The Great War, 1914-1918 /

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This radically new interpretation of the First World War and its causes, by one of the most brilliant of France's modern historians, reflects a new understanding of the nature of war, and its effects on society. Ferro sees the war as a natural response to pressures built into European society,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ferro, Marc
Other Authors: Stone, Nicole
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
French
Published: London : Routledge & K. Paul, [1973]
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918.
Table of Contents:
  • War, the liberator
  • Patriotic war
  • Inevitable war
  • Imaginary war
  • War on war
  • War is declared
  • From movement to stagnation
  • Strong points and weak points
  • Verdun and the great battles
  • Cannon fodder and teh new art of war
  • Styles of war: direct and indirect
  • World war and total war
  • The possible and the impossible
  • Tensions new and old
  • Crises of war
  • Revolutionary peace, compromise peace, victorious peace
  • Between war and crusade
  • The illusions of victory.

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