentlessly pushed the German divisions back, with staggering losses . . .Lloyd also gives the worm's eye-view of what it was like for the men on the ground.He is expert at bringing to life, in a few lines, the characters of the top brass
Lloyd enters the upper tier of Great War historianswith this admirable account of the war's final campaign
Writing about the last 100 days of the war on the Western Front,Lloyd asks whether the Allies had learnt anything from the previous years of conflict and whether the Germans were really defeated in 1918
Lloyd's brisk andthoroughly engrossing bookleaves no doubt that the Germans were beaten fair and square where it really mattered - on the battlefield
There is a grim fascination to the endgame, as the hopes still nursed by the Germans were finally extinguished and the Allies won a victory that in seemed inevitable in retrospect
Gives the readeran insight into the raw emotions of the periodand lends immediacy to the more sober narrative
Compelling, very readable
As Nick Lloyd's account of the great Allied counter-offensives of summer 1918 convincingly shows,the Allies had learned (if painfully slowly) how to win battles . . .the German army was absolutely, totally defeated in the field
Hundred Daysisa bracing re-dramatization of the horrorsthat were most fresh in the minds of all concerned when those days were over
Very well-researched and well-written.Reminds us just how important this crushing endgame was
Conveys the epic sweep of events, as the allied troops relentlessly pushed the German divisions back, with staggering losses . . .Lloyd also gives the worm's eye-view of what it was like for the men on the ground.He is expert at bringing to life, in a few lines, the characters of the top brass