Displaying 1 of 1 1980 Format: Book Author: Barnett, Correlli. Title: The Great War / Correlli Barnett. Edition: First American edition. Publisher, Date: New York : Putnam, 1980. ©1979 Description: 192 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm illustration Subjects: World War, 1914-1918. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 187) and index. LCCN: 79087446 ISBN: 0399123865 Other Number: 6189861 System Availability: 1 # System items in: 1 # Local items: 1 # Local items in: 1 Current Holds: 0 Place Request Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Summary The groundbreaking documentary series The Great War was first broadcast on BBC television in 1964. This book, by the distinguished military historian Correlli Barnett, a co-scriptwriter on the series, is being published in a new edition to accompany its first screening for almost four decades. The catastrophe that engulfed the European continent from 1914 to 1918 was so terrible and so enormous that those who survived it referred to it simply as the 'Great War'. This wide-ranging history traces the origins of the conflict in a Europe racked with tension, through the years of bitterness, loss and destruction when a compromise peace proved impossible, to the Allies' final victory in November 1918. Drawing on eyewitness accounts and primary sources, Correlli Barnett illuminates the complex story of the war by land, sea and air with vivid descriptions of the individual's struggle for survival. He explores the ordinary soldiers' battle experiences and their life in the trenches, as well as the vital part played by civilians on the Home Front. Table of Contents Forewordp. 7Introductionp. 101The lamps are going outp. 172To win a quick victoryp. 313The coming of stalematep. 424The civilians go to warp. 535Gallipoli--vision and realityp. 656France will bleed to deathp. 787The Battle of the Sommep. 898The German fleet assaults its jailerp. 1049New leaders and fresh hopesp. 11610A disorderly mob bearing red flagsp. 12711They called it Passchendaelep. 13712The impact of total warp. 15013The emperor's battlep. 16214The black day of the German armyp. 17515War against the Bulgar and the Turkp. 18516Victory and defeatp. 196Appendix IChronology of the Great Warp. 211Appendix IICasualtiesp. 215Further readingp. 216Indexp. 218Picture creditsp. 224 Librarian's View Syndetics Unbound Displaying 1 of 1
