The defeat of imperial Germany, 1917-1918 / (Record no. 44043)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780945575054
International Standard Book Number 094557505X
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Transcribing agency ACKU
041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE
Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
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050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number D530.
Item number P373 1989
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Paschall, Rod,
Dates associated with a name 1935-.
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The defeat of imperial Germany, 1917-1918 /
Statement of responsibility, etc by Rod Paschall ; with an introduction by John S. D. Eisenhower.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc Chapel Hill, N.C. :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill,
Date of publication, distribution, etc ©1989.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xvii, 247 pages, [32] unnumbered pages of plates :
Other physical details illustrations, maps ;
Dimensions 24 cm.
490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement (Major battles and campaigns ; 1)
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Abstract: The Defeat of Imperial Germany, 1917-1918 by Rod Paschall is the first volume in the Major Battles and Campaigns series under the general editorship of John S. D. Eisenhower. Designed for the "armchair strategist," this book offers striking proof of the inaccuracy of the conventional depiction of the trench warfare of the First World War, in which commanding generals are seen as mediocre and unimaginative, having stubbornly sent hundreds of thousands of troops over the top to be mowed down by the lethal weaponry of modern war. Paschall builds a compelling case that the generals on both sides invented ingenious new strategies that simply failed in the context of a war of attrition. In a series of vivid analyses of successive offenses, Paschall describes the generals' plans, how their plans were aimed at dislodging the entrenched enemy and restoring maneuver and breakthrough on the Western Front, and what happened when the massed soldiery under their command sought to carry out their orders. Though these strategies and tactics largely failed at the time, they would prove successful when implemented twenty years later during World War II. Dozens of photographs, many never before published, as well as theater and battlefield maps help make The Defeat of Imperial Germany, 1917-1918 an outstanding and original contribution to the body of knowledge of the Great War.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Linkage Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-240) and index.
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Contents: January i, 1917 -- Maneuver in Mass: The 1917 Allied Offensive -- Maneuver by an Empire: The Lowlands Campaign -- Mountain Maneuver: The talian Front -- Maneuver by Machine: Cambrai -- Maneuver by Skill: The German Offensive of 1918 -- Maneuver by Riflemen: The American Campaign -- Attrition -- Continuity and Change -- Essay on Sources.
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Language note English
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Military campaigns.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element World War (1914-1918).
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Geschichte (1917-1918).
Topical term or geographic name as entry element World War, 1914-1918 – Germany.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element World War, 1914-1918 – Campaigns – Western Front.
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Source of classification or shelving scheme Library of Congress Classification
Koha item type Monograph
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    Library of Congress Classification     Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University 07/08/2018   D530.P373 1989 3ACKU000532704 07/08/2018 07/08/2018 Monograph Donated by Daood Moosa.