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Pyrrhic Victory : French Strategy and Operations in the Great War
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Author(s):
Robert A. DOUGHTY
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January 01 2005
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Harvard University Press
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9780674034310
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January 01 2005
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10.4159/9780674034310
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Book chapters
pp. i
Front Matter
pp. i
Frontmatter
pp. ix
List of Maps
pp. ix
Maps
pp. vii
Contents
pp. vii
Table of Contents
pp. xi
Preface
pp. xi
Preface
pp. 1
Introduction
pp. 1
Introduction
pp. 4
The Transformation of the French Army
pp. 46
The War of Movement,
pp. 105
Siege Warfare,
pp. 153
An Offensive Strategy,
pp. 4
1. The Transformation of the French Army
pp. 203
The Search for Strategic Alternatives,
pp. 250
A Strategy of Attrition,
pp. 311
A Strategy of Decisive Battle,
pp. 355
A Strategy of “Healing” and Defense,
pp. 405
Responding to a German Offensive,
pp. 461
A Strategy of Opportunism
pp. 46
2. The War of Movement, 1914
pp. 105
3. Siege Warfare, 1914–1915
pp. 153
4. An Offensive Strategy, May–October 1915
pp. 203
5. The Search for Strategic Alternatives, 1915–1916
pp. 250
6. A Strategy of Attrition, 1916
pp. 311
7. A Strategy of Decisive Battle, Early 1917
pp. 355
8. A Strategy of “Healing” and Defense, Late 1917
pp. 405
9. Responding to a German Offensive, Spring 1918
pp. 461
10. A Strategy of Opportunism
pp. 508
Conclusion: The “Misery” of Victory
pp. 508
Conclusion:
pp. 519
Abbreviations
pp. 519
Abbreviations
pp. 521
Notes
pp. 521
Notes
pp. 565
Essay on Sources
pp. 565
Essay on Sources
pp. 572
Index
pp. 572
Index
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