The purpose of the first World War : war aims and military strategies

The purpose of the first World War war aims and military strategies

Nearly fourteen million people died during the First World War. But why, and for what reason? Already many contemporaries saw the Great War as a "pointless carnage" (Pope Benedict XV, 1917). Was there a point, at least in the eyes of the political and military decision makers? How did they...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Afflerbach, Holger (auth), Afflerbach, Holger, editor (editor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Germany : De Gruyter 2015
2015.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Schriften des Historischen Kollegs. Kolloquien ; 91.
Materias:
World War (1914-1918)
1914 - 1918
World War, 1914-1918 > Causes.
World War, 1914-1918 > Political aspects.
World War, 1914-1918 > Social aspects.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front matter
  • Table of Content
  • Danksagung / Afflerbach, Holger
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • What Was the Great War about? / Afflerbach, Holger
  • Military Operations and National Policies, 1914-1918 / Strachan, Hew
  • War Aims and Strategies of the Entente Powers of 1914
  • French War Aims and Strategy / Soutou, Georges-Henri
  • British Strategy and War Aims in the First World War / Jeffery, Keith
  • War as Legitimisation of Revolution, Revolution as Justification of War / Kolonitskii, Boris
  • Serbian War Aims and Military Strategy, 1914-1918 / Bataković, Dušan T.
  • War Aims and Strategies of the Central Powers of 1914
  • Strategy, Politics, and the Quest for a Negotiated Peace / Chickering, Roger
  • "A Life and Death Question": Austro-Hungarian War Aims in the First World War / Fried, Marvin Benjamin
  • Reflection
  • Mourir pour Liège? World War I War Aims in a Long-Term Perspective / Höbelt, Lothar
  • War Aims and Strategies of Powers Entering the Conflict Later than August 1914
  • Ottoman Strategy and War Aims during the First World War / Uyar, Mesut
  • "An Act of Madness"? / Gooch, John
  • President Wilson and the War Aims of the United States / Schwabe, Klaus
  • Conclusion
  • "... eine Internationale der Kriegsverschärfung und der Kriegsverlängerung ..." War Aims and the Chances for a Compromise Peace during the First World War / Afflerbach, Holger
  • List of Authors

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