Author: Martin S. Alexander
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521524292
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 592

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The first full-length study in English of 'the man who lost the Battle of France'.

Author: Elizabeth Greenhalgh
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139496093
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 569

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Ferdinand Foch ended the First World War as Marshal of France and supreme commander of the Allied armies on the Western Front. Foch in Command is a pioneering study of his contribution to the Allied victory. Elizabeth Greenhalgh uses contemporary notebooks, letters and documents from previously under-studied archives to chart how the artillery officer, who had never commanded troops in battle when the war began, learned to fight the enemy, to cope with difficult colleagues and allies, and to manoeuvre through the political minefield of civil-military relations. She offers valuable insights into neglected questions: the contribution of unified command to the Allied victory; the role of a commander's general staff; and the mechanisms of command at corps and army level. She demonstrates how an energetic Foch developed war-winning strategies for a modern industrial war and how political realities contributed to his losing the peace.

Author: Harvard University. Library
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 984

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Author: Joseph Joffre
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Languages : fr
Pages : 16

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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 1278

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Includes section "Book reviews."

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Category : Japan
Languages : en
Pages : 520

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Author: Robert J. Young
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 9780773508637
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 364

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One of the great political figures of his day, Barthou (1862-1934) spent 45 years in French public life as lawyer, journalist, deputy, senator, and cabinet minister. Young (history, U. of Winnipeg) has written a social biography, situating Barthou's life--both public and private--in the political and cultural context of the Third Republic. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 712

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Author: Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : fr
Pages : 70

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Languages : fr
Pages : 15

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