Pyrrhic victory french strategy and operations in the Great War

• Autor: Robert A Doughty
• Assuntos: World War, 1914-1918 -- France; Strategy -- History -- 20th century; PRIMEIRA GUERRA MUNDIAL (1914-1918); POLÍTICA MILITAR (HISTÓRIA) -- 1914-1918 -- FRANÇA; ESTRATÉGIA MILITAR (HISTÓRIA) -- 1914-1918 -- FRANÇA
• Notas: Includes bibliographical references (p. 565-571) and index
  
• Descrição: 1. The transformation of the French army -- 2. The war of movement, 1914 -- 3. Siege warfare, 1914-1915 -- 4. An offensive strategy, May-October 1914-1915 -- 5. The search for strategic alternatives, 1915-1916 -- 6. A strategy of attrition -- 7. A strategy of decisive battle, early 1917 -- 8. A strategy of "healing" and defense, late 1917 -- 9. Responding to a German offensive, spring 1918 -- 10. A strategy of opportunism -- Conclusion : the "misery" of victory
  
• Editor: Cambridge Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
  
• Data de criação/publicação: 2005
  
• Formato: xiii, 578 p maps 25 cm.
  
• Idioma: Inglês