The Road to Verdun
Subtitle: World War I's Most Momentous Battle and the Folly of Nationalism
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: May 14, 2002
Language: eng
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780385503938
First sentence: Surprise and speed, assets that military commanders have always been schooled to prize above virtually all others, were rarely at their disposal in the First World War.