Catastrophe 1914
Subtitle: Europe goes to war
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf; Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 628
ISBN-13: 9780307597052
Description: A history of the outbreak of World War I, from the breakdown of diplomacy to the dramatic battles that occurred before the war bogged down in the trenches.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: 1914 chronology; title: The organisation of armies in 1914; title: Prologue : Sarajevo; title: 'A feeling that events are in the air'; title: The descent to war; title: 'The superb spectacle of the world bursting into flames'; title: Disaster on the Drina; title: Death with flags and trumpets; title: The British flight; title: The retreat; title: Tannenberg : 'Alas, how many thousands lie there bleeding!'; title: The hour of Joffre; title: The nemesis of Moltke; title: 'Poor devils, they fought their ships like men'; title: Three armies in Poland; title: 'Did you ever dance with him?'; title: Open country, open sky; title: Ypres : 'Something that was completely hopeless'; title: 'War becomes the scourge of mankind'; title: Mudlife; title: Silent night, holy night