With Our Backs to the Wall : : Victory and Defeat in 1918 / / David Stevenson.
With so much at stake and so much already lost, why did World War I end with a whimper-an arrangement between two weary opponents to suspend hostilities? After more than four years of desperate fighting, with victories sometimes measured in feet and inches, why did the Allies reject the option of ad...
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Stevenson, David, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut With Our Backs to the Wall : Victory and Defeat in 1918 / David Stevenson. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2013] ©2013 1 online resource (752 p.) : 30 halftones, 12 maps, 17 tables text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Maps -- List of Tables -- Abbreviations -- Note on Military and Naval Terminology -- Preface -- Maps -- Prologue: Deadlock, 1914–1917 -- 1. On the Defensive, March–July 1918 -- 2. On the Attack: July–November 1918 -- 3. The New Warfare: Intelligence, Technology, and Logistics -- 4. The Human Factor: Manpower and Morale -- 5. Securing the Seas: Submarines and Shipping -- 6. The War Economies: Money, Guns, and Butter -- 7. The Home Fronts: Gender, Class, and Nation -- 8. Armistice and After -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star With so much at stake and so much already lost, why did World War I end with a whimper-an arrangement between two weary opponents to suspend hostilities? After more than four years of desperate fighting, with victories sometimes measured in feet and inches, why did the Allies reject the option of advancing into Germany in 1918 and taking Berlin? Most histories of the Great War focus on the avoidability of its beginning. This book brings a laser-like focus to its ominous end-the Allies’ incomplete victory, and the tragic ramifications for world peace just two decades later. In the most comprehensive account to date of the conflict’s endgame, David Stevenson approaches the events of 1918 from a truly international perspective, examining the positions and perspectives of combatants on both sides, as well as the impact of the Russian Revolution. Stevenson pays close attention to America’s effort in its first twentieth-century war, including its naval and military contribution, army recruitment, industrial mobilization, and home-front politics. Alongside military and political developments, he adds new information about the crucial role of economics and logistics. The Allies’ eventual success, Stevenson shows, was due to new organizational methods of managing men and materiel and to increased combat effectiveness resulting partly from technological innovation. These factors, combined with Germany’s disastrous military offensive in spring 1918, ensured an Allied victory-but not a conclusive German defeat. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 03. Jan 2023) World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns Western Front. World War, 1914-1918 Economic aspects. World War, 1914-1918 Social aspects. HISTORY / Europe / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada) 9783110756067 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442205 https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674063198 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674063198 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674063198/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Maps -- List of Tables -- Abbreviations -- Note on Military and Naval Terminology -- Preface -- Maps -- Prologue: Deadlock, 1914–1917 -- 1. On the Defensive, March–July 1918 -- 2. On the Attack: July–November 1918 -- 3. The New Warfare: Intelligence, Technology, and Logistics -- 4. The Human Factor: Manpower and Morale -- 5. Securing the Seas: Submarines and Shipping -- 6. The War Economies: Money, Guns, and Butter -- 7. The Home Fronts: Gender, Class, and Nation -- 8. Armistice and After -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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