The Resource The price of glory : Verdun 1916, Alistair Horne
The price of glory : Verdun 1916, Alistair Horne
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- Summary
- The battle of Verdun lasted ten months. It was a battle in which at least 700,000 men fell, along a front of fifteen miles; the battle whose aim was less to defeat the enemy than bleed him to death; the battleground whose once fertile terrain even now resembles a haunted wilderness, battered and crumbling. Alistair Horne's book is more than a chronicle of the facts of battle. It is a profoundly moving, sympathetic study of men who fought there, and shows that Verdun is a key to understanding the First World War, a key to the minds of those who waged it, to traditions that bound them, and to the world that gave them the opportunity. This unabridged edition contains a new preface and additional photographs--Publisher's description
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Unabridged edition with new preface.
- Extent
- xvi, 371 pages, [12] pages of plates
- Contents
-
- Preface
- 1. La Débâcle
- 2. Joffre of the Marne
- 3. Falkenhayn
- 4. Operation Gericht
- 5. The waiting machine
- 6. The first day
- 7. The fall of Colonel Driant
- 8. Breakthrough
- 9. Fort Douaumont
- 10. De Castelnau decides
- 11. Pétain
- 12. The take-over
- 13. Reappraisals
- 14. The Mort Homme
- 15. Widening horizons
- 16. In another country
- 17. The air battle
- 18. The crown prince
- 19. The triumvirate
- 20. "May Cup"
- 21. Fort Vaux
- 22. Danger signals
- 23. The secret enemies
- 24. The crisis
- 25. Falkenhayn dismissed
- 26. The counter strokes
- 27. The new leader
- 28. Aftermath
- Epilogue
- Isbn
- 9780140170412
- Label
- The price of glory : Verdun 1916
- Title
- The price of glory
- Title remainder
- Verdun 1916
- Statement of responsibility
- Alistair Horne
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The battle of Verdun lasted ten months. It was a battle in which at least 700,000 men fell, along a front of fifteen miles; the battle whose aim was less to defeat the enemy than bleed him to death; the battleground whose once fertile terrain even now resembles a haunted wilderness, battered and crumbling. Alistair Horne's book is more than a chronicle of the facts of battle. It is a profoundly moving, sympathetic study of men who fought there, and shows that Verdun is a key to understanding the First World War, a key to the minds of those who waged it, to traditions that bound them, and to the world that gave them the opportunity. This unabridged edition contains a new preface and additional photographs--Publisher's description
- Cataloging source
- WU
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Horne, Alistair
- Dewey number
- 940.4/272
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- D545.V3
- LC item number
- H6 1993
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Penguin history
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
- Verdun, Battle of, Verdun, France, 1916
- Label
- The price of glory : Verdun 1916, Alistair Horne
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-358) and indexes
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Preface -- 1. La Débâcle -- 2. Joffre of the Marne -- 3. Falkenhayn -- 4. Operation Gericht -- 5. The waiting machine -- 6. The first day -- 7. The fall of Colonel Driant -- 8. Breakthrough -- 9. Fort Douaumont -- 10. De Castelnau decides -- 11. Pétain -- 12. The take-over -- 13. Reappraisals -- 14. The Mort Homme -- 15. Widening horizons -- 16. In another country -- 17. The air battle -- 18. The crown prince -- 19. The triumvirate -- 20. "May Cup" -- 21. Fort Vaux -- 22. Danger signals -- 23. The secret enemies -- 24. The crisis -- 25. Falkenhayn dismissed -- 26. The counter strokes -- 27. The new leader -- 28. Aftermath -- Epilogue
- Control code
- 1651683
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Edition
- Unabridged edition with new preface.
- Extent
- xvi, 371 pages, [12] pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780140170412
- Lccn
- 94181819
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) 1651683
- (OCoLC)30715855
- (OCoLC)30715855
- Label
- The price of glory : Verdun 1916, Alistair Horne
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-358) and indexes
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Preface -- 1. La Débâcle -- 2. Joffre of the Marne -- 3. Falkenhayn -- 4. Operation Gericht -- 5. The waiting machine -- 6. The first day -- 7. The fall of Colonel Driant -- 8. Breakthrough -- 9. Fort Douaumont -- 10. De Castelnau decides -- 11. Pétain -- 12. The take-over -- 13. Reappraisals -- 14. The Mort Homme -- 15. Widening horizons -- 16. In another country -- 17. The air battle -- 18. The crown prince -- 19. The triumvirate -- 20. "May Cup" -- 21. Fort Vaux -- 22. Danger signals -- 23. The secret enemies -- 24. The crisis -- 25. Falkenhayn dismissed -- 26. The counter strokes -- 27. The new leader -- 28. Aftermath -- Epilogue
- Control code
- 1651683
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Edition
- Unabridged edition with new preface.
- Extent
- xvi, 371 pages, [12] pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780140170412
- Lccn
- 94181819
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1651683
- (OCoLC)30715855
- (OCoLC)30715855
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