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Control # 1 2020026790
Control # Id 3 DLC
Date 5 20210405104748.0
Fixed Data 8 200623s2021 mduab b 001 0 eng
LC Card 10    $a 2020026790
ISBN 20    $a9781538143100$q(cloth)$qalk. paper
ISBN 20    $z9781538143117$q(epub)
Obsolete 39    $a326860$cTLC
Cat. Source 40    $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC$dGCG
Authen. Ctr. 42    $apcc
Geog. Area 43    $ae-be---$aew---
LC Call 50 00 $aD541$b.D37 2021
Dewey Class 82 00 $a940.4/31$223
ME:Pers Name 100 $aWarren, Alan,$d1967-$eauthor.
Title 245 10 $aSlaughter and stalemate in 1917 :$bBritish offensives from Messines Ridge to Cambrai /$cAlan Warren.
Title:Varint 246 30 $aBritish offensives from Messines Ridge to Cambrai
Tag 264 264  1 $aLanham, Maryland :$bRowman & Littlefield,$c[2021]
Phys Descrpt 300    $axiv, 253 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm.
Tag 336 336    $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
Tag 337 337    $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
Tag 338 338    $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
Series:Diff 490 $aWar and society
Note:Bibliog 504    $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 239-246) and index.
Note:Content 505 $aStalemate on the Western Front -- The road to Flanders -- Interregnum in Flanders -- The opening stanza -- Stormy weather -- Menin Road -- Polygon Wood to Broodseinde -- Final steps to Passchendaele -- The switch to Cambrai -- The Tank Corps and the Hindenburg Line -- Bring forward the cavalry -- The drive for Bourlon -- The tide turns at Cambrai -- Aftermath.
Abstract 520    $a"This book offers a fresh, critical history of the 1917 campaign in Flanders. Alan Warren traces the three major battles fought by the British Expeditionary Force in the final months of 1917, from the mines of Messines to the mud of Passchendaele and the tanks at Cambrai. Drawing on a rich array of sources, Warren provides a vivid account of two tragically mismanaged battles, showing that Cambrai further underlined what went wrong for British forces at Passchendaele and thus more fully explains the course of events on the Western front. His compelling narrative history features first-hand accounts, little-known dramatic incidents, and portraits and assessments of the main generals. All readers interested in World War I and the tragic mistakes that led, in the words of Winston Churchill, to "a forlorn expenditure of valour and life without equal in futility" will find this an invaluable military history."--$cProvided by publisher.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xCampaigns$zBelgium.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aMessines, Battle of, Belgium, 1917.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aCambrai, Battle of, Cambrai, France, 1917.
Subj:Corp 610 10 $aGreat Britain.$bArmy.$bBritish Expeditionary Force$xHistory$yWorld War, 1914-1918.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xCampaigns$zWestern Front.
SE:Ufm Title 830  0 $aWar and society (Lanham, Md.)