First World War Germany and Austria-Hungary 1914-1918

Name: First World War Germany and Austria-Hungary 1914-1918
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ISBN: 9780340573488

ISBN-10: 0340573481

ISBN-13: 9780340573488

Edition: 1996

Authors: Holger H. Herwig

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This book draws on ten years of archival research to provide the first comprehensive treatment in English of how Germany and Austria-Hungary conducted World War I and what defeat meant to them.

Book details

List price: $51.95
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
Publication date: 9/1/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 512
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.14" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English

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List of Maps


General Editor's Preface


Acknowledgements


Names, places, and dates


Introduction



Origins: 'Now or Never'


Vienna: War as Salvation


Berlin: The 'Calculated Risk'


The 'Leap into the Dark'


Questionable Allies: Britain and Italy


The 'Mood of 1914'



The Plans of War


Almost Allies: Conrad and Moltke to 1914


Conrad von Hotzendorf: War at any Price


Moltke: The March to the Marne


Plan 19: The Russian 'Steamroller'


Plan XVII: A Berlin


Britain: Continental Commitment?



The Great Gamble, 1914


'This War is Great and Wonderful'


Tannenberg: Reality and Myth


Conrad's War


The Battle of the Marne


The Last Hurrah



Towards Industrialized War, 1915


The German Command System Implodes


Wars of 'Limited Means'


The Italian 'Snake'


'The Bones of a Pomeranian Grenadier'


Deadlock: The Western Front



Dual defeats: from the Meuse to the Sereth, 1916


Verdun: 'The Heart of France'


The Somme: 'Battles of Material'


Lutsk: 'Lack of Luck'


The Romanian Detour



The long-war reality, 1915-16


Austria-Hungary: On the Brink


Of Men and Machines: The Third OHL


'Total War': Reality and Myth



Survival


Hunger: Austria-Hungary


Belegauered Fortress: Germany


Death, Disease, and Doctors


The Politics of 'Total' War



A sea-change, 1917


U-Boat Warfare: Playing Va Banque


The Nivelle Offensive: A Berlin Once More


Triumph in the East


Caporetto: A Cosmetic Victory



The last levy, 1917-18


The Hollow Ally


Strikes and Mutinies


The k.u.k. Army Disintegrates


Germany: Mutinies, Strikes and Megalomania



Operation Michael: the 'last card'


Tactical Virtuosity


The Battle


The Turning Point



Defeat, 1918-19


Finis Austriae


Finis Prussiae


Bibliography


Index