1917
Subtitle: beyond the Western Front
By: edited by Ian F.W. Beckett.
Contributors: Beckett, I. F. W.
Series: History of warfare
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 179
ISBN-13: 9789004171398
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918
Other titles: Beyond the Western Front
Description: "The growing military, political and socio-economic costs for all belligerents as the Great War entered its fourth year were increasingly evident, liberal democracies and authoritarian states alike having to remobilise public opinion for yet greater sacrifices. While the Western Front was facing these challenges, 1917 was also marked by the collapse of Tsarist Russia and by food riots resulting both from the Entente's blockade of Central Europe and the revival of unrestricted submarine warfare by the Central Powers. Ottoman Turkey was feeling the strain of war as well, as British forces advanced in both Palestine and Mesopotamia. For states as yet uncommitted to war, such as the United States and China, 1917 was a year of decision. This volume amply illustrates the significance of this crucial year in the global conflict"--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Planning for the endgame : the Central Powers, September 1916-April 1917 / Lawrence Sondhaus; title: Generalship and mass surrender during the Italian defeat at Caporetto / Vanda Wilcox; title: "Weary waiting is hard indeed" : the Grand Fleet after Jutland / Nick Hewitt; title: Counting unrest : physical manifestations of unrest and their relationship to Admiralty perception / Laura Rowe; title: Climax in the Baltic : the German maritime offensive in the Gulf of Riga in October 1917 / Eric Grove; title: Command, strategy and the battle for Palestine, 1917 / Matthew Hughes; title: The Army in India in Mesopotamia from 1916 to 1918 : tactics, technology and logistics reconsidered / Kaushik Roy; title: War comes to the fields : sacrifice, localism and ploughing up; title: The English countryside in 1917 / Keith Grieves.