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  • War of Attrition

    Fighting the First World War

    A history of World War I and an analysis of its causes & effects, plus how the conflict was fought.The Great War of 1914–1918 was the first mass conflict to fully mobilize the resources of industrial powers against one another, resulting in a brutal, bloody, protracted war of attrition between the world's great economies. Now, one hundred years after the first guns of August rang out on the ... En savoir plus

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  • French Generals of the Great War

    Leading the Way

    Who were the senior generals who took France through the First World War, and why do we know so little about them? They commanded the largest force on the Western Front through both humiliating defeats and forgotten victories; they won international respect and adoration, but also led their army to infamous mutiny. Nevertheless, the French and their allies, under a French General in Chief, would ... En savoir plus

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  • Bloody Victory

    The Sacrifice on the Somme and the Making of the Twentieth Century

    1 July 1916: the first day of the Battle of the Somme. The hot, hellish day in the fields of northern France that has dominated our perception of the First World War for just shy of a century. The shameful waste; the pointlessness of young lives lost for the sake of a few yards; the barbaric attitudes of the British leaders; the horror and ignominy of failure. All have occupied our thoughts for ... En savoir plus

    $14.99 CAD

  • Vacationland

    Tourism and Environment in the Colorado High Country

    Collections series Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books
    Winner of the Western Writers of America 2014 Spur Award for Best Western Nonfiction, ContemporaryMention the Colorado high country today and vacation imagery springs immediately to mind: mountain scenery, camping, hiking, skiing, and world-renowned resorts like Aspen and Vail. But not so long ago, the high country was isolated and little visited. Vacationland tells the story of the region's ... En savoir plus

    $32.99 CAD

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    War of Attrition

    Fighting the First World War

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    The Great War of 1914–1918 was the first mass conflict to fully mobilize the resources of industrial powers against one another, resulting in a brutal, bloody, protracted war of attrition between the world's great economies. Now, one hundred years after the first guns of August rang out on the Western front, historian William Philpott reexamines the causes and lingering effects of the first truly ... En savoir plus

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  • Blitzkrieg

    Myth, Reality, and Hitler's Lightning War: France 1940

    par Lloyd Clark ...
    A "masterly account" of the juggernaut offensive that conquered France—but also marked the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany in World War II ( Kirkus Reviews).In the spring of 1940, the German forces launched an attack on France that combined superb intelligence, cutting edge strategy, and new technology—the blitzkrieg, or "lightning war." In just six weeks, it would achieve what their fathers ... En savoir plus

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  • Artillery in the Great War

    A year-by-year examination of key WWI battles and how the ongoing advances in artillery shaped strategy, tactics, and oprations; includes battlefield maps!World War I is often said to have been an artillery war, yet the decisive role artillery played in shaping military decisions—and therefor the war itself—has rarely been examined. Artillery in the Great War traces the development of this all ... En savoir plus

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  • The Fall of France:The Nazi Invasion of 1940

    The Nazi Invasion of 1940

    par Julian Jackson ...
    Collections series Making of the Modern World
    On 16 May 1940 an emergency meeting of the French High Command was called at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris. The German army had broken through the French lines on the River Meuse at Sedan and elsewhere, only five days after launching their attack. Churchill, who had been telephoned by Prime Minister Reynaud the previous evening to be told that the French were beaten, rushed to Paris to meet the French ... En savoir plus

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  • The Battle of Waterloo

    par Jeremy Black ...
    The name Waterloo has become synonymous with final, crushing defeat. Now this legendary battle is re-created in a groundbreaking book by an eminent British military historian making his major American debut. Revealing how and why Napoleon fell in Belgium in June 1815, The Battle of Waterloo definitively clears away the fog that has, over time, obscured the truth.With fresh details and ... En savoir plus

    $7.99 CAD

  • World War One: History in an Hour

    par Rupert Colley ...
    Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.The ‘Great War’, from July 1914 to November 1918, was without parallel. It brought to an end four dynasties, ignited revolution, and forged new nations. It introduced killing on an unprecedented scale, costing an estimated nine million lives. It was the war that destroyed any notion of romance or chivalry in battle; it pulled in combatants from ... En savoir plus

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  • Finest Years

    Churchill as Warlord 1940–45

    par Max Hastings ...
    'I would choose this account over and above the rest. It is a fabulous book: full of perceptive insight that conveys all the tragedy, triumph, humour and intense drama of Churchill's time as wartime leader; and it is incredibly moving as a result' James Holland, Literary ReviewA moving, dramatic narrative of crisis and fortitude, Hastings offers one of the finest biographies of one of Britain’s ... En savoir plus

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  • The First World War

    par John Keegan ...
    The definitive account of the Great War and a national bestseller from eminent military historian John Keegan2018 marks the centenary of the First World War – the war that created the modern world. It destroyed a century of relative peace and prosperity and saw a continent at the height of its success descend into slaughter. It unleashed both the demons of the twentieth century - political hatred, ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD