To Win A War. 1918, The Year Of Victory

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Publisher: Sidgwick And Jackson
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 1978
Edition: First Edition

Description: 283 pages. Ex-Library. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout. In This Challenging Aaand Perspective Book, Terraine Tries To Redress The Balance, Give Honour Where It Is Due, And To Show That Sacrifice Was Not In Vain.

Publishers Description: This book is a fascinating narrative history of the last year of the First World War. For the weary Allies 1918 was truly a year of victory. First came the defensive victories of the British and the French against the last desperate offensive launched by the Germans in the Spring. Then came the turning point of Foch's counter-offensive on the Marne followed by Haig's great This book is a fascinating narrative history of the last year of the First World War. For the weary Allies 1918 was truly a year of victory. First came the defensive victories of the British and the French against the last desperate offensive launched by the Germans in the Spring. Then came the turning point of Foch's counter-offensive on the Marne followed by Haig's great attack on 8 August - 'the black day of the German Army' - the breaking of the Hindenburg Line and the pursuit of the defeated German Army across the wasteland of war. This challenging and perceptive book gives honour where it is due: to a victorious British Army in 1918. ...more

ISBN: 0283984848