Contributor
Cowley, Robert.
Edition Statement:1st ed.
Imprint:New York : Random House, c2003.
Descriptionxvi, 509 p. ; 24 cm.
Note:I. Prologue: -- Europe 1914 / Sir Michael Howard -- II. Deadlock: -- Unexpected encounter at Bertrix / Bruce I. Gudmundsson -- The massacre of the innocents / Robert Cowley -- The Christmas truce / Stanley Weintraub -- A bad afternoon at Aubers Ridge / Lionel Sotheby -- Artois 1915 / Douglas Porch -- The stakes of 1915 / Robert Cowley -- No-man's-land / Malcolm Brown -- III. The Naval war: -- Fisher's face / Jan Morris -- The first battle of the Falklands / Ronald H. Spector -- The wreck of the Magdeburg / David Kahn -- Jutland / John Keegan -- IV. A World at Arms : -- Gallipoli: the other side of the hill / Tim Travers -- Kut / Robert F. Jones -- Brusilov's immortal days / Jamie H. Cockfield -- Salonika / Dennis E. Showalter -- V. The first air war: -- The Fokker menace / Michael Spick -- The war lover / Robert Wohl -- Their "golden glory" / Thomas Fleming -- VI. Tipping points: -- "These hideous weapons" / Bruce I. Gudmundsson -- July 1, 1916: the reason why / Tim Travers -- The Somme: the last 140 days / Robert Cowley -- D Day 1917 / Rod Paschall -- The breaking of armies / John Keegan -- March 21, 1918 / O'Brien Browne -- Die Pariskanone / Robert L. O'Connell -- Iron general / Thomas Fleming -- Belleau Wood: one man's initiation / Allan R. Millett -- The mythical morning of Sergeant York / John Bowers -- VII. Aftermath: The mourning parents / Robert Cowley.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
