Title: The price of glory; Verdun 1916.
Authors: Horne, Alistair.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Year: 1963
Subjects: Verdun, Battle of, Verdun, France, 1916.
Abstract: Examination of the battle, its leadership, and far-reaching consequences.
Contents: La Debacle -- Joffre of the Marne -- Falkenhayn -- Operation Gericht -- The waiting machine -- The first day -- The fall of Colonel Driant -- Break-through -- Fort Douaumont -- De Castelnau decides -- Petain -- The take-over -- Reappraisals -- The mort homme -- Widening horizons -- In another country -- The air battle -- The Crown Prince -- The triumvirate -- May cup -- Fort Vaux -- Danger signals -- The secret enemies -- The crisis -- Falkenhayn dismissed -- The counterstrokes -- The new leader -- Aftermath -- Epilogue -- Bibliography of principal sources.