Pyrrhic victory : French strategy and operations in the Great War /
Doughty, Robert A.
Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 565-571) and index.
1. The transformation of the French army -- 2. The war of movement, 1914 -- 3. Siege warfare, 1914-1915 -- 4. An offensive strategy, May-October 1914-1915 -- 5. The search for strategic alternatives, 1915-1916 -- 6. A strategy of attrition -- 7. A strategy of decisive battle, early 1917 -- 8. A strategy of "healing" and defense, late 1917 -- 9. Responding to a German offensive, spring 1918 -- 10. A strategy of opportunism -- Conclusion : the "misery" of victory.
World War, 1914-1918
Strategy