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With our backs to the wall : victory and defeat in 1918 / David Stevenson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011.Description: xxi, [21], 688 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0674062264 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780674062269 (cloth : alk. paper)
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Contents:
Deadlock, 1914-1917 -- On the defensive, March-July 1918 -- On the attack, July-November 1918 -- The new warfare: intelligence, technology, and logistics -- The human factor: manpower and morale -- Securing the seas: submarines and shipping -- The war economies: money, guns, and butter -- The home fronts: gender, class, and nation -- Armistice and after.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Why did World War I end with a whimper-an arrangement between two weary opponents to suspend hostilities? Why did the Allies reject the option of advancing into Germany and taking Berlin? Most histories of the Great War focus on the avoidability of its beginning. This book focuses on Germany's inconclusive defeat and its ominous ramifications.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 547-658) and index.

Deadlock, 1914-1917 -- On the defensive, March-July 1918 -- On the attack, July-November 1918 -- The new warfare: intelligence, technology, and logistics -- The human factor: manpower and morale -- Securing the seas: submarines and shipping -- The war economies: money, guns, and butter -- The home fronts: gender, class, and nation -- Armistice and after.

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